Speaker 1: Hi, and welcome to the Rise and Conquer Podcast. I'm
Speaker 1: your host, Georgie Stevenson. I am a lawyer and health coach,
Speaker 1: social media influencer, wife and dog mum. On the Rise
Speaker 1: and Conquer Podcast, we dive deep into all things mindset, habits, career, health,
Speaker 1: relationships and more. This is a podcast for women who
Speaker 1: want to rise up to be the best version of themselves,
Speaker 1: who have big dreams in who are willing to put
Speaker 1: in the work to get there. I want to bring
Speaker 1: you the tools and actionable steps to feel confident in yourself,
Speaker 1: inspired to take bold action, and motivated to conquer your goals.
Speaker 1: Are you with me, girl friends, Let's rise and conquer. Hi, guys,
Speaker 1: and welcome back to the Rise and Conquer Podcasts. Today,
Speaker 1: I'm coming to you with a solo episode all about community.
Speaker 1: This has kind of come about because I just got
Speaker 1: back early this morning from all girls retreat in Bali.
Speaker 1: It was just five nights. It was so much fun.
Speaker 1: We fit in so much, but I also feel very relaxed.
Speaker 1: And I went with one of my best friends, Isabella,
Speaker 1: and we went with this tour company named the Bali Club,
Speaker 1: So it was all girls. They plan everything and we
Speaker 1: kind of just like explored. We went to some day clubs,
Speaker 1: had a lot of fun, had a lot of cocktails,
Speaker 1: and it was an intimate group. I think there was
Speaker 1: probably twelve or fourteen people there, all girls, like I said,
Speaker 1: and I just had the best time. It was good
Speaker 1: because I personally don't like being out of routine for
Speaker 1: too long, and so it was this really good time
Speaker 1: where it was only five nights, so it was kind
Speaker 1: of like a long weekend. And then I'm home now.
Speaker 1: I don't feel like I was there too long. I
Speaker 1: don't even feel out of routine. I just feel like
Speaker 1: I had a really good time and now I'm ready
Speaker 1: to get back and to everything, which is great. Also, guys,
Speaker 1: I'm very much just like winging this episode two. Personally,
Speaker 1: I love just kind of like real time unplanned podcast episodes,
Speaker 1: and this trip has just really got me thinking about
Speaker 1: community and personal connection. I personally, obviously I love social media.
Speaker 1: It's my job, and I love using it because it's
Speaker 1: really an incredible tool, obviously for my business, but also
Speaker 1: for personal reasons for connection. So I love social media.
Speaker 1: I love being online and all that sort of thing.
Speaker 1: But something I did realize from my quick little getaway
Speaker 1: is how much I crave human connection. So I met
Speaker 1: these girls on the trip, and they were all kind
Speaker 1: of just like normal everyday girls. They all had different occupations,
Speaker 1: they were at different chapters in their lives. Some were
Speaker 1: younger than me, some were older than me. Some you know,
Speaker 1: we're just studying. Some were really far in their career.
Speaker 1: And it was just so interesting. And I really loved
Speaker 1: just like chatting and talking to these girls. And I
Speaker 1: found we were all quite like minded, and it was
Speaker 1: just really nice. And I think because I do have
Speaker 1: an online business and I work from home, I obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, I chat to Mel on the phone and
Speaker 1: we do have a weekly meeting, but I also don't
Speaker 1: get a lot of in person connection. And I just
Speaker 1: realized how much I did crave it, and so I
Speaker 1: just wanted to come on here and talk to you
Speaker 1: guys and maybe let you guys think about how do
Speaker 1: you want to live in regards to human connection. So
Speaker 1: at the moment, are you currently living most of your
Speaker 1: connection online, you know, through texts or Facebook or Instagram,
Speaker 1: or are you someone who has a lot of in
Speaker 1: person connection, and like, how does it make you feel?
Speaker 1: I also realize in this trip that my if you
Speaker 1: guys don't know the new iPhones or like, I don't
Speaker 1: know if you update them or something like that, but
Speaker 1: they tell you how much screen time that you are using,
Speaker 1: and so I'm not gonna lie. My screen time is
Speaker 1: always very high. But again I always, you know, put
Speaker 1: it down to, oh, I have a business online, you know,
Speaker 1: in st and social media is kind of my job
Speaker 1: in a way, and I run a lot of different
Speaker 1: things online. Ou say, I have Naked Harvest, and I
Speaker 1: personally with mal sorry not just personally do all the
Speaker 1: social media and the sort of marketing side of that.
Speaker 1: I have a lot to do with the back end
Speaker 1: as well. And then obviously I run the rights and
Speaker 1: conquer Instagram myself. I run my own account all by myself,
Speaker 1: so I have a lot going on. So I always
Speaker 1: just like didn't even care that my screen time was
Speaker 1: extremely high, and I just thought, that's my job. It's fine.
Speaker 1: I have a really healthy relationship with social media and
Speaker 1: being online, and I definitely do. I don't feel too consumed.
Speaker 1: But I noticed that my screen time during this trip
Speaker 1: was literally a quarter of what it usually was, and
Speaker 1: I just had so much more in person connection and
Speaker 1: I just realized how great it made me feel, how
Speaker 1: relaxed I felt. I was like me and Isabelle just
Speaker 1: kept laughing the whole time, and we were just talking
Speaker 1: how much we just love chatting, like like, I'm literally
Speaker 1: just a chatterbox. I was probably annoying at some stages,
Speaker 1: but and I just really loved the energy of being
Speaker 1: with other girls who were in either not necessarily similar
Speaker 1: situations but just like minded and I really enjoyed it.
Speaker 1: And so I was wondering, like, are you someone who
Speaker 1: craves that in person connection. Are you kind of feeling
Speaker 1: like a little bit disconnected with how much we live
Speaker 1: our sort of in person connections online too, or is
Speaker 1: like is this just me? And obviously, like I said,
Speaker 1: this is my job and everything like that, so it's
Speaker 1: not like I'm not going to be online. But like
Speaker 1: I said, I just did really crave that connection with
Speaker 1: like like minded women, really inspiring, funny women. And so
Speaker 1: while I was in BALI I created a closed Facebook group,
Speaker 1: and I want to invite you guys to come to
Speaker 1: this Facebook group. I named it Rise and Conquer Podcast Community,
Speaker 1: And so I really wanted to invite you if you
Speaker 1: were also someone who is craving more connection with like
Speaker 1: minded women. If you are someone who enjoys this podcast.
Speaker 1: We talk about so many different things on here, but
Speaker 1: I think we very much have one resounding purpose where
Speaker 1: we're all working towards goals, We're interested in different topics.
Speaker 1: We're really open minded people. That's personally what I think
Speaker 1: of my Rise and Conquer community. And I think it
Speaker 1: would be really fun to have a closed Facebook group,
Speaker 1: so somewhere very safe, you don't have to worry about
Speaker 1: people seeing your posts or questions, and somewhere we can go,
Speaker 1: you know, if it's chatting about the episodes or you
Speaker 1: just need advice, and you have this group of like
Speaker 1: minded girls. Are boys, probably mostly girls. I'm ninety nine
Speaker 1: percent women, like that's my audience statistics. Yeah, just to
Speaker 1: like chat and find a community and be with each other.
Speaker 1: Obviously it's still online, and like I was saying, I
Speaker 1: definitely prefer that in person, but it's kind of like
Speaker 1: the next step where we're really finding out people. So
Speaker 1: I want to invite you guys come and join the
Speaker 1: Rise and Concor podcast community. Just search Rise and Concor
Speaker 1: podcast community. I made the group through the Rise and
Speaker 1: Concor podcast page and then you'll also see me and
Speaker 1: Mel like me personally my personal Facebook and Mel as
Speaker 1: admin and you just have to request you just put
Speaker 1: in your email address and well only if you you
Speaker 1: don't actually have to, and we will accept you. And yeah,
Speaker 1: I just want to create this community of girls that
Speaker 1: kind of go that one step further. I know my
Speaker 1: dms kind of get flooded after I do post episodes,
Speaker 1: and I have these really amazing conversations with girls, but
Speaker 1: I often don't get to a lot of them just
Speaker 1: because I'm so time poor, and so I think it
Speaker 1: would be really great to have this kind of online community.
Speaker 1: And also what I was saying in regards to that
Speaker 1: in person connection, I've spoken to Mel and we've actually
Speaker 1: been working on something behind the scenes in regards to
Speaker 1: creating an event so we can have more in person
Speaker 1: contact with each other and sort of have that community. Obviously,
Speaker 1: I don't have anything certain now. It's actually quite difficult,
Speaker 1: but just I wanted to let you guys know I
Speaker 1: am working on it. And then also, ever since this trip,
Speaker 1: I spoke to Mel and I was like, we have
Speaker 1: to make this happen. Let's do it. I really am
Speaker 1: craving that in person connection with you guys, because I
Speaker 1: know you're my people. I know you're my girls, and yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm feeling very passionate about it, and
Speaker 1: I want that to be one of this year's goal,
Speaker 1: especially with the podcast. I personally, like Mel loves the
Speaker 1: idea of like a meetup, and she's mentioned it numerous
Speaker 1: times before, and I've personally squashed that because I don't know,
Speaker 1: a meetup feels very self consumed, bit narcissistic, and I'm
Speaker 1: just like, oh, I'm like, just you know, people come
Speaker 1: to meet me. No, I don't know that sounds weird,
Speaker 1: but when we spoke about it and it being an
Speaker 1: event where people coming in and it's like my podcast
Speaker 1: crew and women who are into the same things as me,
Speaker 1: obviously care about the same things, striving to be better
Speaker 1: humans and open minded humans. Like it really feels good.
Speaker 1: And I very much run my business in regards to
Speaker 1: what feels good, and this feels really good, and especially
Speaker 1: after the retreat, I am just craving that human connection
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Speaker 1: To finish off this episode, I just want to talk
Speaker 1: a little bit about community and kind of my thoughts
Speaker 1: and feelings around it, because it's very developed over the
Speaker 1: time and evolved. I think as you get older, you
Speaker 1: understand and you appreciate so much more what a community is,
Speaker 1: how much it affects your life. And so I did, actually,
Speaker 1: I looked up the definition of a community. I have
Speaker 1: this like weird thing where like I start thinking about
Speaker 1: a term and really get into it. I look up
Speaker 1: the definition. I don't know why, and I just wanted
Speaker 1: to read it to you guys. So, a community is
Speaker 1: a group of living things sharing the same environment. They
Speaker 1: usually have shared interest. In human communities, people have some
Speaker 1: of the same beliefs and needs, and this affects the
Speaker 1: identity of the group and the people in it. And
Speaker 1: I love this because it's so true who you surround
Speaker 1: yourself with really affects the person you are. And it's
Speaker 1: kind of like I I remember the saying I know
Speaker 1: this saying is more towards business, but like your income
Speaker 1: is the average of the five people around you. And
Speaker 1: I'm not talking about income, but I also believe that
Speaker 1: like your beliefs, your way of living, your interests are
Speaker 1: very much similar to your immediate group. And I know
Speaker 1: sometimes we can have friends and it can feel like
Speaker 1: a community, but it's not exactly healthy, and it can
Speaker 1: be quite toxic. And I personally have been in this
Speaker 1: position quite a few times, and once I sort of
Speaker 1: shifted and I almost like rearranged my community. You very
Speaker 1: much elevate as a person when the people around you
Speaker 1: are supportive and really good for you. And so I
Speaker 1: want to chat about what I believe a community should be,
Speaker 1: what I personally strive in my own life, and I
Speaker 1: think we just shouldn't underestimate how much a community can
Speaker 1: really uplift you and evolve you as a person. So
Speaker 1: the people that I surround myself, I want to be
Speaker 1: able to be completely myself. And this is actually something
Speaker 1: if you have me on social media or even YouTube
Speaker 1: and then the podcast, you'll notice how much more personal
Speaker 1: I am on the podcast. It's because I very much
Speaker 1: feel safe and I feel like the people who go
Speaker 1: to the extent of listening to this podcast are very
Speaker 1: much kind of like my people, and I feel very
Speaker 1: safe and I can feel like I can be very vulnerable,
Speaker 1: and I love that. That's personally something that I really
Speaker 1: look for in a community. I look for being able
Speaker 1: to participate and share stories. So like, like I said,
Speaker 1: being comfortable enough to be quite personal with you guys,
Speaker 1: and very much wanting to be surrounded by people who
Speaker 1: want to participate, who want to share stories. A big
Speaker 1: thing on the trip the Bali Retreats, Sorry, was I
Speaker 1: was just like so open and then everyone else was
Speaker 1: quite open, and it's just like this really cool environment
Speaker 1: that I'm all about it, and like, forget the small talk.
Speaker 1: I want to go deep straight away. Like that's just
Speaker 1: the person I am. Probably a little bit too much
Speaker 1: too us, but I'm going with it. And I want
Speaker 1: a community where everyone feels very confident, they feel free
Speaker 1: to speak their mind. A big thing with me and
Speaker 1: some of my really close personal friends is sometimes we
Speaker 1: actually don't have the same beliefs and interest but we're
Speaker 1: very much respectful enough where that person is able to
Speaker 1: have that and you know, still speak their mind. And
Speaker 1: I love challenging my friends like and my community and
Speaker 1: challenging them, but doing it in a very genuine, respectful way,
Speaker 1: because we all do have so many different beliefs and
Speaker 1: how we think, and that's okay. Like I personally would
Speaker 1: hate to be in a community or in a position
Speaker 1: where just like everyone agreed with me all the time
Speaker 1: and just like there was no challenges, there was no
Speaker 1: pushing me to think and be my best. And that's
Speaker 1: something that I really try with this podcast with you guys, girls, guys,
Speaker 1: girls is very much I think you'll notice in especially
Speaker 1: in my solo episodes, I usually give you questions to
Speaker 1: think about, and I talk about like thought provoking stuff
Speaker 1: because I do want to challenge you, guys. I do
Speaker 1: want to speak about things sort of outside the realm
Speaker 1: and get you guys thinking. And it's okay if you
Speaker 1: don't think the same as me or your friend or
Speaker 1: anything like that. But I think it's very healthy to
Speaker 1: be surrounded by people, whether it's online or in person,
Speaker 1: with these sorts of things in place. And for me,
Speaker 1: like community is, like I've said, I've been going on
Speaker 1: about it, it's just the connection. And I've just realised
Speaker 1: for me very much in my business, in everything, like
Speaker 1: that's very much a motivator for me. So that's it, guys,
Speaker 1: I'm going to wrap up this podcast. It was just
Speaker 1: a really quick, short one. Like I said, I was
Speaker 1: just feeling very passionate about this after Bali trip, and
Speaker 1: so I literally created the Facebook group like a couple
Speaker 1: of days ago, and I wanted to get this in
Speaker 1: your ears and get people on there and start creating
Speaker 1: that community that I'm craving. And also, like I said,
Speaker 1: I'm really striving. It's one of my goals this year
Speaker 1: to do some sort of in person event with the podcast,
Speaker 1: so you know, keep your eyes and ears out for that.
Speaker 1: And yes, thank you so much for listening. Next week,
Speaker 1: I've got a really exciting interview for you, so I
Speaker 1: will speak to you then. I hope you have an
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