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Healing After Abortion

Healing After Abortion

By Erich Schoeman(Clinical Psychologist, Speaker, Trainer, Writer) 5 min read “I’m a bad person!” Lizzy thought to herself after seeing another mother caress her baby at the mall. This thought had crossed her mind countless times over the last two years. Each time,...
10 Thoughts on Perfectionism with helpful Inputs

10 Thoughts on Perfectionism with helpful Inputs

By Erich Schoeman (Clinical Psychologist; Trainer & Speaker) Matters of the Soul (www.mattersofthesoul.org or www.sakevdsiel.org) 12 minute read Many of us take pride in doing things well and have an aversion to making mistakes or falling short. We want things to...
Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Adolescence

Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Adolescence

Created by Erich Schoeman, Clinical Psychologist, Matters of the Soul/Sake van die Siel Disclosure: Several artificial intelligence programs were used in the process of researching and story writing this chapter (ChatGPT, Co-pilot, Gemini). It’s just after seven in...
Words from a father to a teen about sex and pornography

Words from a father to a teen about sex and pornography

By Erich Schoeman (Clinical Psychologist; Speaker and Trainer, Father of two),  Matters of the Soul (www.mattersofthesoul.org or www.sakevdsiel.org) 6 – 7 minute read Have you ever heard of the Trojan Horse? Homer mentioned it in his book, The Odyssey, written...