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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Rise and Conquer Podcasts. This podcast is

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Speaker 1: for women who want to take ownership of their lives,

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Speaker 1: live unapologetically, and are ready to turn their biggest dreams

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Speaker 1: into their reality. If you're ready to be armed with

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Speaker 1: the tools that will inspire to take bold action, feel

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Speaker 1: confident within yourself, and conquer your goals, then you've come

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Speaker 1: to the right place. I'm your host, Georgie Stevenson. I'm

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Speaker 1: a lawyer turned entrepreneur, co founder of Naked Harvest Supplements,

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Speaker 1: and social media personality with a community of over three

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Speaker 1: hundred thousand. I grew up believing I had to pursue

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Speaker 1: this safe option and fit into a mold others had

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Speaker 1: created for me. But then I entered my corporate law

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Speaker 1: job and I realized that settling for a reality that

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Speaker 1: didn't set my soul on fire was something I was

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Speaker 1: not prepared to do. I want to more, and I

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Speaker 1: have a feeling you do too. Join me and special

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Speaker 1: guests weekly as we get down to the nitty gritty

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Speaker 1: on all things health, mastering your mindset, creating lasting habits,

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Speaker 1: thriving in your career and relationships, plus so much more,

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Speaker 1: and together we'll gain the knowledge and perspective to pursue

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Speaker 1: our wildest dreams and kick fear to the curb. Well,

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Speaker 1: what are you waiting for? Let's rise and conquer, Hey guys,

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Speaker 1: and welcome to another episode of the Rise and Conquer podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today we are rising and conquering working from home. So

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Speaker 1: I know a lot of us, if not most of us,

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Speaker 1: everything that is happening. And I personally used to work

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Speaker 1: been working from home for probably two or three years now,

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Speaker 1: and it was an adjustment. I remember it literally took

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Speaker 1: me six months to like find my groove, to find

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Speaker 1: a new schedule, to find what worked for me, and

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Speaker 1: to actually be productive because I found I was trying

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Speaker 1: and it was this weird time. So I'm hoping I

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Speaker 1: have to go through that six month period and you

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Speaker 1: can kind of start adapting and getting into being productive

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Speaker 1: and working from home and feeling good because I know

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of uncertainty and a lot of fear,

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Speaker 1: and it's good to you know, be certain in your

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Speaker 1: So let's get straight into it. I want this to

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Speaker 1: be a quick sort of in your ears, give you

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Speaker 1: some tips, and then on your way podcast. So I've

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Speaker 1: got sick sort of tips that I really thought back

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Speaker 1: first of all, let's get straight into number one, which

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Speaker 1: is sticking to a schedule and time blocking your day.

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Speaker 1: So I will be putting a photo on my schedule

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Speaker 1: right now on either the Rise and Conker podcasts or

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Speaker 1: my personal instagram at Georgie Stevenson, and it will just

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Speaker 1: show you kind of a breakdown of my day that

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Speaker 1: does change bit. There are like certain things that don't change,

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Speaker 1: kind of rescheduling your day because it's a bit different

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Speaker 1: that out. But I did want to mention that this

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Speaker 1: And I know that's weird, but kind of like sit

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Speaker 1: And then obviously you will need to experiment. But basically

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Speaker 1: go from there. So cannot stress enough. Schedule out your day,

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Speaker 1: So I also have my crystals around me, the ones

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Speaker 1: And then I have this other no idea what it's called,

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Speaker 1: So I have, you know, my beautiful crystals around me. Hey, guys,

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