Speaker 1: Welcome to the Rise and Conquer Podcasts. This podcast is
Speaker 1: for women who want to take ownership of their lives,
Speaker 1: live unapologetically, and are ready to turn their biggest dreams
Speaker 1: into their reality. If you're ready to be armed with
Speaker 1: the tools that will inspire to take bold action, feel
Speaker 1: confident within yourself, and conquer your goals, then you've come
Speaker 1: to the right place. I'm your host, Georgie Stevenson. I'm
Speaker 1: a lawyer turned entrepreneur, co founder of Naked Harvest Supplements,
Speaker 1: and social media personality with a community of over three
Speaker 1: hundred thousand. I grew up believing I had to pursue
Speaker 1: the safe option and fit into a mold others had
Speaker 1: created for me. But then I entered my corporate law
Speaker 1: job and I realized that settling for a reality that
Speaker 1: didn't set my soul on fire was something I was
Speaker 1: not prepared to do. I want to more, and I
Speaker 1: have a feeling you do too. Join me and special
Speaker 1: guest weekly as we get down to the nitty gritty
Speaker 1: on all things health, mastering your mindset, creating lasting habits,
Speaker 1: thriving in your career and relationships, plus so much more,
Speaker 1: and together we'll gain the knowledge and perspective to pursue
Speaker 1: our wildest dreams and kick fear to the curb. Well,
Speaker 1: what are you waiting for? Let's Rise and Conquer. Hi guys,
Speaker 1: and welcome to another episode of the Rise and Conquer Podcast.
Speaker 1: Before we get into the show, I just want to
Speaker 1: say a big thank you for all the supports on
Speaker 1: season two of the R and C pod. Ah, it
Speaker 1: is just it's really surreal, guys. It just makes me
Speaker 1: so happy that you guys are so interested and excited
Speaker 1: for all this content. So a big, big thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for sharing and tagging on your stories.
Speaker 1: It is really really appreciated. So let's get into another
Speaker 1: solo podcast today. I want to talk to you a
Speaker 1: little bit about why we should stop trying to fit
Speaker 1: ourselves into a box that often society or others have
Speaker 1: created for us and it's not actually for us. I
Speaker 1: also wait before I get into that too. So I
Speaker 1: was looking at my reviews and I had a review
Speaker 1: saying they liked the podcast, but they didn't like how
Speaker 1: I always kind of refer to you as either women
Speaker 1: or girls. And then I also actually got a DM
Speaker 1: from a lovely man who said he's a big listener
Speaker 1: of the podcast, and it's not just for women, and
Speaker 1: that is just totally a blind spot on my behalf.
Speaker 1: I guess it's quite small minded for me to think
Speaker 1: just because you know, I'm a woman and the branding
Speaker 1: is very like that, I kind of just think I'm
Speaker 1: speaking to one sort of person, but I realize that
Speaker 1: i'm not, and I really really do apologize if I
Speaker 1: offended anyone. I want to be so much more inclusive
Speaker 1: and make sure, you know, gender neutral and all that
Speaker 1: sort of stuff, So I apologize for that. I'm working
Speaker 1: on that. It's more of just a habit, but I
Speaker 1: really do apologize, and I really need to step up
Speaker 1: with that, and I'm so happy to do that. And
Speaker 1: I really do appreciate feedback like that, because, like I said,
Speaker 1: it kind of just didn't really come to mind or anything.
Speaker 1: So thank you for that. If you do have any
Speaker 1: constructive feedback, the best place for that is definitely our
Speaker 1: private Facebook community, which is just the Rise and Conquer community.
Speaker 1: It's private, so you have to request, but come and
Speaker 1: join us. Okay, so let's get into the solo podcast.
Speaker 1: So I want to talk about this concept of stopped
Speaker 1: trying to fit ourselves into a box or a mold,
Speaker 1: because it's something I talk about a lot, and it's
Speaker 1: not like this linear process of you realize you've been
Speaker 1: doing it and it's finished. It's actually something that I've
Speaker 1: had to work on, and even though I feel like
Speaker 1: I have, it actually popped up the other day. So
Speaker 1: I'll get into that. So I guess a little bit
Speaker 1: of a background of my past, and you'll notice I
Speaker 1: always talk about my childhood and family life because for
Speaker 1: most of us, that is what shapes us. And so
Speaker 1: growing up, I have always been someone who is very assertive,
Speaker 1: which you know, people used to call me bossy a lot.
Speaker 1: I am quite loud and direct. I am not quiet
Speaker 1: and timid. I'm not that shy either. And don't get
Speaker 1: me wrong, my childhood was amazing, very very good childhood.
Speaker 1: I have an amazing family, loving family. But I do
Speaker 1: remember something about growing up as I always always used
Speaker 1: to get called like bossy or a foghorn or that
Speaker 1: sort of thing, and it was kind of definitely framed
Speaker 1: in a negative way. So I kind of formed this
Speaker 1: negative thing around it that it wasn't good to be,
Speaker 1: you know, bossy and assertive and know exactly what you want,
Speaker 1: and that is like me to the core, and so
Speaker 1: for a long time, especially my teenage years in early twenties,
Speaker 1: I tried to minimize that side of myself and I
Speaker 1: made sure I wasn't too loud and too assertive and
Speaker 1: I only spoke when spoken to and like stuff like that,
Speaker 1: which now looking back, I'm like, what are you doing, Georgia.
Speaker 1: So I work through that and now, as you guys know,
Speaker 1: like I'm just completely myself. I am so happy. I
Speaker 1: love being assertive. If I want something, if I want
Speaker 1: to tell you something, I will do it. And that
Speaker 1: is just me. And that's also a big reason why
Speaker 1: I have been quite successful my business and running a
Speaker 1: team and all that sort of thing. So those skills
Speaker 1: are very necessary. And I think we put ourselves in
Speaker 1: these boxes and we minimize certain characteristics of ourselves because either,
Speaker 1: you know, we think we need to because we have
Speaker 1: to accomplish something or get the respect of others, or
Speaker 1: that we will attract certain people. But what we don't
Speaker 1: kind of realize is when we are being our most
Speaker 1: authentic self, we then attract people and opportunities that completely
Speaker 1: align with who we are, which I personally think when
Speaker 1: you're living your most like authentic self, and you're attracting
Speaker 1: those sorts of things you feel the most purposeful. Hey, guys,
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Speaker 1: back into the episode. I want to get into a
Speaker 1: little story where this kind of pop up for me
Speaker 1: the other day. So, as you guys know, our season
Speaker 1: two has some new branding, very exciting, and this was
Speaker 1: just because the podcast came out last year and I
Speaker 1: feel like me and my personal brand has evolved a lot,
Speaker 1: and then also I just feel like the podcast has
Speaker 1: evolved a lot, and so I wanted the branding to
Speaker 1: really reflect that, and so we were kind of work
Speaker 1: shopping what we wanted that to look like. And basically,
Speaker 1: for me, I really saw as the new branding, it
Speaker 1: was like me up leveling, really taking myself seriously, really
Speaker 1: taking the podcast seriously, and that's the type of feel
Speaker 1: that I really wanted to put out. So my cousin
Speaker 1: is the graphic designer of the show and also Naked Harvest.
Speaker 1: She's amazing, and I knew I really wanted to do
Speaker 1: like the graphic sort of thing because I'm just really
Speaker 1: into it. If you notice the Naked Harvest website, like
Speaker 1: we're just all graphics and I just really love it.
Speaker 1: It feels really me. And so I knew I wanted
Speaker 1: a graphic and so we started like workshopping different ideas,
Speaker 1: and I was kind of like, I want to be
Speaker 1: you know, like, first of all, I think it was
Speaker 1: mel or Meghan. They were like, you know, definitely you
Speaker 1: and Jim gear. And I was like, no, I don't
Speaker 1: want that. I don't want to be in gym gear.
Speaker 1: I want to be in clothes that are more serious
Speaker 1: and I want less of like the pinks and that
Speaker 1: sort of thing, because I did want the field to
Speaker 1: be a bit more mature. I felt like my previous
Speaker 1: branding was a tiny bit not immature, but I just
Speaker 1: felt like me personally I had up leveled and I
Speaker 1: wanted to reflect that. So I thought, you know, the
Speaker 1: typical up leveling, more serious, more mature, is like not
Speaker 1: this girl who's in pink active wear and all that
Speaker 1: sort of thing. So we're wor shopping these ideas and
Speaker 1: Meghan was coming back and I just like I hated everything.
Speaker 1: I told her that, Oh my god, I'm like, I'm
Speaker 1: so upfront and brutal and it's so annoying because I like,
Speaker 1: I don't know what I want. So Megan's like showing
Speaker 1: me all this different stuff and I was just like, no,
Speaker 1: I hate it. It does not feel me, and then
Speaker 1: I remember Mel was like me and Mel were talking
Speaker 1: about it, and she was like, I really think you
Speaker 1: need to be an act wor like that is so you,
Speaker 1: like that is so on brand for you. And then
Speaker 1: I caught myself and I was like, why can't I
Speaker 1: be an active way? And people still take me seriously
Speaker 1: or even take myself seriously. And I think it's because
Speaker 1: even though health and fitness is a big part of
Speaker 1: Rise and Conquer and my personal brand, I feel like
Speaker 1: I'm so much more than that. Like I feel like
Speaker 1: I'm this girl who I'm into health and fitness, but
Speaker 1: so much more, especially the mental health side of things.
Speaker 1: You guys know, I love money management, you know, I
Speaker 1: love talking about business all that sort of thing. So
Speaker 1: I really I wanted to encompass that. And I thought
Speaker 1: that did not depict someone in active where I thought,
Speaker 1: oh no, that's that's not serious enough. And the reality
Speaker 1: is that that is my brand. I am someone who
Speaker 1: works from home. I am mostly an active where I yeah,
Speaker 1: I care about health and fitness, but I also care
Speaker 1: about so much more, including self development and money and
Speaker 1: mental health and all that sort of thing. And I thought,
Speaker 1: why can't I be the girl who is in active where,
Speaker 1: who loves pink, who loves all like that girly looking stuff,
Speaker 1: and also be really serious and like, why can't I
Speaker 1: depict that? And I think it's because growing up, especially
Speaker 1: when I was in the corporate world, I almost changed
Speaker 1: myself a little because if I was this girl in
Speaker 1: and obviously things can be different, but for me, like
Speaker 1: to be taken seriously in the corporate world, I really
Speaker 1: had to change myself in regards to how I looked.
Speaker 1: I remember I used to always pull my hair back
Speaker 1: and have it up in a bun so you could
Speaker 1: see I had long blonde hair. I have reading glasses,
Speaker 1: but I would always be wearing my glasses. And I
Speaker 1: really had to change, like how I looked and how
Speaker 1: I acted and everything to be taken seriously. And it's
Speaker 1: like that had imprinted on me and I was taking
Speaker 1: that into this new role, which just is not true
Speaker 1: because if you think about it, that is my brand.
Speaker 1: My brand is I sit at home, I'm in active wear.
Speaker 1: I love pretty things, but I'm also super serious. I
Speaker 1: am super hard working, and I'm super successful, and I
Speaker 1: have a business and I have all these things that
Speaker 1: I am smart and serious, but I also have this
Speaker 1: other side of me, and why can't I sort of
Speaker 1: all these things and be who I want to be? Like?
Speaker 1: Why am I trying to fit into a box. So
Speaker 1: basically I had this realization and as you know, if
Speaker 1: you haven't seen the new branding, I'm in my active wear,
Speaker 1: I've got my laptop, i do have my glasses on,
Speaker 1: and it's mostly pinks and peach colors, which are all
Speaker 1: my favorite colors. So we went with the branding that
Speaker 1: felt me. And I think also if I had this
Speaker 1: other branding that really wasn't me, you guys would have
Speaker 1: been like, what is Georgie doing? And again, like I said,
Speaker 1: I really feel like me. Kind of showing you that
Speaker 1: you can be this girl who loves cute active wear
Speaker 1: and pretty things but also be very serious and smart
Speaker 1: and hard working. I'm then giving you, guys permission to
Speaker 1: not put yourself in that box. And so that's why
Speaker 1: I wanted to chat about this today because I really
Speaker 1: want you guys to sort of challenge yourself, look at
Speaker 1: your life and examine you know, your lifestyle and habits,
Speaker 1: and think where you can be more authentically you and
Speaker 1: maybe where you have kind of tried to fit yourself
Speaker 1: into a box because of what you think you have
Speaker 1: to wear or act or be like, and really take
Speaker 1: a step back and think of where you are trying to,
Speaker 1: you know, fit yourself into the box, because I think,
Speaker 1: you know, us being so different and having our little
Speaker 1: quirks and our little takes on everything is really what
Speaker 1: makes us us. And like I said, when I personally,
Speaker 1: when I am super in alignment with who I am,
Speaker 1: I then attract the right people, the right opportunities, and
Speaker 1: all that sort of stuff. So I really want you
Speaker 1: guys to test the boundaries, have a look in your
Speaker 1: life and think where you can be more unapologetically yourself
Speaker 1: because it feels good. Like when I put that branding
Speaker 1: in the little podcast happy mindoob thing whatever it's called
Speaker 1: you you guys know, I'm mockroof technology. I looked at
Speaker 1: it and I was like, oh my god, I'm so
Speaker 1: excited for season two. I'm so excited for this new
Speaker 1: level of the podcast and you know, this whole thing,
Speaker 1: like it just felt so good and so aligned. And
Speaker 1: we can see, you know, from my downloads and stuff,
Speaker 1: that you guys are feeling it too, which makes me
Speaker 1: so happy. So really, guys, do not put yourself into
Speaker 1: a box or try and fit a mold. You're not
Speaker 1: supposed to do it. You're supposed to be you, and
Speaker 1: you will attract an aligne and all those good things.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna love and leave you and i will
Speaker 1: chat you next in our Guest podcast, which will be
Speaker 1: dropping on Friday. And that's a wrap on another episode
Speaker 1: of the Rise and Conquered Podcast. I hope you got
Speaker 1: something valuable from it, and I want to say a
Speaker 1: big thank you for tuning in. I really really do
Speaker 1: appreciate it. If you're craving more than don't worry, I've
Speaker 1: got you sorted. We have our very own Rise and
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Speaker 1: from me your hosts at Georgie Stevenson. Once again, guys,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for tuning in. This is a
Speaker 1: totally independent podcast, so we really do appreciate every bit
Speaker 1: of support. Hope you guys have an amazing day or
Speaker 1: night whenever you're listening, and I'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 1: Jesday Tuesday, be stictve Gosing. I'll stake a long time
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