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Maria Phalime

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Memoir

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Maria Phalime is one of South Africa’s newest award-winning authors. Born and raised in the Johannesburg township of Soweto, Maria moved to Cape Town in 1991 to pursue her studies at the University of Cape Town, from where she graduated with degrees in Science and Medicine. She practiced for a brief period as a general practitioner in South Africa and the United Kingdom, before leaving medical practice to pursue non-clinical interests.

In 2010 Maria found her voice as a writer. She studied under the acclaimed South African author, Mike Nicol, on the Get Smarter/Random House Struik Nonfiction Story Course. In 2012 Maria was the recipient of the inaugural City Press Nonfiction Award for her memoir, Postmortem – The Doctor Who Walked Away. In 2 ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 87 ratings · 12 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Postmortem: The Doctor Who Walked Away 3.84 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?

Fear response

Fear is by far the number one reason clients reach out to me for coaching.

It may not always look like the heart-thumping, sweaty palms and dry mouth type of fear you experience when you hear a strange noise in the middle of the night.

It may come disguised as procrastination, indecisiveness, uncertainty, or any one of the many other faces that fear likes to wear. However it presents, it all boi