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Thriving After Apartheid: Wendy Alexander - Middle Age Mess, Episode 33
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Wendy Alexander has a successful business coaching middle ager's about changing their lives, succeeding in their later years and just generally improving their entire world. So, naturally, we spent about 7 minutes at the end of the video talking about that. The remainder of our conversation was a fascinating trip through Wendy's childhood growing up in segregated South Africa during the Apartheid years. Wendy, who identifies herself as "colored" (i.e., a mixed-race person in South Africa) speaks eloquently about the hardships of being born a "crime" and living there until she left for Australia in her early adulthood. It's a story everyone should hear.
Turning Tragedy Around: Rabbi/Cantor Judy Greenfeld - Middle Age Mess, Episode 32
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The first, and maybe craziest, aspect of Rabbi/Cantor Judy Greenfeld is that she's a Rabbi and a Cantor. There are very, very few people who are rabbis and cantors, and even fewer, if any, who are female. But R/C Judy has an even more fascinating and heartbreaking journey that led her to this very interesting position as she suffered through the tragedy of having her father murdered on the streets of Cleveland when she was just 16yo. And oh yeah, she started her professional life as a dancer because don't all rabbis do that??? Anyway, R/C Judy is a one-of-a-kind personality whose story you just have to hear.
Picturing the world: Ralph Velasco - Middle Age Mess, Episode 31
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Ralph Velasco caught the travel bug early, like, real early. Starting his international escapades in high school, Ralph started a career as a travel photographer, placing his pictures in major magazines and journals around the world. Not satisfied, he then started taking people along with him, setting up luxury vacations 10-12 times a year to create, possibly, the greatest job in the history of mankind. Find him at www.continentaldrifter.co or listen to his stories on the latest episode of Middle Age Mess.