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Marina interviewed the beautiful Poppy Cross. Poppy is a London-based transformational life coach working with accomplished clients to facilitate their ultimate fulfillment in every area of life. Poppy uses a blend of transformational coaching techniques, positive psychology and happiness research to enable her clients to recognize their professional and personal blind spots, limiting beliefs, blocks, thoughts and behaviours which sabotage success, weaken relationships, limit happiness, health, opportunity, growth and achievement.

Poppy trains her clients to think big, live big, believe in themselves, embody fierce courage, unconditional self-love and see the opportunity in every situation. Old, toxic habits are replaced with new powerful, positive, value-driven goal-orientated beliefs and behaviours to activate a life full of passion and purpose. Goals are met, vision and dreams are expanded and life is lead to the absolute fullest. No matter how big or small a perceived struggle, situation, feeling of being stuck, single, sad - the result of an optimised life can always be met if the work is done.

In this episode, Poppy and Marina discussed  1. The benefits of coaching. 2. What inspired her to become a coach. 3. What she did previously. 5. What areas she focused on with her clients. 6. Is it for everyone? 7. Her Covid-19 stress toolkit to help us turn the bad days into good ones. 

To find out more, visit https://poppycross.co.uk

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Marina interviewed Flavia de Pfyffer. She is Head Of Business Development at Agora, a new beauty mobile app based in London. AGORA is home to a community of Gen Z users who create shoppable video content (reviews, tutorials, tips, etc) tagged to their favourite products, earn virtual coins through specific actions, and spend their coins to purchase dropped products.

In this episode, Marina and Flavia discussed 1. Everything AGORA 2. Their rewards scheme 3. What she did before AGORA 4. Her learnings and advise on how to scale and market a tech brand.

AGORA is everything, it is so much fun and something that we absolutely need right now! Head to the App Store and download it NOW.

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Marina interviewed Lisa Winning. Lisa is a Tech entrepreneur. Previously founder of a digital startup HeTexted, taking it from idea to an audience of 5 million Millennials. HeTexted was a platform that provided relationship answers and one-on-one advice specific to each user. How INCREDIBLE!

She has a wealth of knowledge on relationships but also an expertise in digital growth strategy. She is a #bossbabe whom we are so proud and honoured to have as an advisor to LBD.

Today's session we discuss Love in a time of Covid! Is a global pandemic the perfect opportunity to find love? Marina and Lisa, go through a number of messages between couples and decode whether "He" is into you or not.

Enjoy!

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Marina interviewed Gavin Rajah, a man who wears many hats. UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador, award-winning Fashion Designer, and Concept Event Specialist.

He also founded The White Light Movement, a project that empowers women and creates sustainable employment.

In this episode, we discussed 1. The projects he is working on 2. How he is adapting his business during this pandemic 3. What creative process does he go through when designing collections 4. His view on sustainability. 5. As a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, his advice to us on how we can make an impact  6. What his wardrobe tip.

To see more of what Gavin gets up to follow him on Instagram @gavinrajah

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Marina interviewed Amy Sturgis, who has not only one but TWO businesses.

Cinta The Label is a ready to wear fashion brand aiming to bridge the gap between the contemporary and luxury market with price point.

Amy Sturgis Consulting is a boutique consulting agency that helps brands and people achieve their place in the international market.

In this interview Marina and & Amy discussed 1.  Cinta The Label and what inspired her to start her own business. 2. What did she do before 3. What creative process does she go through when designing collections 4. What is her view on sustainability 5. What has been the best way to scale and market her brands 6. Why is PR so important, and what should we be doing during Covid? 7. What would be yher advise to someone who was wanting to start a fashion business? 8. What is her one wardrobe tip for the LBD community?

To find out more, check Amy out on Instagram @amysturgis 

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Marina interviewed Stella Bettany, Co-Founder Azura Retreats. Stella and her husband Christopher Bettany, founded Azura Retreats in 2007 with a vision of providing luxury accommodation in Mozambique while supporting the local community and environment. 

Completely private and removed from the rest of the world. Azura offers some of Africa’s ultimate private luxury hideaways for just a discerning few to discover. 

Privately owned and managed, their hotels are small and personalised, with award winning 'eco-chic' villas, delicious local cuisine, and a whole range of unique experiences to enjoy.

In this interview, we discussed: 1. What made her leave behind asset Management to start her own hotel? 2. How easy was it? 3. What does her perfect day at Azura look like? 4. What is her view on sustainability? 5. Azura's ethos in "making a difference" 6. How does she juggle mum/work life? 6. What is her wardrobe tips?

To find out more check out https://azura-retreats.com

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Marina interviewed Rachael Lindsay from Glass Door. Glass Door is Homeless Charity, supporting women and men around London. Their vision is a world where no one has to sleep on the streets of London. About 170 individuals sleep in a Glass Door shelter every night in winter, making Glass Door London’s largest emergency winter night shelter network. Glass Door is able to do this thanks to partnerships with churches across West and South West London.

Rachael joined Glass Door in October 2019 as the communications officer. After working with young refugees from Pakistan and Afghanistan for the British Red Cross, she completed a Master's in South Asian Studies at Oxford University.

In this episode, we discussed 1. Glass Door, 2. How Covid-19 has changed their daily operations, 3 What are their main concerns at the moment? 4. For those still sleeping on the street, what can we do as a community to help? 5. What are their plans post-Covid? 6. What can we do to help and support their amazing initiative?

To find out more visit www.glassdoor.org.uk and take a look at their emergency appeal, www.glassdoor.org.uk/covid-19-emergency-appeal.

As mentioned in the podcast, streetlink is the platform where you can flag someone who is homeless to the authorities (only if you have asked their permission to do so).

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Tara Kangarlou interviewed Marina as part of her Covid Recovery Series.

Tara Kangarlou is an award-winning American journalist who has produced, written and reported for international news outlets such as CNN, Al Jazeera & TIME; and is the author of her forthcoming book, The Heartbeat Of Iran. As a global Mental Health advocate Tara is also the founder and president of Art Of Hope, the first American nonprofit with the sole mission of alleviating trauma and PTSD among war-torn refugee children and adults.

In this episode, they discussed 1. Covid Recovery in London, 2. Running a start-up in quarantine, 3. Tips for startups in times of Corona, 4. Female entrepreneurs navigating a male-dominated environment, 5. How to maintain a strong mental health as you start, run, and grow your business.

For those of you interested in up-leveling your skillsets, check out Udemy! 

To hear more Covid recovery stories make sure to follow Tara.

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Marina interviewed Steph Abrishamchi. A Lover of Beauty and Wellness, Steph strongly advocates that beauty is generated within, journeying her discoveries on how to achieve this in her entertaining blog, The Conscious Glow. Alongside of this, she juggles the daily realities of being a mama, business owner and tech investor.  (or could say angel investor)

In this episode, we discussed 1. The Conscious Glow and what inspired Steph to start it 2. How she manages work/mum life 3. Her GLOW advise for all of us girls during isolation. #NEEDED. 4. Her AWESOME wardrobe and how she manages it 5. Her wardrobe and style tips for the LBD community.

#HappyListening

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Marina interviewed Hannah Tovey, author of The Education of Ivy Edwards. Hannah is from South Wales, but grew up in Hong Kong. She graduated from Faber Academy in 2018, after completing the Writing a Novel course under tutor Richard Skinner, where she finished The Education of Ivy Edwards. Hannah lives in Bow, East London and is working on the sequel, out summer 2021.

What is The Education of Ivy Edwards about? Fleabag meets Gavin and Stacey in this raw, confessional debut with the most endearing and honest of heroines. Ivy Edwards is thirty-one years old, funny, shameless, and a bit of a romantic. She's also currently trying not to cry in the office toilet. Partly because she's just run out of money for fags. A bit because her mum continues to annoy her. Definitely not because she's just been dumped by her fiancé. With her London life in shambles and her family miles away in the Welsh valleys, Ivy doesn't actually feel like she belongs anywhere. At least, she has her friends - and a bottle of vodka. Embarking on a journey of singlehood, Ivy is about to discover that sometimes, having your life fall apart can be surprisingly fun. Sometimes, heartbreak can be the best education ...

In this episode, we discussed the inspiration, the process, and all the juicy details of The Education of Ivy Edwards.

Look out for the awesome release, Ebook May 7th, and Paperback August 13th. To find out more, visit her website www.hannahtovey.com