{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65977fdfbb77980017a7fbde/69b112bf645f7e43f2f526c0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Humanitarian Travel Can Reignite Your Light with Melanie Soloway","description":"<p>You've done everything right. The career. The marriage. The house. The kids. And still something feels missing.&nbsp;</p><p>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.&nbsp;</p><p>If you've ever arrived at a destination you spent years chasing and thought this isn't it — this episode is for you.</p><p><strong>TOPICS DISCUSSED:</strong></p><ul><li>Growing up in South Africa during apartheid and what it taught her about resilience</li><li>Why achieving \"success\" left her feeling empty — and what finally didn't</li><li>How Nelson Mandela's story became a personal turning point</li><li>Using your pain as a passport to freedom, not despair</li><li>What villages in Kenya and South Africa can teach us about joy that the West has forgotten</li><li>The \"trinity of connection\" — self, source, and other — and why all three must be lit</li><li>What humanitarian travel actually looks like and how to join the next trip</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Melanie On <a href=\"mailto:humtravelgroup@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">humtravelgroup@gmail.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Want to learn more about Melanie’s work? Visit her website Humanitarian Travel Group&nbsp; at <a href=\"https://humtrav.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQdu21leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFIVTA0aXlrSjJCUUNIUzVEc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtmcsY0Pz2jaqAFZmV2LNh9eREBqNFrqdw3YwtQy8XGjw6xLq1BMFVuu6pfZ_aem_nlV1veea50JvFxFImgMyqw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">humtrav.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>BEST MOMENTS:</strong></p><p><em>\"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.\"</em></p><p><em>\"We don't even want to see the light at the end of the tunnel — we end up becoming the light in the tunnel.\"</em></p><p><em>\"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.\"</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONTACT THE HOST</strong></p><ul><li>Website | <a href=\"http://www.thereikihealingcoach.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;www.thereikihealingcoach.com&nbsp;</a></li><li>Instagram | @sophia_i_got_ig</li><li>Instagram | <a href=\"http://instagram.com/createlifeyourway\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@createlifeyourway</a></li><li>Facebook | <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754?mibextid=YMEMSu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754</a></li><li>LinkedIn | <a href=\"http://linkedin.com/in/sophia-elcock-b1941b5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Elcock</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Sophia Elcock"}