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EPISODE · Mar 22, 2026 · 37 MIN

Multifaceted Barbie: Nadia Beukes on Falling Asleep, Falling Apart, and Finding Your Glass Balls

from Recovery Room · host Life-ETC

She's been a kykNET continuity presenter, a Boer Soek 'n Vrou host, an actress, a singer, a voice artist, a wife and a mom — and she'll be the first to tell you she hasn't always juggled it all perfectly.In this episode, Jennis and JC sit down with one of South Africa's most recognisable Afrikaans entertainers, Nadia Beukes, for a conversation that's as honest as it is warm. Nadia opens up about the moment a cancelled contract sent her hiding in a wardrobe, the theatre night she fell asleep in her dressing room and had to sprint onto a live stage mid-song, and the harder, quieter question of what it means to build a career and a family without dropping the wrong ball.She talks about learning to say no, finding the humanity in characters she doesn't agree with, and why she thinks people should stop chasing dreams and start chasing their talents. There's faith, there's gratitude, there are a lot of Barbies — and there's a glass of hot chocolate that saved the day.This one's for anyone who's ever hidden from a hard moment and needed someone to coax them back out.

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