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Lead<br />
with<br />
heart<br />
Text: RIALIEN FURSTENBERG. Photographer: ZELNA HARRISON.<br />
Atishca Makan was<br />
enjoying all the trimmings<br />
of an established, senior<br />
position at a well-known<br />
company when her life<br />
was thrown into complete<br />
turmoil ... Pausing to reflect<br />
on her mental health, she<br />
did that one thing that<br />
many dream of, but only a<br />
few dares to do.<br />
After 10 years, Atishca left the stability<br />
of corporate life behind her, and has<br />
not looked back.<br />
‘My first day at home, I cried … a lot.<br />
For the first four months as a ‘nonemployee’,<br />
I did things to feed my soul.<br />
I allowed myself to work through the<br />
intense grief of my father’s passing and<br />
to find joy in the beauty of life again. At<br />
a stage, I was so deeply depressed that<br />
I wanted to shout to the world how<br />
insanely irrelevant their latest tantrum<br />
was. I just wanted to shout ... You are<br />
breathing, you are still alive!’<br />
During this time Atishca focused on<br />
building her personal brand and reentering<br />
the market as a brand and<br />
communications consultant for 702<br />
and Eyewitness News. In between, she<br />
started an initiative called Dressed with<br />
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