Karlien Kruger

Starting a new relationship can be scary, especially if your trust has been broken in the past. Now how do you create emotional safety? Here are a few tips...

The calm, steady, grown-up kind of love that feels peaceful instead of dramatic. Soft love is becoming a huge trend online — but honestly, it’s not new.It’s just finally getting the recognition it deserves. Soft love is the opposite of chaos.It’s not a rollercoaster.It’s not confusion.It’s not “What are we?”It’s not hot and cold.It’s not mixed signals. Soft love is steady.Soft love is warm.Soft love is safe.Soft love is grown-up. […]

Today we’re talking about something beautiful — and honestly, something challenging:Keeping the spark alive in long-term love. Because dating isn’t the only relationship challenge.Sometimes staying in love… is harder than falling in love. A relationship expert I follow said something brilliant:“In long-term love, the spark doesn’t disappear — it changes shape.” When we’re young, the spark is loud.Fireworks. Butterflies. Drama.You can’t eat, you can’t sleep, you’re obsessed. But grown-up love?That […]

Today we’re tackling something big… and honestly, something that can make or break modern dating:Red flags… versus simple human flaws. Because let’s be real — sometimes we confuse the two. Social media tells us everything is a red flag.“He chews loudly — red flag!”“She says ‘um’ too much — run!”“He doesn’t use the right emojis — red flag!” But when we’re older — 35, 40, 50+ — we know better, […]

Why modern dating is so unbelievably exhausting. Let’s just say it:Dating in your 30s, 40s, 50s — it’s not for the faint of heart. We’re dealing with apps, mixed signals, emojis, “read receipts,” ghosting, breadcrumbing… and that’s before you even meet the person.Honestly, falling in love used to take less technology and fewer emotional gymnastics. I read an article this week that said adults over 35 find dating exhausting because […]

Robbie Wessels en Charlize Berg het vandag hul nuwe liedjie "Moedertaal" vrygestel. Karlien gesels bietjie met Robbie oor die storie agter die liedjie en wat ons nog van hom kan verwag in die toekoms.

Naude Dreyer from Ocean Conservation Namibia updates us each week on the amazing conservation work that they do at the coast of Namibia. Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) is a private initiative to rescue seals from entanglements.