AFTER A FEW MINUTES IN THE COMPANY OF LEANDIE DU RANDT, WE PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEE YOU’LL WANT TO SHARE A FIST BUMP AND MARCH OFF INTO THE WORLD READY TO TACKLE WHATEVER LIFE HURLS AT YOU.
She operates at rapid-fire pace, delivering considered one-liners that would make Oprah give her a mmhmm and stop to take notes.
Her attitude is seriously contagious and although her phone is her office 24/7, she has great etiquette, apologising if she has to do something quickly by saying, “I’m so sorry. I’ll be present in a minute.”
She’s wiser than her 31 years would suggest. Her background as a psychometrist with a B Comm honours degree in industrial psychology adds academic cred to her career as a motivational speaker, but it’s her life experience that adds the real weight.
Speed Bumps Ahead
“It’s so true that if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life,” says Leandie after her cover shoot. The weather was less than ideal, but she’s a pro and we wrapped in record time.
Her life is pretty frenetic; bouncing between her job as an actress, TV show host on wellness programme Slank on kykNET, giving motivational workshops and talks to women and young girls, and operating two online businesses; but you get the feeling that she’s loving every minute, despite some speed bumps.
“People do look at me and say ‘you’re so lucky’, ‘you have everything you’ve always wanted’ or ‘you’re so skinny’, but, I mean, I’ve lost my mom, I’ve been divorced… I didn’t just come into life like this. I’ve also been 10kg overweight and I’ve also had to start making changes.”
This story is from the January/February 2020 edition of Women's Health South Africa.
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