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Ramona Holloway cared for her aging Mom, moving her into her home until she could no longer feasibly provide the best care. I admire Ramona both professionally as a broadcaster and personally as a friend. You’ll love this archive edition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ellen Whiteside was assigned to me as a partner in a Transformational Leadership Program almost nine years ago.I’ve learned from her ever since. We talk of spirit and she walks in spirit. You can hear her certitude and courage in her voice.Ellen owns and runs Sacred Grove Retreat near Gold Hill NC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Olin loves people. And it’s not just a warm feeling. It’s years, decades of work. As a coach, mom and leader at LUMO, Sarah lives her values. Here’s what made her that way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Queen D gives me a manicure and a pedicure on those too-rare circumstances when I treat myself to some manly pampering. When we got to talking I found out not only that she did time in prison but that she had worked very hard to transform her life and not look back. She is a portrait in resilience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jackie Harwood is sweet, pretty, and soft spoken, a suburban working wife and mom to two sons. So acquaintances are often shocked to hear she once went to prison for forging prescriptions to support her addiction to opioids. But when you hear her whole story, the most surprising thing is that she got clean, kept her marriage intact, and renewed a loving relationship with her husband and two sons. Jackie looks back with startling clarity and honesty, but she’ll never GO back. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeanne Hall was on the same plane with MLK when someone phoned in a bomb threat.First hand experience with a moment in history of The Albany Movement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sis Kaplan is a broadcasting pioneer. Her father signed WBBM Radio in Chicago on the air (from her grandmother’s ROOF)! She and her husband Stan brought Rock N Roll Radio to Charlotte, NC in the form of “Big WAYS Radio”. Now almost 90 years old, she’s living history. Meeting her was a revelation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peg Robarchek grew to become a great ex-wife. I really admire her. Tell her I said so.  Peg has just come out with her first memoir, WELCOME TO THE CHURCH OF I DON’T HAVE A CLUE. After writing dozens of books, this one is different. It’s brave. It’s bold. It’s real. It’s raw. And you should read it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stuart Watson 6:10 PM (2 hours ago)to meIn my home town of Albany, Georgia a family owned candy cane company became synonymous with Christmas. Bob’s Candy Company was run by Bob McCormack.  Bea McCormack was there. Bob was her brother. And she recalls how they did something unusual for the time in the Deep South: paid Black workers the same wages as Whites. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robyn Norwood went from a dirt road in West Virginia to an Executive Producer in Hollywood films . Oh and BTW she’s a mom to three great kids and grew her own real estate business to sell it for millions. Yet she still has regrets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Knight felt lost and invisible. She was a teen and her big sister’s crisis took all her parents attention. It takes just a few questions to open up a fully formed young woman and to realize - WOW - there’s a lot here. The cool aunt to a niece “Nugget” who is TOTALLY into sharks - and a young woman who practices meditation on the daily just to protect her own mental health and stave off depression and anxiety. I’m SO glad I got to know the real Sarah under the surface and YOU WILL BE TOO! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shirley Fulton was born in the low country of South Carolina and picked cotton with her mother as a child. She graduated high school at 16 and went to an HBCU (NC A&T, Greensboro) for college and another HBCU (NCCU, Durham) for law school. The first time she set foot in a classroom with white students was when she transferred to Duke Law. There were 10 Black students there - total. She became the first Black Woman to serve as a Superior Court Judge in the history of North Carolina. She died earlier this year. It was a great privilege to hear her trailblazing story which she told with modesty and good humor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.