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Life Crafting with Steyn Swanepoel

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We live in a fast-paced, performance-driven society that is characterized by working long hours and enduring constant stress. Do you feel like you are constantly on the go? Without time to just stop, take a breath and rest? Like you’ve become too tired to properly enjoy the things that used to make you feel happy? It sounds like you’ve been running on an empty tank lately, and it might be time for you to refuel.

But the Covid-19 pandemic hasn’t really made life any easier for you, has it? On the contrary, as a teacher, it seems your stressors have increased threefold. Because it’s not just about you – it’s about your kids that you teach too. They rely on you, and you love them – you do – but this job, coupled with the pandemic’s restrictions, is draining you.
8 Sep 2021 English South Africa Education · Self-Improvement

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