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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The weeks that were

4 December 2018

It’s been a busy couple of weeks: Shape of Emotion has another Level 1 Foundation graduate! Visiting the Mother City. Making some new friends and visiting old ones.

Good for nation building

26 November 2018

Two very white whites are doing their bit to address past imbalances and make the world a better place.

No connectivity but lots of connecting

12 November 2018

The Week That Was experiences power outages, internet connection problems and finds connectivity in the most unexpected and delightful places.

Be inspired

5 November 2018

Our working space is getting a bit cramped. Some delightful inspiration for a new one unexpectedly comes along. The Week That Was finds out more.

No boxes or labels required

29 October 2018

The Week That Was discovers that boxing and labelling our condition does very little to ease it. It also looks at the science behind Shape of Emotion.

Going quiet in Kliptown

22 October 2018

Matthew & Chantal of 5th Place head off to Kliptown to introduce twelve young souls to the benefits of Shape of Emotion and emotional fitness.

Back to school

15 October 2018

The Week That Was goes back to school. A primary school in Soweto to be specific and witnesses how versatile Shape of Emotion is in working with groups and those whose first language is not English.

Sidestepping the same patterns

8 October 2018

The Week That Was looks at deferring to authority and asks us to reconsider how to do things differently by looking in the mirror and seeing where it all starts.

The enemy is us

1 October 2018

In The Week That Was we welcome three new additions to the 5th Place world and consider who really needs saving, the planet or us?