Tag: addiction

For readers of Educated, The Glass Castle and Know My Name comes a powerful new memoir that stands as a remarkable testament to survival and resilience. The story is both harrowing and exquisite, haunting and inspiring. Kate Price’s journey in This Happened to Me leaves readers with a profound assurance in the power to heal and to reclaim life after trauma.

Anxiety is a normal and sometimes healthy process. However, in a world that feels increasingly unsafe and unpredictable, many of us find ourselves in its grip far more often than is comfortable or truly necessary. If you subconsciously believe that worrying or investing in your anxiety will keep you safe, it becomes easy to get unwittingly hooked on it.

We cannot tax our society into behaving better. No matter how much we would like to believe otherwise, it remains ineffective. Behaviour-adjusting taxes, like sin taxes on alcohol and cigarettes, have failed to curb excessive smoking or drinking. The sugar tax has placed a heavier financial burden on the working class. However, it has not achieved its intended behavioural change.

Organisations are facing a surge in internal security threats. A startling 76% of organisations have detected increased insider threat activity over the past five years. Yet, less than 30% believe they have the right tools to handle these threats effectively.

Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley shares her story. And now for the first time, she reveals her life in this raw and riveting memoir. It is a one-of-a-kind account faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough.

In 2018, Alastair McAlpine, a palliative paediatrician in Cape Town, decided to share some inspiring thoughts from the children in his care. He posted: "I asked some of my terminal paediatric palliative care patients what they had enjoyed in life, and what gave it meaning. Kids can be so wise, y’know. Here are some of the responses". Their simple yet profound answers went viral, found their way into homes across the world and touched the hearts of millions.

Are you increasingly distracted, demotivated and unable to focus on simple tasks? There's a good chance your smartphone is to blame. In the always-on age of notifications, emails and the news cycle, it's easy to waste the majority of our days mindlessly scrolling.

According to the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey, just over 40 million South Africans were of working age (15-64 years old) in the first quarter of 2022. Of these, 14,914,000 had a job. This means that almost 15 million adults in this country were wage slaves; people who have no choice but to give up what they produce to someone ese just to survive.