Courageous Conversations is a podcast series by Real Women in Real Estate. Hosted by Leanne Pilkington, the series focuses on the tough conversations and/or decisions people have made with themselves or with others that require courage.
Episodes
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Welcome to Episode 62 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Brooke Flint, Director and Buyers Agent at Flint Property. Brooke talks about how Head Start Homes is helping community housing residents purchase their own home, how she coaches her clients to be 'buyer ready', how COVID has impacted her and her clients, her own experience with social housing and how she is supporting small business owners through the Give One, Grow One initiative.
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Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Welcome to Episode 61 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Antonia Mercorella, Chief Executive Officer at the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ). Antonia talks about her previous career paths in law and performing arts, her experience working at the REISA and eventually the REIQ, what it's like being the only female leader in the room, her approaches to dispute resolution and bolstering her teams, how COVID has impacted her and how she and the REIQ have campaigned during these times.
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Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Welcome to Episode 60 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Juliana Gomes, Licensed Real Estate Agent at Kingfisher Realty. Juliana talks about moving from Brazil to the Gold Coast with nothing but her partner and her backpack, working at the Burleigh Heads Surf Club, how this led to her gig at Kingfisher Realty, what gave her the strength to persist and keep going, and how her story has been picked up by the media and continues to inspire others around her.
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Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Welcome to Episode 59 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Linda Rudd, Partner and Head of Asset Management Services at Knight Frank Australia. Linda talks about entering the commercial real estate space, what leading as a woman is like within her industry, how she ensures her opinions and thoughts are heard without conflict, what doing an international MBA was like and her tips for having those courageous conversations with yourself and others around you.
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Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Welcome to Episode 58 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Jason Partington, Founder of Making Meditation Mainstream. Jason talks about the Making Meditation Mainstream program, MMM's latest campaign called '28 for TWENTY EIGHT', why he started MMM and what led to his own meditation routines, his advice for those who finding meditating difficult and what he hopes to achieve through his mission to connect the world in meditation.
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Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Welcome to Episode 57 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Miriam Sandkuhler, CEO and Buyer/Vendor Advocate at Property Mavens, and best-selling author of Property Prosperity. Miriam talks about her transition to real estate from financial services, dealing with chronic fatigue and anxiety, launching her business, how to find courage and take a stand, her experience dealing with the gender pay gap and why you need to be an advocate before you become a service provider.
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Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Welcome to Episode 56 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Alyssa Morley, owner of Alyssa's Kitchen. Alyssa talks about her experience in corporate procurement, her cancer diagnosis, leaving her career for cooking school, how she came to the decision to start her cake making business and what she has learned from the transition from the office job to building her own brand.
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Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Welcome to Episode 55 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Andy Reid, Owner/Managing Director at Simplify Marketing, Director at Sold By Auctions! Andy talks about his early career in hospitality management, moving to Australia with his wife and beginning his property career, his experience with depression and anxiety, how he dealt with his mental health obstacle, what lockdown was like for him in Melbourne, and his plans for the future in the real estate space.
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Friday Aug 21, 2020
Friday Aug 21, 2020
Welcome to Episode 54 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Jacquie Love, Founder of Secret Sisterhood. Jacquie talks about how dabbling in journalism during her fashion design university degree led to exploring the topic of human trafficking, her life-changing charity work trip to India to rescue and rehabilitate girls from sex trafficking, starting the Secret Sisterhood movement, creating a symbol for gender equality, spreading her message through jewellery and what's next in her journey to support women's causes.
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Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Welcome to Episode 53 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Tim McKibbin, CEO of the REINSW. Tim talks about his journey across careers in mining, accounting law and real estate, what it's like being the CEO of the REINSW, his views on discrimination, why he surrounds himself with role models within his leadership teams, the challenges associated with fighting for professionalism in the real estate industry and how he stays motivated.
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