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Speaker 1: Hi, and welcome to the Rise and Conquer Podcast. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, Georgie Stevenson. I'm a lawyer and health coach,

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Speaker 1: social media influencer, wife and dogmam. On the Rise and

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Speaker 1: Conquer Podcast, we dive deep into all things mindset, habits, career, health,

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Speaker 1: relationships and more.

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Speaker 2: This is a podcast.

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Speaker 1: For women who want to rise up to be the

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Speaker 1: best version of themselves, who have big dreams in who

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Speaker 1: are willing to put in the work to get there.

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Speaker 1: I want to bring you the tools and actionable steps

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Speaker 1: and motivated to conquer your goals. Are you with me,

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Speaker 1: girl friends, Let's rise and conquer. Hi, guys, and welcome

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Speaker 1: back to the Rise and Conker Podcast. Today's episode is

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Speaker 1: a little bit different and it is a replay of

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Speaker 1: an interview I did for the Life Lessons podcast. I

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Speaker 1: was interviewed by Sarah and we chatted about so much.

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Speaker 1: We talked about things like how I started my business,

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Speaker 1: how much it's expanded over the last year, my transition

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Speaker 1: and all the in between, the lessons that I have

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Speaker 1: learned so far, and then we talk a lot about

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Speaker 1: social media and building your own brand.

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Speaker 2: And so much more. I'm really excited for you guys

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Speaker 2: to hear this interview.

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Speaker 1: Make sure you go and check out the Life Lessons

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Speaker 1: podcast and follow Sarah on Instagram. Her instagram is at

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Speaker 1: Sarah Jane Wilson Underscore. Okay, now let's get straight into

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Speaker 3: Oh my god, we are here with Georgie Stevenson. Thank

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Speaker 3: you so much for taking time out of your day

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Speaker 3: and joining our podcast. I know everyone's going to be

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Speaker 3: so excited to hear from you.

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Speaker 2: No problem at all, Sarah, I'm happy to be here.

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Speaker 3: Well, let's get right into it. So for those listening

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Speaker 3: who may not know your story, could you share a

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Speaker 3: little bit about your journey to being you know, your

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no problem, So I'll try and keep it as

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Speaker 2: But a little rundown.

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Speaker 1: So I went straight from high school and I studied law.

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Speaker 1: So I finished my law degree, I graduated, I got

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Speaker 1: And before that, I was working in a law firm

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Speaker 1: So I was working full time. I'm studying my PLT,

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Speaker 1: Well, my social story is very much i'd like to

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Speaker 1: And it wasn't until I listened to other like self

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Speaker 1: So my podcast is very much about it's mainly focused

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Speaker 1: So yeah, that's kind of like a long, sort of

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Speaker 3: No, I love it, Thank you so much. So for

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Speaker 3: My favorite episode that I have listened to so far

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Speaker 2: I was with that episode.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I love it. And I think a lot of

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Speaker 3: It was like, yeah, I guess just taking that risk

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Speaker 1: content or anything like that. With YouTube, it's very much

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Speaker 1: I filmed the week before and then I post a

443
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:19,040
Speaker 1: week after, which I like because you know it's relevant.

444
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 2: And then with the blog, we're.

445
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,359
Speaker 1: Usually a couple of weeks ahead, but then my content

446
00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:28,440
Speaker 1: usually ties in everywhere. So for example, I just did

447
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,879
Speaker 1: a YouTube about like fission boarding and goal setting, and

448
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,639
Speaker 1: then I did a blog post that complimented it.

449
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,720
Speaker 2: So I don't know. I really just go off.

450
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,439
Speaker 1: What my audience is picking up and loving, and I

451
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,359
Speaker 1: will sort of run with that, and I basically plan

452
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 1: like the week before. I'd love to tell you it's

453
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 1: like this whole like month before thing, but I don't know.

454
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,920
Speaker 1: I'm personally such like of the view that yeah, content

455
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,800
Speaker 1: does like in saying that if you can sort of

456
00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,879
Speaker 1: write some captions, write some blogs, have a couple of ideas,

457
00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,840
Speaker 1: sort of like waiting them in a document, have everything

458
00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 1: a bit planned out one hundred percent better. I guess

459
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,920
Speaker 1: for me personally, I post at least once a day.

460
00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,960
Speaker 2: Uh no, actually not. I definitely don't post twice.

461
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 1: But I am like constantly putting content out there, So

462
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,520
Speaker 1: if I guess, I don't really need that reminder, Whereas

463
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,439
Speaker 1: I know other people with content like you need to

464
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,960
Speaker 1: be consistent, and I personally think like you should be

465
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,280
Speaker 1: posting at least four times a week, if not more,

466
00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,440
Speaker 1: to stay consistent and to stay in front of your audience.

467
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Speaker 2: I personally don't have that problem.

468
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,520
Speaker 1: I just like love posting that, so I didn't really

469
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,119
Speaker 1: have that problem, but I do like to plan ahead,

470
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,160
Speaker 1: or me and Mal do have these documents. For example,

471
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Speaker 1: if I'm getting a lot of dms or messages about

472
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,719
Speaker 1: a certain topic, I'll chuck that in this document. And

473
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,639
Speaker 1: so when I'm searching for ideas for a caption or YouTube,

474
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,639
Speaker 1: I go to this document and I've just got exactly

475
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,960
Speaker 1: what my audience wants to know and hear about.

476
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Speaker 3: Yes, love it. And I think especially in the last

477
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,359
Speaker 3: few years, and I'm mainly talking about Instagram here, but

478
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 3: there has been such a huge shift from people having

479
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:17,640
Speaker 3: these perfectly curated photos and captions to now it being

480
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:22,560
Speaker 3: a lot more raw and real and relatable. And I

481
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 3: think that's so refreshing now that people are able to

482
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,000
Speaker 3: share more of like what's actually going on in people's lives,

483
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 3: not so much the highlight reel.

484
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 2: Ah.

485
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,240
Speaker 1: I could not agree more. Like I was just thinking

486
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,680
Speaker 1: the other day, the Whole Story's feature on Instagram was a.

487
00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 2: Game changer, because the game changer even though.

488
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Speaker 1: Like my feed is still quite you know, like I

489
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,080
Speaker 1: always have makeup on and I take a good quality

490
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 1: photos and they are still real photos. But even though

491
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,199
Speaker 1: my feed is like that, I jump on my story

492
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 1: every single day makeup free, like and I think people

493
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Speaker 1: like that because you know you can go to you've

494
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,880
Speaker 1: got that sort of post, but then you know I'm

495
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 1: on there every single day just exactly how I am.

496
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 1: And yeah, people love that, I like, but who wouldn't

497
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 1: because we definitely went through the stage where everyone was

498
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:17,120
Speaker 1: so perfect and they all we saw was highlight like wheels,

499
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 1: and that's like not good for your mental health. I'm

500
00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 1: so glad where the whole trend and transition to being

501
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,239
Speaker 1: like real and authentic has gone, because yeah, I just

502
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,440
Speaker 1: think it's the best thing possible.

503
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 3: And that people are relating with that more now. Like

504
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,719
Speaker 3: people were so obsessed and I'm totally guilty of this

505
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,879
Speaker 3: in the past of like you know, following pages that

506
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,600
Speaker 3: were just perfect all the time and just being like, oh,

507
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,680
Speaker 3: I need to be perfect all the time. And then

508
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 3: now I'm like get rid of them, like start following

509
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:51,399
Speaker 3: some real people.

510
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 1: So well, I was the exact same, like I swear,

511
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,639
Speaker 1: you know, three years ago, all I followed was like

512
00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: really skinny models or like really any girls with abs,

513
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: and like nowadays, if don't get me wrong, I will

514
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 1: still follow like a girl like that, but if she

515
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,399
Speaker 1: isn't real and authentic, like I feel like.

516
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 2: You can just know.

517
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 1: And for example, if she only posts like really perfect photos,

518
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,919
Speaker 1: really edited anything like that, I'm the exact same. I

519
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:19,680
Speaker 1: was just on follow because I'm like, I don't need

520
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,040
Speaker 1: that in my life, like and also me being an

521
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 1: influencer myself, I know that's not real, and so I

522
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 1: just don't have any time for that. I'm like, I'm

523
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:33,680
Speaker 1: not interested because for me personally, my Instagram and social media,

524
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,879
Speaker 1: it's about a community and having connection with people that

525
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 1: you wouldn't usually have a connection to, and those sorts

526
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,640
Speaker 1: of people I just don't connect, Like I'm not on

527
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,600
Speaker 1: their level, not perfect like them. So I just like

528
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Speaker 1: I don't even bother. I don't even like, yeah, I'll

529
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 1: un follow them. I don't even follow people like that

530
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: anymore because to me, no.

531
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Speaker 3: Point totally, And like I remember ages ago, there was

532
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Speaker 3: this I was following like a lot of these like yeah,

533
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 3: as you said, like models and you know, fitness models

534
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 3: and things like that, and you know they won't even

535
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,960
Speaker 3: write a caption, It'll just be like an emode, like

536
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 3: a winking emoji, and you're like.

537
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 2: What is this?

538
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:18,479
Speaker 1: Like, I know that that stuff kills me. Honestly, I'm like,

539
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: what are you?

540
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 2: Why are you doing this? But it kills me. That's

541
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,520
Speaker 2: so many people still follow them.

542
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, they'll be like they'll have like two million followers,

543
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 3: and you're like, oh my god, like these poor like

544
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 3: young girls are just at home on their phones looking

545
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 3: at these women and they're like, yep, this is what

546
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 3: I need to be, like to have two million followers

547
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,560
Speaker 3: and just want the winky face.

548
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 1: But also what kills me is like, you know those

549
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 1: young girls think that like that well, I know it's

550
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,040
Speaker 1: just a bit of a touchy subject, but personally, like,

551
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: you have so much potential that you can give to

552
00:29:56,560 --> 00:30:00,800
Speaker 1: society that doesn't involve your physical appearance, and I feel

553
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:05,080
Speaker 1: like those sorts of accounts like they they're reinforcing that, no,

554
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 1: it's all just about how you look, and I hate Yeah.

555
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Speaker 3: I think I was listening to a podcast. I mean,

556
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 3: now that I'm a podcast host, I feel like I'm

557
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 3: obsessively listening to every podcast that there is on any

558
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 3: podcast app. But I was listening to a podcast episode

559
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 3: and they were interviewing Laura Henshaw from the you Know

560
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 3: the Kick girls, and she was talking about how, you know,

561
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 3: there's these Instagram models that have millions of followers and

562
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,440
Speaker 3: they have a platform where they can really help people

563
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 3: and make change. And then you've got some Instagram accounts

564
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 3: that are really campaigning for really worthwhile topics and they

565
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 3: get like dirty likes. Yeah, you know, and yeah, it's

566
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 3: just crazy.

567
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 2: It is. It's in saying.

568
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: That, like we were saying, I think there's definitely a

569
00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:01,800
Speaker 1: shift happening, but it's so true that that's still the case.

570
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, I feel like we went off topic, but

571
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 3: I loved it. I love it all right. So next question, So,

572
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 3: I guess like health and fitness and you know, people

573
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 3: wanting to build a personal brand, Like there's obviously a

574
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 3: lot of that going on, especially on Instagram and YouTube.

575
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 3: Do you have any advice for anyone listening that's wanting

576
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 3: to start to build their own brand now? So say,

577
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,480
Speaker 3: like they're just starting today, you know, what would be

578
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 3: your tips on how to stand out? Yeah?

579
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 2: Sure?

580
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,400
Speaker 1: So for me, And I want to say, like, because

581
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 1: I actually get asked this question all the time obviously

582
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 1: because I do have a presence on social media and

583
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: I have a bigger sort of audience I get asked

584
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,959
Speaker 1: this all the time, and like, the biggest thing that

585
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 1: I can say is you need to think how am

586
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: I adding value to someone's life?

587
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 2: Like for what reason will someone follow you?

588
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 1: And don't get me wrong, it doesn't have to be

589
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 1: I feel like we fall in this trap of you know,

590
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 1: thinking value in regards of you know, posting lots of

591
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 1: information and that sort of thing, which is value. And

592
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: that's amazing. I follow so many counts for that. But

593
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: also you know, value is like entertainment. Value is what

594
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 1: we were talking about before, like getting on your story

595
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 1: raw and real and talking about raw topics like value,

596
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: is you posting something that helps someone else in their

597
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 1: journey in their life? It can be so different, but

598
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 1: you need to find what can you give others? What

599
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: would be the reason why someone actually follows you, because

600
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 1: like you said, it is just so saturated. And you know,

601
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 1: if you're a fitness influencer and you're just posting workouts

602
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: and posting what you eat, I just don't think that's

603
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 1: enough anymore because it is, it's so saturated, So you

604
00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: really need to Like I also love the idea of

605
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: niching in. I know I'm saying it and I'm a

606
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 1: bit more broad, but in saying that, I was a

607
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 1: bit lucky in regards to I was bigger earlier on

608
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 1: when not a lot of people were.

609
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 2: So I realized, I'm like contradicting.

610
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 1: Myself here finding a niche and like really niching in

611
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 1: and really going ham on like that topic. I think

612
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 1: that is really important because that's how someone is going

613
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 1: to find you. And yeah, so making sure you're giving

614
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 1: value to your audience, and also, like we're talking about,

615
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 1: make sure you're being real and authentic because people know, like.

616
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,360
Speaker 2: We're coming to that point where we.

617
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 1: Just know, and if you don't show up as yourself,

618
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 1: people are gonna know. And I just don't personally think

619
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 1: those accounts are doing well anymore. Like I was thinking

620
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 1: the other day, I remember previous back in the day,

621
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: lots of those fitness accounts where they weren't necessarily by

622
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,960
Speaker 1: a certain person, but they just used to like repoke

623
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 1: pot girls, like I swear there was so many like

624
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: big accounts like that and that's all you followed.

625
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 2: Was Now like I don't follow any accounts like that.

626
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: I follow people for their personalities because they make me laugh,

627
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,759
Speaker 1: because they show their real self, because I literally feel

628
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: like I'm friends with some of the people and that

629
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:19,840
Speaker 1: I've never met.

630
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 2: So I personally think that is a big thing.

631
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: And probably like another thing is just like being consistent

632
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 1: and constantly showing up. I think in this sort of

633
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 1: day and age, like people just want instant gratification and

634
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,279
Speaker 1: just want instant success. And you know, something with my

635
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: following is when people are like, oh my god, you

636
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:42,240
Speaker 1: have so many followers, like that's so lucky, that happens

637
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:42,800
Speaker 1: so quick.

638
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 2: Is they don't realize this.

639
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 1: I've been on Instagram for seven years and I've been

640
00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 1: posting about fitness and health from seven years. I was

641
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: like posting what I was eating, my workouts when it

642
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 1: was literally like my mom and brother and dog like like,

643
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 1: I've been like from the very start, putting out value,

644
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: putting out content, being myself most of the time. And

645
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 1: I just like, I think, you can't be in this

646
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 1: for a quick fix and you can't be in this

647
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 1: for oh I want to make you know, I want

648
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 1: to be insta famous and make money off the gram

649
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: because guys, it doesn't happen that way. Just because you

650
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,919
Speaker 1: have followers does not mean you get money.

651
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 2: Like I was talking to a couple of girls.

652
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:27,799
Speaker 1: Actually I was talking to this one girl and she

653
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:31,920
Speaker 1: had nine hundred k followers, And like, you know when

654
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: you charge, so for example, when companies work with me,

655
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,920
Speaker 1: some companies I will charge a fee, and my fee

656
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: was actually more expensive than her. Feel like she was

657
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: charging nothing just because she had no idea how to

658
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,320
Speaker 1: monetize her account, and also her account wasn't engaged.

659
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 2: I think they were mostly male sort of thing.

660
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:55,400
Speaker 1: Whereas you want to attract your tribe and people you'll

661
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,400
Speaker 1: actually like want to connect with, you don't want to

662
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 1: just attract anybody and everyone. And that's where the whole

663
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 1: niche comes in and really zeroing in on what light

664
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 1: you are, what you're passionate about, because if you just

665
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,439
Speaker 1: keep consistent and you're in it for the long run,

666
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,360
Speaker 1: you will attract your community and you will attract your tribe.

667
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: And also something that I've realized is, especially if you

668
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 1: are going to get on Instagram for a certain business purpose,

669
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: you actually don't need a lot of followers to make money.

670
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 1: You just need engage followers. So that's why it's really

671
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 1: important to be authentic, be real, post about your niche,

672
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 1: and post like value content that makes sense to whatever

673
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 1: you're doing, and like it will happen.

674
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think I love all of those tips,

675
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 3: by the way, but I think one of the other

676
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:54,280
Speaker 3: things is like, you can't be not authentic long term,

677
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 3: Like there's going to come a time where people are

678
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 3: going to realize that that's not the real you, and

679
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,440
Speaker 3: you can't keep showing up if you're not being authentic.

680
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: So I love that, And well that's actually ties in

681
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: something I really like when I said previously, when I

682
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 1: was like, oh, you know, you've got to I've been

683
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 1: real most of the time.

684
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,920
Speaker 2: Is because there was definitely a point, you know.

685
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,799
Speaker 1: A couple of years ago when I was posting just

686
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: curated photos and my audience was not engaged, and like

687
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:26,320
Speaker 1: now I pivoted and I only post real and authentic

688
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: and my audience is so engaged. And so I've definitely

689
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 1: been through that, and yeah, you're one hundred percent right,

690
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:35,000
Speaker 1: it won't last and it doesn't work at all.

691
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, I love it.

692
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 2: I think passionate that didn't I No, I love it.

693
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 3: I love it. Okay, So I want to switch is

694
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:46,279
Speaker 3: a little bit, and I guess go back to a

695
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 3: little bit what we were talking about. We kind of

696
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:52,840
Speaker 3: delved into that a tiny bit. So health and fitness

697
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,280
Speaker 3: is a big passion of mine as well, and mindset

698
00:37:56,320 --> 00:38:00,080
Speaker 3: and personal development, which is obviously what really attracted me

699
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:04,320
Speaker 3: to following you in the beginning. And I have seen

700
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:08,840
Speaker 3: that over time your health and fitness and your mindset

701
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 3: around that has really changed. Can you talk a little

702
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,720
Speaker 3: bit about I know it's probably like a longer story

703
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,920
Speaker 3: than what we can cover on this, but I guess

704
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 3: maybe the main things that changed for you, and I

705
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 3: guess where you're at now with that.

706
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:26,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, sure, so, oh yeah, I'll do it very short

707
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 1: and sweet, but long story short. I started my health

708
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 1: journey because I got out of high school. I was

709
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: your typical UNI student.

710
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 2: I was binge drinking and eating and on all.

711
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 1: That sort of lazy like lazy wake ups, all that

712
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,240
Speaker 1: sort of stuff. And then I started my health journey

713
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,240
Speaker 1: because I was ten kilos heavier than what I was previously,

714
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,400
Speaker 1: and my health journey, I did all the typical things

715
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,359
Speaker 1: that young girls do. I went on diets, I did

716
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 1: lots of cardio, and basically, three years into my health journey,

717
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: I woke up one day and I realized that I

718
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: had swung from one extreme to the next So I

719
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: was severely under eating and overtraining. But in saying that,

720
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 1: like what was on social media and what was around, like,

721
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,400
Speaker 1: I just thought that was normal because no one was

722
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 1: talking about the fact that if you under eight that

723
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: could affect your hormones, which was the reason why I

724
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:29,359
Speaker 1: personally went through a whole host of symptoms, including adult acne,

725
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: I had hormone andmbalances, I had digestive issues. I lost

726
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,880
Speaker 1: my period for like fifteen months, like all these issues

727
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:40,319
Speaker 1: which were directly tied to just me not eating enough

728
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 1: and overtraining and constantly putting stress in my body. But

729
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,359
Speaker 1: I just didn't even know what was happening because no

730
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 1: one was talking about this. This was like, you know,

731
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: three years ago, when all, you know, people on Instagram

732
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: were just posting photos of their abs, like there was

733
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 1: no sort of like health or like what I was following.

734
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,839
Speaker 1: And so it just came to a point where I

735
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,240
Speaker 1: had dieted and overtrained for so long that my body

736
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: was just like nope, that's enough, and I got all

737
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: these health issues and then basically long story short, as

738
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: I had to do a whole lifestyle change and really

739
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:19,080
Speaker 1: do the inner work of you know, getting over. I

740
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,319
Speaker 1: was never diagnosed with an eating disorder. I personally think

741
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 1: I had like a touch of orthorexia. But it was

742
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:30,319
Speaker 1: just basically realizing that overtraining and under eating was not

743
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 1: the answer and I could live a sustainable and healthy

744
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:38,320
Speaker 1: lifestyle that was not a constant struggle because I felt

745
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 1: like I was constantly dieting or constantly losing weight.

746
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 2: And then putting on weight.

747
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,480
Speaker 1: It was just this constant battle with myself and my body,

748
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 1: and I was always working against it rather than with it.

749
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 1: And also it definitely consumed a lot of my life.

750
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 1: And it was easy to cover that because you know,

751
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 1: I did have my Instagram which was fit focused, so

752
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 1: I could sort of, you know, use that as an excuse.

753
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: But looking back, it definitely consumed my life to a

754
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 1: point where it was not healthy. And so then I

755
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:14,279
Speaker 1: basically had to take you know, this year process of

756
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 1: starting to eat more food. I stopped doing cardio and

757
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:22,320
Speaker 1: I started strength training, which you know, with these sorts

758
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,959
Speaker 1: of changes, I did start to put on weight, which

759
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,399
Speaker 1: was very uncomfortable for me. Because I was on social media,

760
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 1: I was on the limelight. People didn't realize the struggles

761
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:33,799
Speaker 1: that I was going through. And to be honest, I

762
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: didn't tell anyone because I was so confused about the

763
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,239
Speaker 1: whole situation. No one was talking about this, And so

764
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 1: I had to basically rebuild my metabolism, stop doing so

765
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,640
Speaker 1: much cardio, do strength training, do of those things.

766
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 2: And also I had to do.

767
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: So much work, like in a work on my relationship

768
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: with my body and food because it was just it

769
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 1: was very unhealthy and it was not okay. So for

770
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 1: the last probably you know, a couple of years, once

771
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 1: I realized that was the reason for all my health issues,

772
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 1: I have been really working on that and basically eating

773
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 1: more food and less trading has fixed most of my

774
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:20,840
Speaker 1: health issues, and also working on that relationship with myself.

775
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,880
Speaker 1: So I no longer come from a position of hating

776
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,360
Speaker 1: my body and everything just being about my appearance. I

777
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: come from a position of love and doing things because

778
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,840
Speaker 1: of health and because I love and want to, you know,

779
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 1: respect my body. So it's just been this like really

780
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 1: big transition. Like you said, you've been through a similar thing.

781
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: But yeah, a lot of learning, a lot of lessons.

782
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I am right there with you, and I

783
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,799
Speaker 3: think just I related so much to your podcast with

784
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 3: Nina where she said like, I would much rather be

785
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:02,759
Speaker 3: you know, five kilos heavier and feel free to eat

786
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:06,280
Speaker 3: the foods that I want, then be five kilos skinnier

787
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 3: and hate you know, like hate myself or like hate

788
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:14,320
Speaker 3: myself for eating that or Yeah. No, I really resonated

789
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:15,279
Speaker 3: with that a lot. Yeah.

790
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 1: I loved her quote when she said, don't spend ninety

791
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,880
Speaker 1: five percent of your time trying to diet to be

792
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 1: five kilos light.

793
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:24,600
Speaker 2: And I was just like, it's so.

794
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 1: True, because when you're in that tunnel, it's like tunnel vision,

795
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 1: and you don't realize how consumed you are.

796
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's all you're thinking about. Like you have breakfast

797
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 3: and you're like, okay, so in two hours time, I'm

798
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 3: going to have my snack and that's one hundred calories,

799
00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 3: and then three hours after that, I'm going to have

800
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:44,759
Speaker 3: this and it's like.

801
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:49,479
Speaker 2: Oh god, I'm like having flashbacks and it's and.

802
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:53,360
Speaker 1: That's the thing now, is I actually like look wise,

803
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 1: I actually look very similar, and it is effortless for

804
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 1: me to sustain like my training and my eating. I

805
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 1: eat intuitively, so I eat what I want when I want,

806
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 1: and I work with my body, and I look like

807
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 1: literally the exact same, And I just think back to

808
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:16,000
Speaker 1: the struggles and how restrictive and crazy I was, and

809
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 1: like it was not necessary, like it was such like

810
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: a mental thing. And now like yeah, like it's just

811
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:25,799
Speaker 1: so effortlessly to feel amazing and to you know, be

812
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:28,680
Speaker 1: comfortable in my own skin, Like it's just crazy.

813
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 3: Yeah. And I did a instac story about this yesterday,

814
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 3: actually about consistency because for me, I was, you know,

815
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:43,360
Speaker 3: training six days a week, doing lots of cardio, and

816
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:47,400
Speaker 3: then I hired like a proper trainer and she was like,

817
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:50,560
Speaker 3: You're going to go and do three weight sessions a

818
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:53,400
Speaker 3: week and that's it. And I was like I'm going

819
00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:57,200
Speaker 3: to die, Like how am I going to cope you know,

820
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 3: doing so much less? And I was so scared. But

821
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,160
Speaker 3: then for me, like the first week, I was like,

822
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:07,279
Speaker 3: this is fantastic. I have so much more time, I

823
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:11,240
Speaker 3: have way more energy, and I can just see myself

824
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:14,799
Speaker 3: being able to sustain this more long term. Like I

825
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 3: couldn't even imagine, you know, having a family or whatever

826
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 3: and trying to work out. I'm six or seven days a.

827
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 1: Week exactly, And you need to ask yourself with what

828
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 1: you were doing, especially in fitness and health, like you

829
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,319
Speaker 1: need to ask yourself, can I do this for the

830
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:32,440
Speaker 1: rest of my life? Because if you can't, there's kind

831
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 1: of no point because at some point when you stop,

832
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:40,839
Speaker 1: your body is going to respond to that. So it's

833
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:45,160
Speaker 1: like almost silly if you do these unrealistic things for

834
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,520
Speaker 1: a certain amount of time, because you're going to have

835
00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:48,440
Speaker 1: to deal.

836
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:49,560
Speaker 2: With the issues after.

837
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,880
Speaker 1: Like, it's just you need to think, can I sustain

838
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 1: this for the rest of my life? And yeah, if

839
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:57,800
Speaker 1: it's a yes, keep doing it. If it's no, change

840
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,880
Speaker 1: things around and get to a point when you can yes.

841
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 3: Love it all right, Georgie, we're on the last question.

842
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:08,799
Speaker 3: So as this podcast is called life Lessons, I have

843
00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:12,560
Speaker 3: to ask you what has been your biggest life lesson

844
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:13,560
Speaker 3: to date so far?

845
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,560
Speaker 1: Okay, so this is actually a bit of a recent one,

846
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:18,000
Speaker 1: and I love this question.

847
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 2: Very good. You've had the best questions.

848
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,959
Speaker 1: Well, I usually like talk more about fitness and health

849
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:25,960
Speaker 1: when I'm on a podcast, so I've loved that you've

850
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:29,360
Speaker 1: really gone like the business angles, So yeah, very cool. Anyway,

851
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,760
Speaker 1: moving on, so the biggest lesson and this has definitely

852
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 1: been something recent and it's kind of something like I've

853
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:40,359
Speaker 1: always known, but it's just become so clear, and that

854
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:45,960
Speaker 1: is realizing that I create and design my own reality.

855
00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:50,400
Speaker 1: So everything that I have in life now is a

856
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 1: direct reflection on my actions previously, and everything that I

857
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:58,760
Speaker 1: will have in a future will be like the direct

858
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 1: reflections on what I do now. And that for me

859
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:07,759
Speaker 1: was like mind blowing and it's so motivating because like,

860
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: how amazing that we actually are in control of our

861
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:16,520
Speaker 1: own lives and we are so lucky, especially in Australia,

862
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:20,080
Speaker 1: the choices we have in life to actually do what

863
00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:23,319
Speaker 1: we want. Is like I really don't think we know

864
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:27,040
Speaker 1: how lucky we are and that respect, and so now

865
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,719
Speaker 1: like realizing that I do get to create my own

866
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:34,160
Speaker 1: reality and my own life, Like I just I think

867
00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:37,760
Speaker 1: it has been really good because I am so much

868
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:42,920
Speaker 1: more like all my actions are aligned with my goals

869
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,319
Speaker 1: with you know, I have a vision board, and I've

870
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:48,839
Speaker 1: just realized that it's like it's not by chance, it's

871
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:52,000
Speaker 1: not luck. We create our own reality.

872
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:55,879
Speaker 2: And how amazing is that? Like I'm just like, oh

873
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:57,360
Speaker 2: my god, this is great.

874
00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 3: So literally listening to this podcast driving home, like right

875
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:06,120
Speaker 3: before this interview, and it's so weird that you have

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Speaker 3: said that, but it was this guy and he's talking

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Speaker 3: about your power. And he was like, I'm probably gonna

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Speaker 3: But he was talking about, yeah, your power and the

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Speaker 3: only like, everybody has control and power over their life,

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Speaker 3: and the only reason that people feel like they don't

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Speaker 3: is because they're living in this illusion that they can

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Speaker 3: give that power to somebody else. And so he was

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Speaker 3: talking about how, you know, you have to take responsibility

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Speaker 3: of your own choices, and you are exactly where you

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Speaker 3: are because of every decision you have made leading up

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Speaker 3: to this point. So stop focusing on the past and

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Speaker 3: stop focusing too much on the future. Just focus on

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Speaker 3: what you can do today. So it's so weird you

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Speaker 3: said that.

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Speaker 2: I love that so much.

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Speaker 1: And the thing is that it's such a simple concept

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Speaker 1: and I feel like we all know it, but when

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Speaker 1: you actually put it in like place, it's like, it's

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Speaker 1: crazy how true it is.

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Speaker 2: But it is.

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Speaker 1: It's such a simple concept, but I feel like a

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Speaker 1: lot of people aren't realizing it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I love it.

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Speaker 2: It's like one of my favorite sayings is like step

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Speaker 2: into your power.

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Speaker 3: M Yes, I know that is one of the themes

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Speaker 3: of your podcast. So I love it.

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Speaker 1: Tell me what podcast that is, because you're right up,

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Speaker 1: my Ali And yes.

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Speaker 3: Actually, let me it's probably I'm like halfway through it.

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Speaker 3: Let me let me look at it it is. Do

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Speaker 3: you follow the Influencer podcast with Julie Solomon, Oh, get

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Speaker 3: on it. It's really good. Everyone listening, get on it.

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Speaker 3: But it was her latest one with James wed Moore

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Speaker 3: And yeah, anyway, it's really good. Have a little listen.

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, Georgie, thank you so much for taking

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Speaker 3: the time out and chatting with me today. I've absolutely

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Speaker 3: loved this. This has gone way over what I thought

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Speaker 3: it would, but I loved every second of it. And

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Speaker 3: I'm just so excited for everyone to hear all the

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Speaker 3: goodness that you shared today.

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Speaker 1: No problem at all. It has been my absolute pleasure

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Speaker 1: and I have enjoyed it just as much.

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Speaker 3: All Right, I'll talk to you soon.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Sarah, Thank you so much for listening in. If

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Speaker 1: Instagram at Georgie Stevenson. I hope you have an amazing

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Speaker 1: day or night whenever you're listening in Bye for now

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Speaker 1: and I'll talk to you soon.

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Speaker 3: Show