About this episode
This episode features a conversation with two women who transformed a friendship into a creative partnership while navigating midlife challenges.
In this episode, we meet Dutch documentary filmmaker Corinne van der Borch and Australian artist-animator Edwina White — two women in the second half of life who turned a dog park friendship into a creative partnership, and a Brooklyn crossing guard into the subject of their upcoming documentary, I Got You . For any woman navigating midlife reinvention, this conversation is a masterclass in starting hyperlocal, accepting help gracefully, and doing meaningful work even when the ground is shifting beneath you. You'll hear how these two collaborators built a community-funded project from the ground up — no big studio, no safety net — while each navigating their own personal upheaval. This is a midlife career pivot story, a creative courage story, and above all, a story about what happens when we pay close attention to the people right in front of us. Miss T, the Bed-Stuy crossing guard at the center of the documentary, is herself a remarkable woman: a foster care survivor who has built a neighborhood family out of loose ties, birthday cards, and epic twice-yearly dinner parties. Her philosophy — generous with love, selective with energy — is something every woman over 40 can carry…
People in this episode
Host: Aransas Savas
Guests: Corinne van der Borch, Edwina White
Topics covered
- community building
- midlife reinvention
- creative partnership
- local impact
- women empowerment
Keywords
- community
- midlife
- documentary
- creative project
- women over 40
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: I Got You
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