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Maria Leonard OlsenA Conversation with Alison Weihe, Soul Speaker and Author of Belonging – Finding Tribes of Meaning

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1. A Conversation with Alison Weihe, Soul Speaker and Author of Belonging – Finding Tribes of Meaning Maria Leonard Olsen 30:41

Alison Weihe is a founder and award-winning entrepreneur in the construction industry in South Africa over the past 25 years. The Creative Stone Company has built a reputation as an ethical design-driven company of excellence and service. In the past six years she transitioned into the Coaching, speaking and writing space where she won further awards – Speaker Factor Winner 2021 of the Professional Speakers Association of South Africa (PSASA) and a Global Coaching award from the Coach Foundation and is a nominee in Women of Stature Awards in South Africa 2025 in the Coaching and Mentoring Category.

As a serial entrepreneur passionate about making a difference, Alison became an Executive Partner in the Mindset Development Institute, alongside her business partner, Jabu Zwane and their growing team, recently winning a further award as one of the top empowerment companies in South Africa. Both Alison and Jabu have a deep commitment to do Legacy work, build entrepreneurship Education and tell the untold stories of hope and healing in South Africa. Alison has an interesting background as an entrepreneur. She was a political activist for almost 20 years in different shapes and forms, as a journalist and a trade unionist under COSATU. Alison was part of COSATU’s launching Congress in 1985 and worked directly under President Cyril Ramaphosa and many other remarkable leaders of that time.

What sets Alison apart is her vulnerable tone as a profound storyteller. She is known as a Soul Speaker. She believes it is her mission to use her voice as one of reconciliation, hope and healing at a seminal time in our country’s history.

Alison’s message: Own your story, live with grace, step into the power of who you were truly meant to be. That is how we heal some of the anguish in the world, one conversation at a time.

Alison joins us from Johannesburg, South Africa.

Learn more:

Website:  https://alisonweihe.com/

Book: Belonging – Finding Tribes of Meaning, by Alison Jessica Weihe

Purchase from Amazon: https://a.co/d/6Xezlll

Facebook: www.facebook.com/alison.weihe

Instagram: www.instagram.com/alison_weihe/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alison-weihe/

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Maria Leonard Olsen Maria Leonard Olsen

Maria Leonard Olsen is a commercial litigation attorney in Washington, DC. She is the creator and host of the Becoming Your Best Version Podcast and author of the popular book, "50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life." Her TEDx Talk presented at CUNY is "Turning Life's Challenges into a Force for Good." Learn more about Maria at www.MariaLeonardOlsen.com and follow her on social media @FiftyAfter50.