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Barbara Meislin, the Purple Lady By The Bay, helps #grieving families find joy May 26, 2022

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To Barbara, purple means joy. So she brings as much purple into her own life and the lives of others as she possibly can. It started with the death of her child. Now she devotes her remaining years to navigating the inevitability of loss with love and compassion.

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Marie Bailey on Jesus, Mandela and America now May 19, 2022

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Forgiveness. Racial reconciliation. Peace.

If ever we needed calm words, it’s now.

Marie Bailey brings personal history with a message of hope.

She’s s a psychologist and Christian missionary from South Africa now working with her husband at City Church Charlotte in the US.

Seems only appropriate we hear a Christian perspective this week. After all, two weeks ago we heard from a “Jewish American Redneck.” Last week we heard from a Muslim woman from Texas. This week: an evangelical Christian serving as a missionary in the American South.

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Sara Surani co-creates @sheistheuniverseproject to empower girls all over the globe May 12, 2022

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Sara Surani is the daughter of Muslim immigrants who relocated from Pakistan to TEXAS! Sara takes her commitment to service seriously, graduating from Harvard to take on seemingly intractable global challenges with a spirit of love and hope. Oh yeah - and she tells THE BEST mansplaining story EVER. Do not bail before you hear this y’all. I have not laughed that hard in a long while!

She is the Universe: www.sheistheuniverse.org / @sheistheuniverseproject

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Virginia Stern of Opelika, Alabama: “Jewish American Redneck” May 05, 2022

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Virginia Stern describes herself as a “Jewish American Redneck,” an Alpha Female who survived breast cancer. Her father barely made it on the boat escaping Nazi Germany only to settle in (of all places) Opelika, Alabama. His story is now part of a musical theater tribute to the family. She and her brother carry on his legacy of public service through the Henry J. Stern Family Foundation.

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How Kat Weeks' business made one of Oprah's "favorite things" Apr 28, 2022

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Kat Weeks gives a master lesson in turning art into commerce without losing your soul (or your personal life). She identifies as an artist. She introduces herself as a small business owner (Addison Weeks jewelry, Modern Matter Hardware). She is most proud of being a good daughter, sister, wife and mom. And her kids are proud of her. How she and her partner did it.

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HOPE means "Hold On Pain Ends" Apr 21, 2022

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After watching her husband alienate his family and slowly die from alcohol and pain pills, Hope Aldred can now breathe again. It took years. It took lots of work - not on him, no on her two boys, but on herself. Hope now works in the treatment and recovery field, sharing her story of resilience with families around the country. Hope wants families to know that they can feel joy again - whether the alcoholic/addict recovers or not.

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The Homicide Cop Asked Rebecca: "Can you describe your husband?" Apr 14, 2022

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Addiction is about genes + culture + exposure + trauma. Far too often that trauma is straight up violence. My friend Rebecca walks us through her life growing up with a violent father, running away to a hippie commune, marrying her drug dealer and finally staying clean and sober after her husband’s brutal murder. A story of healing and resilience and help coming from God, the Universe and an unlikely voicemail.

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Keshia's Alopecia: "You are not your hair" Apr 07, 2022

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Keshia Sandidge is a public figure (running for NC Senate District 34) who decided to shave her head after struggling for years through many tears with alopecia, a war between the scalp and the hair on that scalp that leads to bald patches. She talks about the painful and expensive struggle to keep her hair with Stuart (who once spent $10,000 on hair transplants.) A grown up conversation with no long discussion of Chris Rock or Will Smith . Oh yeah, we talk about Critical Race Theory too.

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Marsha Stone: For Addicts, Alcoholics, Shame & Isolation Are “Murderers" Mar 31, 2022

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As a lawyer, Marsha Stone made headlines wrecking her car with a bunch of wine bottles on the floorboard. She was publicly shamed and disbarred in two states. That’s when she created her own treatment center. In the midst of an epidemic of drug and alcohol related deaths, she says shame and isolation are the real killers.

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Jennifer Busco saw a vision of angels Mar 24, 2022

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Jennifer Jonnie Busco was just a girl when she saw a vision of angels floating above her. When she told her mom about the bright white light above her bed, her mom said, “Let’s clip coupons.” Now Jennifer is an energetic healer. One thing is for sure. The bubbly podcast host and yoga teacher is filled with energy!

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