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What A Crossing Guard Teaches Us About Community, Courage & Building Something That Lasts | Ep. 152

There's a woman in Brooklyn who knows every child's name, sends birthday cards with cash inside, and throws twice-yearly epic dinner parties for the neighborhood families she's adopted as her own. Her name is Miss T. She's a crossing guard. And she might be the most inspiring person we've ever had on this show. In this episode, I sit down with Dutch documentary filmmaker Corinne van der Borch (Sisters on Track, Netflix) 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 single corner in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn into the subject of their upcoming documentary I Got You. This conversation is about so much more than one documentary. It's about what happens when we pay attention to the people right in front of us. When we let the "loose ties" — the crossing guard, the neighbor — become something more. When we share our work before it's finished and let community find us. And when we do the brave thing not despite everything going on in our lives, but because of it. 💛 Support the documentary: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-I-... 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/theupli... 📬 Join the Uplifters on Substack: https://theuplifterspodcast.com 💰 SPONSOR: Check out Join the Tryb and use code UPLIFTER20 for 20% off your first order at jointhetryb.com — curated products from emerging founders with inspiring stories, including surprise boxes that make perfect gifts! Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor 1:30 - Meet Corinne & Edwina 2:45 - Who is Miss T? The Brooklyn crossing guard who changes everything 6:30 - Miss T's legendary dinner parties and how she builds neighborhood family 9:00 - The power of loose ties — and how Miss T converts them into strong ones 10:30 - Miss T's philosophy: radically open, selectively energized 14:00 - What presence (not resources) actually creates 15:00 - Edwina's personal story: filming through divorce and upheaval 17:00 - How the corner became a refuge — and how the collaboration began 19:30 - The dog park meeting, Sesame Street, and how creative partnerships form 22:00 - The documentary's vision: drone footage, animation, and mixed media 26:00 - The snowball effect: how community funded this project 31:00 - Three lessons for doing big brave things: start local, share openly, receive help 34:00 - How to support I Got You 37:00 - Nominating the next Uplifter: Sima, filmmaker working on a bell hooks documentary #TheUplifterspodcast #CourageCapital #MidlifeWomen #WomenOver40 #SecondAct #MidlifeReinvention #CommunityBuilding #WomenSupportingWomen #Documentary #MidlifeAwakening #WomenOver40Success #MidlifePurpose #BrooklynStories #CourageCapital #InspiredWomen #MidlifeTransformation #WomenFilmmakers #CreativeWomen #SecondHalfOfLife #40PlusWomen