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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Rise and Conquer Podcast. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Georgie Stevenson, former lawyer turned entrepreneur, social media personality and

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Speaker 1: personal development junkie. This podcast is for my girl gang

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Speaker 1: who want to feed their mind with positive and expansive

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Speaker 1: thoughts to help them step into their power and live

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Speaker 1: them most authentic life. We chat a variety of topics

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Speaker 1: including mindset, business, relationships, health, and so much more. Basically,

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Speaker 1: wherever you are on your journey, I want to help

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Speaker 1: you feel inspired and empowered to rise up and conquer

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Speaker 1: your next bold move. I know that's going to look

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Speaker 1: different for everyone, but just no, I'm right here by

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Speaker 1: Let's do this. Hello and welcome back to the Rice

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Speaker 1: and Conquer Podcasts. I am back in your ears in

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