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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 am a lawyer and health coach,

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

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

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Speaker 1: relationships and more. This is a podcast for women who

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Speaker 1: want to rise up to be the best version of themselves,

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Speaker 1: who have big dreams in who are willing to put

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Speaker 1: in the work to get there. I want to bring

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Speaker 1: you the tools and actionable steps to feel confident in yourself,

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Speaker 1: inspired to take bold action, and motivated to conquer your goals.

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Speaker 1: Are you with me? Your friends, Let's Rise and Conquer. Hi, guys,

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Speaker 1: and welcome back to Rise and Conquered Podcasts. So it

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Speaker 1: actually had a completely different solo episode prepared this week,

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Speaker 1: but I really feel cooled to talk about something that

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Speaker 1: I'm currently dealing with and talking to other women. I

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Speaker 1: feel like a lot of us are currently dealing with it,

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Speaker 1: and it's around mental health. So the last couple of weeks,

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Speaker 1: I've had a really tough time mentally, being very stuck

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Speaker 1: in my own head and a lot of anxiety, a

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Speaker 1: lot of stress, a lot of pressure, and also a

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Speaker 1: lot of sadness and a lot of feeling down and

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Speaker 1: then feeling very confused and guilty for feeling that way.

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Speaker 1: I've just had a lot on at the moment in

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Speaker 1: regards to we're planning the live podcast event. We've had

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Speaker 1: a new flavor drop of Naked Harvest, and you know,

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Speaker 1: all my usual stuff too, So there is a lot happening,

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Speaker 1: Like it definitely warrants me to feel this sort of

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Speaker 1: anxiety and stress. But the last couple of weeks, it's

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Speaker 1: so overwhelmed, which has had been very different to previously.

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Speaker 1: So I've spoken about this a lot. But I'm a

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Speaker 1: very highly driven, full on person. Like I swear, I've

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Speaker 1: just been going one hundred miles an hour since high school. So,

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Speaker 1: like I finished high school, I did my law degree.

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Speaker 1: I was like working full time throughout that, and then

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Speaker 1: like I moved out of home, so I had to

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Speaker 1: legal training while working full time. While doing all that,

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Speaker 1: I was planning a wedding, and then you know, I

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Speaker 1: then I started Nicked Harvest, and I'm just I'm personality

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Speaker 1: where I love that, I thrive off that and I

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Speaker 1: it and it's completely fine. But the last couple of weeks,

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Speaker 1: it's not even that I've been doing that much more

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Speaker 1: I have such a good support system with like Tim

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Speaker 1: then you know my brother and his wife with Naked Harvest,

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Speaker 1: so I have like a really good support system too.

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Speaker 1: But it's almost like I can't explain and I'm so

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