You've done everything right. The career. The marriage. The house. The kids. And still something feels missing.

In this episode, Melanie Soloway shares how she spent decades checking society’s boxes, from apartheid-era South Africa to deputy Los Angeles. But it was divorce that made her go on a trip back home. Melanie talks about what humanitarian travel actually looks like and how it can reignite the light at the end of the tunnel.

If you've ever arrived at a destination you spent years chasing and thought this isn't it — this episode is for you.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• Growing up in South Africa during apartheid and what it taught her about resilience
• Why achieving "success" left her feeling empty — and what finally didn't
• How Nelson Mandela's story became a personal turning point
• Using your pain as a passport to freedom, not despair
• What villages in Kenya and South Africa can teach us about joy that the West has forgotten
• The "trinity of connection" — self, source, and other — and why all three must be lit
• What humanitarian travel actually looks like and how to join the next trip

Connect with Melanie On humtravelgroup@gmail.com

Want to learn more about Melanie’s work? Visit her website Humanitarian Travel Group at humtrav.com

BEST MOMENTS:

"We can use our pain as a passport to go down into the depths of despair, or we can use our pain as a passport to our freedom."

"We don't even want to see the light at the end of the tunnel — we end up becoming the light in the tunnel."

"When I. Then I. — When I get that job, then I'll be happy. And then you arrive in those spaces, and it doesn't quite work the way you had anticipated."

CONTACT THE HOST

• Website | www.thereikihealingcoach.com
• Instagram | @sophia_i_got_ig
• Instagram | @createlifeyourway
• Facebook | www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754
• LinkedIn | Sophia Elcock

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