1.6K
Downloads
38
Episodes
Everyone has a dream to become something in their life. We all have some kind of desire that doesn‘t leave us. Rare Conversations is where I speak with different business owners about their journeys.- why they started, how they keep going, what they do when things get tough. I want to help others save time so they can learn from mistakes we have made in our own businesses. I hope to inspire you by giving you an honest look at behind-the-scenes and all the stuff no-one really hears about. Episodes drop every Tuesday and Thursdays, so please join us! You may be my next interview!
Episodes
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
In this episode I speak with Clementine Bastos, owner of Goldylost Hair. Clementine creates and sells hair replacement options for women who have experienced hair loss.
Originally from New Zealand, Clementine now lives in Sydney and is mum to a little girl. She actually started Goldylost Hair whilst on maternity leave.
Clementine started losing hair at aged 16 and couldn’t find any wigs that didn’t look “wiggy”.
Hair loss took a big toll on Clementine’s self-confidence and self-esteem and she wanted to create celebrity-worthy hair for everyday women, so they don’t have to go through what she did.
She has the highest quality, most natural-looking human hair wigs and toppers. Goldylost Hair helps give women back their confidence and learn to love their hair again.
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
In this episode I speak with Caroleena Montanez - one of four powerhouse women running international freight company in Australia, Plane 2 Sea.
Caroleena was born in Colombia and moved to Australia 17 years ago. She met her co-founders Ana and Jodie in a previous job and they had an instant connection. When that business closed down, they got together, along with Nikki, and started their own business.
Eleven years later, they have developed a strong bond built from respect, true friendship and an impeccable work ethic. They’ve been through marriages, breakups, babies and everything else in between.
It’s their transparency and genuine desire to help others succeed that continues to grow their business at a healthy rate and have customers reaching out to them.
Their business plays a crucial part in the global supply chain in moving goods around the world to different markets.
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
In this episode I speak with expert infant and child sleep consultant Lauri Goodhardt.
Lauri has worked with hundreds of families to help bring sanity back to parents and give children restorative sleep that they desperately need.
Lauri is passionate about her approach where she respects that all children are different, have different needs and abilities and should be treated as such. She believes in a holistic approach to sleep, tailoring plans to meet the needs of parents and their own parenting style as well as looking at the temperament of the individual child.
We talk about the importance of early childhood development and how what happens then, plays out later, in adult life. Lauri explains how multiple factors are impacting your child’s sleep, including their environment, sleeping patterns and family routines. She helps you feel empowered by creating a positive and successful experience.
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
In this episode I speak with Ondina Montgomery, co-founder of OMCre8tiv. A multi-disciplinary creative agency that was formed along with her husband Mark during the pandemic.
At OMCre8tiv, they are big picture thinkers and obsessed with turning ideas and visions into reality. With Ondina’s experience from being a surface designer, to fashion brand maker, along with Mark’s film making experience, they’re now able to thoughtfully guide others who are on their own creative journey. They love working with both start-ups and established businesses.
Ondina is a former fashion designer with a background in interiors and architecture. Being introduced to the arts at a very early age gave Ondina a creative awareness and curiosity to experiment and develop her own talent and eventually go on to launch her own brand.
Their creative agency provides services such as design, business strategy, branding, creative direction, graphic design, communication and immersive visual storytelling.
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
In this episode, I speak with Shae Zand from Leave It To Shae, her professional home organisation business.
Coming from a mixed Persian/Filipina background and having grown up between 3 countries: Iran, the Philippines and Australia, Shae considers cultural traditions to be of great importance when it comes to our very own spaces.
After graduating from journalism studies, Shae travelled extensively, living in various countries, and that lifestyle taught her a lot about minimalism. She became an expert at packing and fitting everything into one suitcase.
Her friends and relatives would ask for help with packing as she had her own way of folding and she taught them what to take and what to leave behind.
At one point, Shae decided to move to South Korea for work. Whilst she was there, she became fascinated with their knack for being able to fit everything so neatly into very small apartments and how organized they were overall.
Shae took on some professional training around home organisation where she honed her skills and learned how to create long-lasting habits to keep environments tidy and this dramatically improved her very own personal and working life.
Shae’s been practicing home organisation now for 3 years and has clients in different parts of the world. She helps anyone from busy working mums, to bachelors - helping them to transform not only cluttered and difficult spaces, but to innovate with amazing results - where she teaches people to adopt and maintain their new daily lifestyle.
There’s nothing that beats an organised home to welcome new beginnings.
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
In this episode I speak with Erin Williams, CEO of Melbourne-Los Angeles based PR agency, Modern Day Communications.
Erin is also the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of two magazines - Modern Day Living (IG @moderndaylivingmagazine) that provides inspiring and relatable content for mothers & Influenced (@influenced_magazine), the world's first influencer magazine.
Erin’s earliest career started when she convinced her father to open a family daycare business from their home for 6 ½ years where it grew to be the most booked out daycare in their area.
During that time Erin began her Modern Day Living magazine. She wanted to provide something cool for all the amazing mothers she’d met that wasn’t baby-focused or filled with high-end fashion. She has a strong focus on working mums, lifestyle, wellness, inspiration and balance.
From there Erin started her PR agency. After her magazine’s 3rd issue (where she landed @officialmelb on the cover) she took a leap of faith and went over to LA to expand it and create more growth. It paid off. They’re heading into their 9th issue.
In 2020 when COVID hit, Erin decided to create a second publication - “Influenced” magazine, which focuses on digital creators, influencers, beauty, lifestyle and all things social media.
When the world moved into the second year of COVID, and with some media having died down a bit, Erin decided to create a monthly beauty and wellness subscription box called Bloom Beauty Box (IG @bloombeautybox__). That way they could still manage to get her clients brands out there into people’s hands and still gain exposure whilst also making sure they had backup, in case business had to change.
Both of Erin’s magazines are now sold in 12 countries and her PR agency is growing daily with a recent slew of newly-signed LA clients.
Erin talks about the immense opportunities that are out there for brands and small businesses - including growing your own business with her.
www.moderndaycommunications.com
Instagram accounts:
@moderndaycommunications, @themoderndaylivingmagazine @erin_kwilliams @influenced_magazine @mdccreative__
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Alessandra had the good fortune of being born and gastronomically-raised in the heart of Italy by three great cooks - her mother and her two grandmothers. They had their own food religion.
Alessandra earned a Masters in Political Science and Development Studies in Rome, then worked as a project manager and humanitarian aid manager in Iraq, India, Afghanistan and Indonesia. She has travelled extensively around the Middle East and South Asia.
In 2006 Alessandra moved with her husband to his homeland, The Netherlands, where they now have three food-spoiled teens and conversations in three languages at any one time.. After graduating from a digital arts degree in 2007, Alessandra moved into photography as a career, after dabbling in it since her teenage years.
Her food photography is exquisite and each photograph is carefully brought to life via an idea, seasonal produce, curated props and is captured during a small window of time with natural light on her mildly-sunny European days.
Additionally, Alessandra is a huge fan of sourdough and is a fellow fan of organisation expert Marie Kondo and her konmarimethod.
See her incredible photography at @itsalessandramignardi
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
In this episode, I speak with Therese Tarlinton - brand new author of Swap - Marketing Without Money, where she takes small businesses through a step-by-step process on how to reach out to the right brands, collaborate with them and build long-lasting partnerships.
Therese has over 20 years experience in corporate marketing, branding, manufacturing and distribution.
Having worked with top brands such as Jeep, United Colors of Benetton and Sesame Street, Therese learned from her experience that the most effective marketing strategies involved securing the right partnerships and collaborations. Leveraging other businesses can provide rapid growth for your own brand.
Therese built a start-up that made $1 million in its first year and expanded to 5 countries using this strategy. After selling her company, she now works with big brands to create collaborative campaigns with other businesses.
Now, small businesses think that unless they have a huge social following they aren’t exactly partnership potential, but as you will hear, that’s just not true.
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
In this episode, I speak with Sandra Moscardo.
Sandra is an NLP practitioner and clinical hypnotherapist.
Through the use of hypnotherapy and strategic psychotherapy, Sandra teaches people the tools to switch out negative thoughts, beliefs and behaviours to create new patterns.
She focuses on helping people find a solution to what’s holding them back in health, work and relationships.
Sandra has worked with hundreds of people to help them overcome challenges with anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, procrastination, phobias, addictions and weight management.
This was quite an eye-opener of an episode. I hope you will join us.
You can reach out to Sandra here: newpath-hypnotherapy.com
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
In this episode I speak with Sasha Eburne, CEO of Virtually Assisted and The VA Way.
With over 20 years of business management experience and working in the corporate world, Sasha decided to branch out on her own as a professional virtual assistant.
She’s based on the Gold Coast in Australia and works with clients all over the world.
Sasha became successful in a very short time - which allowed her to give up her daily 9.5 within 2 weeks of launching her business, and she exceeded her previous income within 6 weeks.
Now she specialises in helping women identify and achieve their goals in becoming a successful virtual assistant to live a rewarding and flexible life.
Instagram: @thevawayau / @virtuallyassistedau