Category: My People

Be you, always!

Strong Is My Beautiful:  Past.  Present.  Future.

Strong Is My Beautiful™ was born out of what could have been a negative experience for me.  If you have time, I’ll take you back to my first post in 2017 where I talk about it.  Click here to read. To catch you up on the past, it was in that moment that I decided…
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September 1, 2022 0

Mom vs coach: Thoughts on my 10-year old’s first sanctioned boxing match.

Watching your child compete in a boxing match for the first time is an experience from the inside out.  The good kind.  All the feels from start to finish.  Nerves, excitement, pride, and inspiration all wrapped up into what feels like the tightest fist.  At the end, those proud parental tear ducts start to fill…
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August 23, 2022 0

International Women’s Day 2022: Be the change to see a change. Today, tomorrow and everyday!

  I love this day and what it represents. To me it’s about supporting women and girls across the world today and every day.  It’s about women uplifting women and about girls supporting girls.  Knowing and believing that we CAN, and we WILL – and consistently spreading that.  Being mirrors for the young girls growing…
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March 8, 2022 0

CHEERS TO ANOTHER YEAR! FIERCE & FABULOUS SINCE 1971!

  Fierce since 1971!  Embracing half a century for 365 days to come.  Strap in my people! I turn 50 today and feeling gorgeous.  Mostly fierce but gorgeous too.  Truth be told, I’ve always been that way, the fierce part.  The gorgeous part came later in life.  You know, I had to start feeling it…
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December 29, 2021 0

Adoption Day a.k.a. Gotchaday – Thoughts & feelings on family & parenting 8 years later.

  November 7th, 2013 is the day we became a forever family and here’s a piece I posted as a first blog entry a few years ago.  Take a read if you like and please enjoy. A big day for us in so many ways.  Our family grew as we brought home an 18-month-old baby…
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November 7, 2021 0

TOOLS, TIPS & TRUTHS: A HEALTH & FITNESS SERIES BY SHIREEN FABING

Oh hey! This is an ongoing blog series sharing my favourite tools, tips and truths related to health, fitness and wellness.  Just my perspective and my experiences a woman, mom, an athlete, boxing coach, personal trainer and entrepreneur – not always all at once and not always in that order!  My goal is to help,…
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October 5, 2021 0

Do what you must. Do it with a purpose and on purpose!

  “Do what you must” or as we used to say growing up in Cape Town: “DALA” what you must”.  This, is where I’m at. Dala (dah-lah):  as per Urban Dictionary is a Zulu word which means to cause, do or create.  It’s a tricky one because it can have more than one meaning. It could mean ‘fight’, ‘to…
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January 21, 2021 0

Holiday workouts: Slow down, ramp up, stay the course?

  What’s your workout vibe for the holiday season?  Slow down and get some extra rest?  Ramp it up because you got some time off work?  Cruise control? Whatever it is – DO YOU!! If you’ve been following me for a while, you will know that it doesn’t matter where I am over the holidays,…
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December 23, 2020 0

‘Tis the season!

  What is the plan for this holiday season folks? For us, it will be like the rest of 2020 and just like everyone else, we won’t be doing anything like holiday seasons of the past.  This year is different from a work perspective too so yes, working for ourselves and still need to do…
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December 17, 2020 0

Marriage: What’s the tea?

It’s our anniversary and don’t worry, this won’t be sappy mushy post.  Rest assured, the love is still as deep as the mushiest out there. So it begs the question:  Is there something to be said for being married this long?  Is there a secret or tea to spill?  December 6, 2020 we’re celebrating 23…
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December 6, 2020 0