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The Aligned Living Podcast with Kathleen Gellatly08: Elevating Women in Business, Holistically ft. Ezlyn Olivia Barends Dive into an incredible conversation on this episode that's nothing short of illuminating! 🌟 Tune in to explore the realms of activating your highest self, mastering your career journey, and embracing boundless abundance.Welcome to Episode 8 of the Aligned Living podcast, featuring the remarkable @ezlynolivia from @the_modern_empress.Meet Ez, a beacon of light in the realm of abundance and soul-purpose mentoring for women poised to make a positive impact on the world. With a proven track record of transforming the lives of countless high-potential women who've felt immo...2023-08-0900 min
AfricaX PodcastDreamGirls Academy: Connecting Girls in South Africa to Economic Opportunities with Ezlyn BarendsMeet Ezlyn Olivia Barends, the co-founder of DreamGirls Academy an organisation in South Africa, dedicated to shifting girls and young women from a space where they are economically dependent to connecting them to economic opportunity, through mentoring and education.
In the interview Ezelyn speaks about:
How a quarter life crisis led her to explore how she wanted to be of service and ultimately culminated in the idea for DreamGirls AcademyHow she and her team came up with ways to open up revenue streams beyond grants to support their programs Why they decided to go deep vs. wide wi...2021-10-0141 min
Breaking Out with Jared LesarEzlyn Olivia Barends - Leaving Corporate, Following Your Curiosity and the Value of Continuous LearningOn this episode, I sit down with Ezlyn Olivia Barends, the founding director of the South African chapter of the DreamGirls Academy. The DreamGirls Academy is a female mentorship and empowerment organisation which supports young women all across South Africa from economic dependency to self-sufficiency through education and entrepreneurship in the tech and innovation sectors. Before co-founding the DreamGirls Academy, as a young social entrepreneur, Ezlyn headed up the D.A.D Fund, an NGO started by her father which aims to develop future leaders.
Ezlyn is a career coach, mentor, speaker and blogger and has an...2021-07-2142 min