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 Oscar Challenge 2022
This year’s Oscar watching challenge, very much more challenge than Oscar revealed that the work of healing and growing is an ongoing process.
Never a straight line
Between the desire to do something and the end product arrive all matter of surprising, unintended and unplanned events. From the discovery of a 70’s paving staple to the gift of a pile of sand, a simple change becomes somewhat more complicated and ever more interesting.
Challenged to accept what is
A delightfully warm weekend visit to a magical wonderland garden presents curiouser and curiouser opportunities to accept what is.
Celebrations in the month of love
It’s February, the month of love. We celebrate a beautiful marriage and Shape of Emotion’s fourth birthday.
When things splutter and stall
Ever had a week of hiccups and scrapes? Where nothing flows and it feels like you are falling over everything and falling out with everyone? We had one. It was not pretty. We survived to tell the tale.
Doing it on our own
We have reproduced our mini audio-course “How to Master your Emotions” on our own platform, added a few bonus tracks and offer it to you here with a little gift to celebrate the holidays!
Connectedness, the importance of our relationships with others
As a social species we need each other. We need to be in relationship with others to survive physiologically. Having no people, or having people but no connection, and we shrivel emotionally and physically. In order to thrive it is vital that we build better relationships.
What does an emotionally resilient leader look like?
Emotional resilience is an important pillar of optimal leadership, especially now. No-one has been exempt from the increased challenges faced over the last 18 months.

