Learning to Lead: Margaret Van Steenderen - Middle Age Mess, Episode 49

Middle Age Mess 46 views January 15, 2025

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Margaret Van Steenderen has spent her career leading people and teaching others how to lead. So what did I talk to her about? Of course, apartheid! Margaret grew up in South Africa during apartheid and has a unique insight into the functioning of a society that no longer exists. That experience shaped her journey through the corporate world into the space she now occupies, training and guiding leaders throughout the world. ...

My First Sober Year: Julie Fontes - Middle Age Mess, Episode 48

Middle Age Mess 2.2K views January 8, 2025

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Julie Fontes got tired of drinking one day so she just decided to stop. No programs, no rehab, just "uh yeah, I'll have a Diet Coke from now on." What do you do when you've taken what should be a minor behavioral modification and watched your entire community lose their minds over it? You write a book, of course. "Like A Normal Person" is Julie's debut novel where she describes a normal year of not drinking in a world that doesn't think that's so normal. ...

No One Has Ever Survived This: Amira Nystrom - Middle Age Mess, Episode 47

Middle Age Mess 3.1K views December 25, 2024

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Amira Nystrom is literally a miracle. At 21yo, she went into brain surgery being told by her doctor that nobody had ever survived that procedure. Her chances of making it through the surgery and NOT becoming a vegetable were less than 1%. Of course, she made it. She then seemingly cured her chronic Crohn's Disease by simply deciding she didn't want it anymore and living her life in that manner. Then, without qualifications, experience or training, she started an Epic Adventure business and a hypnotherapy practice which are both thriving more than a decade later. On second thought, she's either a miracle or from another planet. Regardless, check out the latest episode of Middle Age Mess or find Amira at www.epicmauihikes.com. ...