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Separating COVID Grief from Anxiety and Depression
Nowadays, there’s a lot of sadness in the world. Even those of us who haven’t lost someone close to us can feel the rising sense of despair that’s sweeping the [...]
Celebrate Easter Safely This Year and Help Curb the Third Wave
Just when you thought the worst was over, the world finds itself gripped by the third wave of COVID-19 infections. After spending Easter last year in a hard lockdown and [...]
Encouraging Friends and Family to Get the COVID Vaccine
While some people are scrambling for a dose of the COVID vaccine, others are refusing to participate in the vaccination program. Are you worried that a high-risk family member doesn’t [...]
Children and Grief : Helping Them Cope
All over the country, thousands of children have lost someone dear to them. Their pain’s only made worse by the inability to find closure with the rituals of a funeral, [...]
Dealing With Ongoing COVID-19 Anxiety
Toward the end of last year, the nation breathed a collective sigh of relief as almost all lockdown restrictions were lifted. Yet, the bubbles had barely settled on our champagne [...]
South Africa’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
From the very start, South African authorities have taken a strategic approach to the coronavirus pandemic, and the implementation of South Africa's COVID-19 vaccination policy is no different. This is [...]
A COVID-19 Vaccine is important, but it’s not magic
In these uncertain times, a little good news goes a long way. So, it’s not surprising that humanity breathed a collective sigh of relief when America announced that production of [...]
COVID’s Effects on our Behavioural Patterns
In previous year’s we might have thought that a country where people wore face-masks as a routine procedure was a nation of hysterical people. Now face coverings are part of [...]
The Benefits of a Vaccine for a Virus that Knows no Borders
To overcome a pandemic of this magnitude, we need all hands on deck. That means you too. Healthcare workers and biochemists have been working around the clock to develop a [...]
How COVID-19 Has Changed Lives in South Africa
We’ve all experienced losses great and small this year. For some of us things will never be the same again. Yet, as restrictions start to lift and the healing begins, [...]
COVID-19 – It’s not over yet
We’re at level one of lockdown in South Africa and things are slowly starting to return to normal, but it's not over yet. There’s no doubt we’ve all suffered considerable [...]
Taking Back Your Life After Loss
If you’ve lost a loved one due to the ravages of COVID-19, chances are you’re still reeling from the shock and it seems like you’ll never be the same again. [...]