Enabling the How
Enabling the How
In a world consumed by the “What” we “Enable your How…” to make the world a better place.
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About Enabling the How
Our call to action at 5th Place is to focus on developing emotional fitness and mental well-being in order to create positive change in the world. Join us, Chantal and Matthew, co-owners of 5th Place, in our escapades every week as we stumble and trip, dance and whirl our way through very normal and not so normal weeks in their drive to make the world a better place. This “How” comes in many different forms and in this case it comes in the form of sharing life, loves, and loss. It’s also a whole lot of what living is like in South Africa.
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Our wish for you
The holidays are here, time is slowing down, while shoppers are speeding up. With less structure and more leisure it is useful to remember that consistency and not quick fixes will keep things going into the new year.
Water, water everywhere!
Persistent rain together with sudden, violent storms resulted in damage and destruction with plenty to fix. Feeling very sorry for themselves, two conversations made for a change of heart and a better perspective.
Are we there yet?
A quieter house, a variety of offerings and many people to reconnect with resulted in a week of mingling, engaging and getting out. An opportunity to fill up the togetherness tank before the annual diaspora to summer holiday spaces.
The art of connecting
Planning an 80th birthday celebration tests the socialising muscle memory while unreliable weather apps call for some pivoting. It all results in good cheer and a reminder of the importance of people who are dear.
Grow or Glow
In this our 100th issue the skill of giving and receiving good developmental feedback is explored. As hard as it can be to give difficult input, it is the most important element for supporting real learning and growing.
Eat, Play, Be Aware
A wet week and a wetter weekend kept many indoors. Finding out about how science and clever marketing has turned food into an industrialised commodity and people into overweight junkies and how corruption became endemic in FIFA and World Cup Soccer, gave plenty of “food for thought”.
Real people in a real world
With the silly season starting, stallholders popped up all over the suburb to capture the gift hunters. Creative endeavours, clever stories and plenty of connecting made for an energy boosting weekend.
A book and its cover
A bit of a nothing week and then a delightful encounter with a comedic character. Meeting like minded but very different personalities gave us plenty to consider and an eagerness to meet up again.
Smile, it’s raining!
After weeks of waiting and anticipation the heavens opened and the rain came. With it came some cutting reminders for annual maintenance and also plenty to smile about. Smiling is catching, better than a cold!