The extraORDINARY Life with Jean Rule: Recent Episodes

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Welcome to The extraORDINARY Life, with your host, Jean Rule. I plan to revisit my anything but ordinary life and highlight some remarkable friends of mine. I hope to interview well over 100 interesting people I know personally.

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S2E2: The incredible journey to Tokyo and beyond. Aspirations of an olympian that even paralysis couldn't keep from being realized.

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Join me as I venture to ultimately interview 100 extraORDINARY people I know. Season 2 is all things education. Public, private, K-12, Higher Ed, even the homeschool journey will be richly explored through my personal adventures over the years and miles. 

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Emmanuel's riveting story of international intrigue spanning 3 continents will challenge us all. When the unthinkable happens, what would you do?

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Terri and Matt Reed shatter our image of the typical border patrol Family by adopting 3 teen girls from Africa. Hard? Yes! Worthwhile? Definitely!

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A homestay experience by a 16 year old Japanese girl turns into a love of life, country and the marginalized. 

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Crystal Briden was born into your ordinary midwest family. Now she and her family, including 2 adopted sons from Africa, travel the world bringing that Michigan magic to all she encounters. From befriending street sweepers in Kuwait and housekeepers in Chili, dignitaries and ambassadors in Mali, Liberia and Zimbabwe to comforting grieving victims at the largest school shooting in US history, Crystal is a living example that kindness and compassion coupled with a willingness to go where the Lord leads her is what exemplifies an extraORDINARY life.

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Travel with me as we explore Jean Darc's humble beginnings in a Congolese orphanage, a surviver of the Rwanda genocide,  resident of a Kenyan refugee camp and ultimately love in the most unlikely of circumstances. 

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When a crisis event is the catalysis for a life long friendship, I realize that some friendships come with a high price.

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A chance meeting at a real estate open house in Seattle was the recent location of this soon to be life long friend.

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The WHY behind my debut podcast.

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Nicole is by far the most influential person in my life and yet we have spent so little time together. Let discover the why together!

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