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In The Spotlight
by Liezl Colditz Van Rooyen
ABOUT THE PODCAST In the Spotlight was born as a platform to share, broadcast and promote the interesting, wonderful and inspiring things that some of the people who crossed Liezl’s path have done. She would love to shine the spotlight on them and share their journeys with you to hopefully inspire you to be the best you, not to give up and to follow your passion or dream. And in that way, help to make a little difference and share some of the beauty of this world. ABOUT THE HOSTLiezl Colditz van RooyenBorn and raised in South Africa, Liezl followed her dream to see the world at age 23 and twenty years on has now travelled to 50 countries and worked and lived in the UK, Belgium and Saudi Arabia. She is a mum of two boys, a chartered management accountant working in large energy projects, a musician, runner, a world citizen but proudly South African and now a podcaster.The incredible people she has met, the amazing places she has seen and the magic of life she has experienced, inspi
Episodes
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Christine Mullaney - Creating Connected Communication
Liezl talks to Christine Mullaney, an expert on all things communication, working as a TedX speaker and communication coach. Liezl and Christine discuss the nature of connected communication and how it can be persistently improved, as well as Christine’s fascinating life journey to date, and how...
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Turning Pain Into Purpose - with Debbie Ivins
Liezl interviews Debbie, a resilient individual who has faced numerous health challenges throughout her life. From battling infertility to being diagnosed with an auto-immune disease, Debbie shares her inspiring journey of courage and determination. Despite the setbacks, she has found solace and...
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Starting a business that suits your lifestyle with Sue Parker
Liezl interviews Sue Parker, a female lifestyle entrepreneur who shares her journey of leaving her corporate job to pursue her passion and create a business that allows her the time and location freedom she desired as a mother of three. Sue opens up about her experience with burnout and the...
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Theodore Brun - From Wanderer To Writer
Liezl welcomes Theodore Brun, a former lawyer turned author, who embarked on an incredible journey of self-discovery and adventure. Theodore shares his story of leaving his high-paying job and comfortable life to cycle from Hong Kong back to his home in Norfolk, England. Along the way, he faced...
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Flying With Babies and Toddlers
Drawing from personal experience, Liezl shares her expertise and tips for making the travel experience less stressful when accompanied by babies and toddlers. From considering the timing of the flight to choosing the right seats on the plane, Liezl provides practical advice for parents. She also...
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Will Hawkins of Nine Mile Station - Life As A Signed Band
Liezl catches up with her friend Will Hawkins, the frontman of the LA-based band Nine Mile Station. They discuss the exciting recent developments in Will's music career, including the release of their first full-length album and a headline performance at the legendary Troubadour in Los Angeles....
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Stimulating And Operating On The Brain To Improve - with Dr Eva Feredoes and Dr Jinendra Ekanayake
Liezl is joined by doctors and marriage partners, Dr Eva Feredoes and Dr Jinendra Ekanayake, to talk about their pioneering work in cognitive neuroscience, how their slightly different pursuits (neurosurgery and neuroscience) blend academically and in practice. KEY TAKEAWAYS The brain has two...
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Hannes Van Den Berg - Tick Bite Fever Survivor
Liezl talks to Hannes Van Den Berg, a survivor of a tick bite, who contracted tick bite fever in the aftermath of being targeted by the creature. Hannes describes the effects of the fever, as well as what he has learned through the experience, and how it has changed his life since then. KEY...
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Mastering Confidence with Natalie Bailey
Natalie Bailey is a Property Developer and Coach and Mentor, as well as the creator of the Confidence Mastery podcast. Having over 10 years’ experience in running businesses, including Bars, Gyms, and eCommerce she now has a property development business with her business partner and mum, Paula....
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Coaching & Inspiring High-Performance Leaders with Dr Johan Beukes
Dr Johan Beukes is one of the most well-known leadership coaches in South Africa and the founder and director at Dr Johan Beukes Leadership Coaching. Johan specialises in high-performance leaders, helping and guiding them to become the best they can be. He joins Liezl to discuss leadership, the...
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Pontem Developmental Centre with Anneke Green
Anneke Green is the founder and owner of Pontem Developmental Centre (and franchise) in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She obtained her B.Ed degree in 2004 at the University of the Free State and continued to complete het B.Ed Hons and PGCE in Remedial and Support Teaching. Through her years of...
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Zephnè Weston - Functional Neurological Disorder Awareness
Zephnè Weston was diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder as a result of placing too much stress on herself in order to achieve more and reach higher levels of success. Since recovering, Zephnè has been doing all she can to raise awareness of this condition and preach the message that our...
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Kenya Water For Life Project - with Nic Jacobs and Ben Njoroge Nduba
Liezl explores the fascinating story of Nic Jacobs and Ben Njoroge Nduba, two astounding people who met quite by chance, and who decided to pool their energies into making the world a better place - providing water and sustenance to the village of Kimbimbi in Kenya. Nic and Ben join Liezl to talk...
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The Disruptive Entrepreneur - Rob Moore
Today, Liezl is joined by Rob Moore, the king of podcasts and the reason Liezl started a podcast. Rob is an entrepreneur, property investor and educator, he is the author of 18 books, of which five are UK best-sellers, including Money and Opportunity. His podcast is the ‘Disruptors' which has...
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Hollywood Stunt Performer - Nina Armstrong
Today, Liezl is joined by someone with maybe the most fascinating job you could imagine. Nina Armstrong is a British Hollywood stunt performer and has appeared in huge TV and movie series such as I am Legend, the Bond-movies, The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel-movies, Fast & Furious, Doctor Strange,...
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Mrs Globe South Africa 2022 - Zanele Sibiya
This week, Liezl is joined by the newly-crowned Mrs Globe South Africa 2022 - Zanele Sibiya! Zanele joins Liezl to talk about her wonderfully inspiring story, the origins of her fascinating name, how the world of pageantry has changed and evolved in the past decades and how the empowerment of…
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Chateau Lestevenie’s Jaco & Petrie Terblanche
It’s every wine lover's dream to open their own vineyard in France, that’s exactly what this week's guests on In The Spotlight did. Jaco and Petrie Terblanche thought about what they wanted to do for the rest of their lives and went for it. Listen in as Liezl talks to Jaco and Petrie about their...
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B Loved Foundation with Louis McLaren & Yolandi Venter
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold, embracing the scars and increasing the value. That is what B Loved embodies, restoring people and empowering the broken, vulnerable, and abandoned to understand their value. Today on In The Spotlight, Liezel is joined by B Loved...
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Will Hawkins - LA Singer Songwriter & Frontman of Nine Mile Station
All the way from LA, via the medium of the internet, Liezl is joined by singer songwriter and front man of Nine Mile Station, Will Hawkins. Today the pair talks about Will’s story of making music, his life, the ups and the downs and getting to the place where you can make your dream come true and...
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Carl Cronje – Expat Explore, Alpenrose Hotel & Gardens, CreateFo, PlugPlug, GroupTourShop
Joining Liezl this week is the business partner of a former guest: we’ve had Jakes Maritz on the podcast but this episode we have Carl Cronje, the other co-founder and owner of Expat Explore. Carl is a true entrepreneur with at least five businesses to his name and on the show today he’ll be...
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Yanic Klue - @Frits Dog Hotel And Daycare Centre
Founder and owner of the five star atFrits Dog Hotel and Daycare Centre in Cape Town, Yanic Klue joins Liezl this week on the podcast. Hear Yanic’s inspiring story of turning her passion for dogs into a business and the challenges she faced starting something from nothing.KEY TAKEAWAYS Yanic…
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George Arbuthnott - Investigative Journalist at The Sunday Times
George Arbuthnott is deputy editor of the Insight team at The Sunday Times. His investigations helped to shape the Modern Slavery Bill, expose a global doping scandal in athletics and revealed that Boris Johnson failed to declare conflicts of interest over his friendship with an ex-model. George...
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Jakes Maritz - Co-Founder of Expat Explore Travel
Today Liezl is talking to friend and Co-Founder of Expat Explore, one of Europe's biggest travel companies, Jakes Maritz. Tune in to In the Spotlight to hear Jakes’ inspiring story on starting a business, his adventurous spirit, the journey he has been on, and how he ended up where he is…
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Introduction to In the Spotlight
I’m Liezl Colditz van Rooyen and welcome to my podcast. Born and raised in South Africa, at age 23 I followed my dream to see the world and twenty years on I have now travelled quite a bit, though there is still so much of the world to see and experience. I got to see so much of the beauty of…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
ABOUT THE PODCAST In the Spotlight was born as a platform to share, broadcast and promote the interesting, wonderful and inspiring things that some of the people who crossed Liezl’s path have done. She would love to shine the spotlight on them and share their journeys with you to hopefully inspire you to be the best you, not to give up and to follow your passion or dream. And in that way, help to make a little difference and share some of the beauty of this world. ABOUT THE HOSTLiezl Colditz van RooyenBorn and raised in South Africa, Liezl followed her dream to see the world at age 23 and twenty years on has now travelled to 50 countries and worked and lived in the UK, Belgium and Saudi Arabia. She is a mum of two boys, a chartered management accountant working in large energy projects, a musician, runner, a world citizen but proudly South African and now a podcaster.The incredible people she has met, the amazing places she has seen and the magic of life she has experienced, inspi
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