Marilda's Blog

New Idea? Listen, Process, Pivot As a small business owner, getting sucked into a vortex of confusion is par for the course. Starting your own business is easy. Figuring out what you’re doing while carrying the weight of not only your own hopes and dreams but also...

Working in tourism is an incredible journey, filled with ups and downs, but finding the right fit in an organization can be a game-changer for your mental well-being. Let's explore why clicking with your team and company matters and how it boosts your mental fitness....

Lately, I've been hearing from many of you: "I feel so Angry!" I get it, we all face our own set of challenges, but it's crazy how many of us are riding the anger train these days. This got me thinking and diving deep into the anger abyss. What the heck is anger...

The last few weeks I’ve had a love/hate relationship with our electric gate. Several times it’s gotten stuck on me, and I’ve had to either manually open it or, on more than one occasion, had to bundu bash all around the fence to get access to my own home. Nothing...

Picture this: you've got check-ins, check outs, quotes and breakfast to sort out. You're juggling a million things, and sometimes it feels like your head is about to explode. We've all been there, right? As a Tourism Professional, you're a hero taking care of others,...

Working in hospitality makes setting boundaries seem impossible. The first thing they tell you is to set clear working hours. HA! Guests go out at 05:00 on morning drives, check in at 23:00 at night and have questions about their safaris at all hours, not only because...

When COVID hit, my Mom said: “Now, you are going to really see the people around you” At first, I didn’t get it. But during those crazy months that followed, her words rang true. Some folks who should have stepped up, went quiet. Others we thought were rock-solid fell...

My Career Coaching clients are not only young people trying to figure out what they should be doing with the rest of their lives. In fact, almost all my clients are older than 30 and, for various reasons, at crossroads. In this blog, we unpack an issue that has been...

Building your business: Planning of Instinct? 11 November I was watching a spider fixing its web the other day from our stoep. I wondered how it knew which strand was the next it needed to build. At first it appeared that the spider was moving about randomly without a...

Blog:  Blog Moments This morning I had another blog moment. For years I’ve been getting moments where something happens, and I think… this is something… I should write about it.  I never did. During Covid I finally had no excuse. I had the space to let it happen and,...