Business Experience & Ownership

Professionally, she started a business/practise with a full multi-disciplinary team of 28 staff, creating employment and teamwork with psychologists, physiotherapists, bio-kinesiologists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, music therapists, etc. This is still a running organisation after 33 years.

She started a private school for learners with special needs in 2005 and it is still a running business.

She is the Founder of The South African Therapeutic Horse Riding Association (SATHRA) 13 years ago and it is still a running business. Currently there are more than 400 enrolled students nationally and internationally.

She started a home for children/adults with special needs in 2005 and is still a running business.

She is the director of Now Women International that she started in 2009.

She is the founder of MindWorx Academy in 2009.

She established a prenatal/postnatal baby clinic that is still a running business.

Developed and presented courses for teacher training, au pair/facilitator training as well as parent training.
Established and managed a clinic for the treatment of obesity that has been active since 1999.

Developed a wellness centre where “health” is the focus and not “sickness”, which is also a current business.

She is a business owner, public speaker, and motivational speaker for the past 33 years.

She does community work for the ANC and African countries for the past 25 years (job creation, social development, retraining of teachers, etc).

Her passion for research and is currently doing research on animal-assisted therapy and dolphin therapy as this will be a future product at her practise.

She has a gift and a passion to work with people of all ages, from unborn up to the stage of death. She continuously strives to enable people to use maximum of their potential.

All other than academic qualifications were acquired specifically to ensure maximum results when working with people in her current businesses.

Education

• National Secretarial Diploma – Department of National Education (1972)
• DOT – Occupational Therapist – University of Pretoria (1976)
• Masters Degree in Sociology – Commonwealth Open University (2003)
• PhD Interdisciplinary Studies/Philosophy – Commonwealth Open University (2003)
• PhD Herbalism – currently busy – Commonwealth Open University (2009)

Other Qualifications

• Music Therapy (1981)
• Creativity (1982)
• Reflexology (1983)
• Colour Therapy (1984)
• Whole Brain Learning (1984)
• Speed-reading – Tony Buzan (1989)
• Lateral Thinking – Edward de Bono (1989)
• Control Theory – Dr Glasser (1989)
• Multiple Intelligences – Dr Howard Gardner (1989)
• Baby Therapy (1990)
• Sensory Integration (1993)
• Edu-K Instructor (1994)
• Riding for the Disabled Instructor Course – SARDA (1994)
• Cogmotics – Bruce Copley (1995)
• Thinking skills – Beatrice Cap de Viele from Venezuela (1995)
• American Saddle Horse Judge (1995)
• Kinesiology (1996)
• Brain Profiles (1996)
• Instructor Life Skills and Accelerated Learning Methods (1998)
• Eye Therapy – Leonard Fine (1998)
• International Course judging & training of disabled  riders – Inger Bryant, England (1999)
• Tomatis Therapy (2000)
• Drumming – Nicholas Kotei (Ghana) and Lena Slachmuijlder (USA)
• Emotional Stress Release – Tapping (2006)
• Baby Hands SA – Academy of Baby Sign Language (2008)
• Iridology & Schlerology – Commonwealth Open University (2010)
• Sand Therapy (2010)