Tirza Schaefer: Romance Author & Goddess Facilitator

It is Wednesday evening and I am writing an article on Saraswati, Hindu Goddess of knowledge, learning, wisdom and music, when suddenly the phone rings. Not many people call me at 10 p.m. and I wonder who it is. It is a friend who works as a key account manager in the pharmaceutical industry. She is close to tears she says, but already laughs again, while she tells me she doesn't know what to do. When I ask her what’s wrong, she tells me to get my cards out. I tell her to br

I lived in London at the time and strolled over a fare market in Covent Garden (that was back in the early 90s when I was about 19 years old) with craft items, etc. There was a lady sitting at a small table. She was beautiful. Black, had long braids, in her mid-30s, noble features and a beauty that shone from within, really kind and warm. That was back in the early 90s and I didn’t know a thing about Tarot cards. I thought, she was selling a card game, and I saw a couple of

Doing admin takes time and work and energy and no one can see it, but the end result. Most people won't ever know how much work you've put into all those "behind the scenes" stuff. Don't let yourself fall into the trap of hoping for acknowledgement from others. Unless they are intimately connected with not only you as a person, but also the work you are doing, they won't know and will most likely never pay attention to those things. But adversely, when you present sloppy wor

...When Your Child Doesn't Know How to Yet My youngest one has started secondary school this year and we had our first teacher’s days. Last Wednesday were the class teachers, when I saw both my two younger children's class teachers and yesterday was the day for subject teachers. We went to see a lady teacher who teaches natural sciences and arts in my little one's class. I didn’t know her as she had never taught any of my other two children before. Mrs. Water was a very nic

I’m sure most of you will agree that parenting is about wanting the best for your children. And at times, this means to annoy or upset them in the short-term to avoid greater undesirable events unfolding in the long-term. When we fail to give boundaries at all, they have nothing to orientate themselves on, when we fail to give freedom, they will break free forcefully one day and it might even involve some very burnt bridges. To walk that line between friend and authority, co

On November 3rd was my birthday and after my parents and children had left the scene, going home and to bed respectively, I was alone with m

When all that is, is me, what then are deities and what are they useful for? Deities, like your fellow human beings, exist or not according

Seems like a straight forward question. But many people get the definition wrong which results in them either rejecting all things divine or