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 Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Welcome to Episode 52 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Karen Chant, Licensed Real Estate Agent at Bob Berry Real Estate. Karen talks about her start in the real estate industry, how burnout impacted on her career, why striving for success at your own pace is better than comparing yourself to the rest, how she implements a goals grid and finding a work-life integration that works best for her.
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Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Welcome to Episode 51 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Vinh Giang, entrepreneur, keynote speaker and magician. Vinh talks about how he transitioned from being a magician to a professional speaker, building his brand in the USA, the power of learning improv on one's confidence, life lessons from his family, how COVID impacted his business and how he plans to future-proof his career.
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Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Welcome to Episode 50 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Justine McDonald, Finance Specialist at Nectar Mortgages. Justine talks about moving across 3 different careers, her experience with losing career confidence, how she rebuilt her self-worth, her tips for investing and what she would and wouldn't do again, and and her thoughts on the current market.
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Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Welcome to Episode 49 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, we welcome back Louisette Geiss, Co-Founder of RWIRELA, women’s rights advocate, Sales VP, and former producer, actress, writer and director. Louisette talks about the recent financial ruling against Weinstein, what being on the other side of this ruling is like, how COVID has impacted herself and the real estate market in the USA, maintaining a positive outlook and her upcoming project that's in the works.
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Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Welcome to Episode 48 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Chris Helder. He talks about xxx.
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Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Welcome to Episode 47 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Amy Young, Principal of Laing+Simmons Young Property in Avalon. She talks about her foray into real estate as a personal assistant, the crucial feedback that determined her start in business ownership, the challenges she faces around anxiety when it comes to door-knocking and what it's like working with her husband in a paperless and work-from-home real estate office.
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Friday Jun 26, 2020
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Welcome to Episode 46 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Jillian McGrath, Sales Agent at McGrath Manly, as well as an inspiring mentor to fellow real estate agents. She talks about what it was like transferring her skills to real estate in her 50s, the benefits of using a vision board for goal-setting, the important of authenticity in creating connections, and how she has been helping her industry and the wider community through her mentoring and charity work.
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Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Welcome to Episode 45 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Sadhana Smiles, Director at Harcourts Move and CEO of Harcourts Group VIC. She talks about how she entered real estate, moving from Melbourne to Sydney after a divorce, how this impacted on her mental health and her family, the reason she returned to Melbourne and her charity work in Fiji and the event 'Walk a Mile in Their Shoes' .
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Friday Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Welcome to Episode 44 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Angela Avgerinos, Performance Leader at LJ Hooker Corporate. She talks about entering the real estate space, working with the Laing+Simmons network, how a hurtful comment from within her family made her write in a letter of resignation from her successful role as an agent, and what this meant for her future plans and aspirations.
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Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Welcome to Episode 43 of our podcast, Courageous Conversations, hosted by Leanne Pilkington.
In this episode, our guest is Cathy Baker, Principal of Belle Property Killcare. She talks about her transition from interior design to real estate, her charity 'Killy Cares', how she met Richard Branson, how she handled her fears with public speaking and why 'helping people' has worked as her motivating mantra in life.
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