THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE FOR THE LIVING | WE ATE PAP AND SUNFLOWER OIL FOR DINNER | RESSURECTION

YES PEOPLE 🤩
On this episode , i have the pleasure of telling one of my favourite stories ever. We get to uncover the journey of a powerhouse in society today!

From the depths of heartbreak from her father leaving her family , peak poverty and now to the heights of success!!

Enjoy🙏🏾❤️

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00:00 - Intro
01:23 - How did she get into spoken word poetry
02:42 - Her life journey until this point and how her father leaving her family impacted her
05:43 - When she realized that life changed and they had absolutely nothing.
07:23 - Living in a house with drug dealers
08:15 - Going to bed on an empty stomach
09:35 - Living in a 2-bedroom house with 12 people
09:57 - Living in a struggle does something to your mentality
10:38 - Not being able to even afford toothpaste
11:12 - All they had was humor and laughter to get through life
12:54 - Using sunflower oil as lotion because they could not afford cream
13:50 - Eviction notices
14:24 - Sleeping on the streets for one night
15:52 - Growing up together in a big group but not being aware of her struggles
16:42 - Living at church for a while
17:25 - Fighting the thought that people see you as lesser than
18:38 - Not being able to do much to assist her family as a friendship group because we were young
19:02 - Her and her siblings having to miss school for a year because of a lack of funds
19:23 - Her experience at high school
22:56 - Her group of friends going to University immediately and she had to go and find a job to raise funds for her family
23:27 - Hustling actually felt like begging so she could provide for her family
24:45 - A feed scheme program at school enabled her family to at least have a meal
25:50 - Asking for money felt very belittling
26:50 - She highlights a moment she realized that things are actually bad at home
28:53 - How she views men after what her father did to her family
30:09 - She talks about her poetry book
31:25 - She recites her own poem about her father called "Dad Why"
33:18 - She programs herself to expect rejection from every man she encounters
34:36 - Now she is healed and has moved on from the past
35:49 - The impact her step father has had on her and her family
37:34 - The beginning of her dancing and poetry
40:13 - Finding her purpose, her direction and her WHY
42:48 - It does not matter where you come from, but the work you put in to move forward
43:58 - Her first theatre production
46:05 - Her poetry style
46:58 - How she got the title AND inspiration for her theatre production - RESSURECTION
50:54 - There is power in storytelling
51:27 - She is Jesus' instrument through her poetry
53:09 - Rudy speaks highly of Marleyne and her achievements
54:10 - She is limitless - there is no limit to her goals and dreams
57:15 - Outro

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