Second Curvers – Details, episodes & analysis

My guest is the fabulous second curver Sarah Armstrong, a trailblazing businesswoman and author of the book "The Mom's Guide to a Good Divorce: What to Think Through When There Are Children Involved". 

 

Like many couples, Sarah and her husband faced challenges that led to her considering divorce. They both knew it was not an easy decision, but they were determined to make the best out of the situation, especially for Grace. Sarah witnessed ugly divorces among friends and knew she needed to approach her own situation differently. As a result, she focused on making Grace the priority throughout the process. 

 

We discussed her book, "The Mom's Guide to a Good Divorce: What to Think Through When There Are Children Involved," and how it became a powerful tool for many people going through similar situations. The book provides practical guidance and emotional support for parents and Sarah stressed the importance of compartmentalizing emotions during this challenging time. She recounts how her daughter Grace's innocent and wise remark about a "good divorce" became the catalyst for writing the book.

 

Sarah is on a mission to change society's perception of divorce and to promote the concept of a divorce should not define one's life negatively and that everyone deserves happiness and fulfillment, regardless of marital status and with the right support can find a way to move forward. 

 

Guest contact info:
Facebook | Website

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Sahar Hashemi is just the greatest!

 

You will want to hear every piece of wisdom from ultimate second curver Sahar Hashemi OBE. A hugely  inspiring serial entrepreneur, author and speaker, she is known for her remarkable journey and contributions to the world of business and entrepreneurship. In her best-selling book, Anyone Can Do It, she advocates that anyone who really wants to be an entrepreneur can be one. We discuss the power of small steps and micro shifts in moving forward and how second curvers can apply her motto of leap and the net will appear. It is all about making the first step and not worrying about having all the answers. 

 

Sahar shares her personal experience of following the beaten path, after a degree in law she joined a law firm but quickly realised it wasn't for her. She vividly describes her transformative moments and shares stories of her multiple businesses (Coffee Republic, founded with her brother and Skinny Candy) and Buy Women Built, the fast growing consumer movement she launched, shining a light on amazing brands built by women.  

 

"The true high, the real joy, doesn't come from the end result or the fruits of your actions. It comes from being fully engaged in what you're doing, being busy and being in the flow every day." 

 

Sahar's story serves as a testament to the incredible results that can arise when we have the courage to step into the unknown and create a life that truly resonates with who we are.

Sahar is the author of the entrepreneurship best seller “Anyone Can Do It: Building Coffee Republic from Our Kitchen Table - 57 Real Life Laws on Entrepreneurship”

 

Guest links:
Instagram | Website

 

We would love to hear from you. Do send me a dm on Instagram (@secondcurvers) or email us at hello@secondcurvers.com

 

It is never too late or too early to be who you want to be.

Second Curvers are a growing community of people who see life as a flow, embracing new roles, new jobs, new challenges and being themselves, rather than standing in line and comparing themselves to the person in front.

To second curve is to embrace a radical reinvention. The only thing it requires is the courage to act and step into the unknown. One little step. Anyone can second curve. Second curving is not defined by age.

Are you in your twenties in a job you dislike? Are you retired and bored? Are you stuck in a rut and can’t see a way out? The biggest barrier to getting on to the next curve is You! Second Curvers podcast is all about WORK!

Our new podcast launches on Tuesday 6th February.

Are you a Second Curver, ready to be ignited?

 

We would love to hear from you. Do send me a dm on Instagram (@secondcurvers) or email us at hello@secondcurvers.com

 

Today we will look back to our interview with Coss Marte, an ex-inmate who is now a successful entrepreneur and founder of ConBody.

Speaking to Coss has been so incredible. His raw honesty, incredible journey, and desire to make something good out of something so bad has been very moving. During our interview, we touched upon a wide variety of issues, but the one story that stayed with me was our discussion about redemption. Coss shared with us how hard was to start from scratch when he was out of prison.

“Giving people a second chance that was one thing that I was struggling with when I came home.”

“Three felonies on my record … It was like a stamp for life. So ConBody was basically born out of desperation,” he said.

In this short excerpt from the interview you will hear his thoughts on inmate redemption and what could society and large corporations do to help bring them back to positive ways once they are out.

In this 10 minute short, we discuss change, how to accept it, embrace it, and flow with it as part of life and part of growth.

My guest today has known and navigated radical change. The Incredible Emma Slade was a high flying financial analyst when her life took a massive turn. She was held at gunpoint in Jakarta. Emma survived, and coming out on the other side, she went down a long road to a new way of living. Today, she is a Buddhist nun. 

Emma tells me about this extraordinary life-changing moment, and how she knew she wanted to do something meaningful with her life. She shares with us her thoughts on handling change, making change, and finding our own unique direction in life.

 

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One of the subjects that comes up time, and again is failure. In this short, I discuss failure with the epic and spectacular Sian Sutherland. She is a serial entrepreneur, having launched a branding agency, set up a restaurant that in short order had a Michelin star and built an innovative global skincare business, which was subsequently sold to the hut group a few years ago. Sian leaned into her calling and co-funded A Plastic Planet, a global campaign organization with a single goal to ignite and inspire the world to turn off the plastic tap for good.

With Sian, we unpack the brilliance of failure, embracing what we don't know and being our own unique selves.

 

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Many of my guests have talked about the importance of taking risks to show yourself what you're made of and grow in every aspect of your life. All of them believe that if you play it too safe, you will miss out on the many adventures and opportunities that life brings. I always say, give it a go take the leap. What is the worst that can happen?
 
My dear friend and guest, Gerad kite is a big proponent of going out of your cosy zone and taking a risk. Many years ago within a space of a few weeks, he left behind a successful business in London, which he built in his early twenties and moved to San Francisco with one suitcase and nowhere to stay. Today we will hear how he was feeling while taking a risk and changing his life.

Over the coming weeks, we will launch the Double Espresso With Dee shorts. 10-minute podcast episodes with key soundbites from my amazing guests. We will revisit themes that matter to you, risk, letting go, overcoming adversity, embracing failure, making a change, identity, how to be you and many more.

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My guest today is the incredible Pirie Jones Grossman. Pirie started working in L.A. and over the following 20 years became a well-known actor and then a very high profile presenter and TV host for E! Entertainment, Fox, NBC, CBS and ABC.  She was famous, fabulous, and part of an L.A. power couple. But privately, she struggled deeply after hitting rock bottom. Pirie left L.A. for good and settled in Sun Valley, Idaho. Over time, she broke through, found herself and decided to change her life. 

Today, Perry is an international bestselling author, a soul-centred, transformational life coach and TEDx speaker and co-founder and co-host of podcast Own Your Throne. I highly recommend reading her amazing book Conversations With Pirie: 30 Stories of People Who Reinvented Themselves

Today through her own experiences, Pirie works with clients to empower their life path, enabling them to learn and recover from their life events, and rise like a phoenix to fulfil their potential. 

I am sure you will love our conversation as much as I did. 

Points of discussion:

Introduction (00:00)

Going back to Pirie's early childhood (02:45)

Moving past childhood trauma (07:59)

Building the next chapter (10:37)

Pirie's first marriage (13:46)

Moving to L.A. and starting a professional career (15:21)

Second Marriage and suicide attempt (20:18)

Leaving LA (24:39)

Becoming a mother (28:54)

Road to reinvention (34:51)

Coaching as life mission (40:07)

Final words by Dee (44:23)

 

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George Taktak and I had a fabulous high-speed conversation about the highs, the lows, and the challenges of humanizing and scaling mental health support. We also discussed how George's creative talents, he is both an artist and a poet, contributing vitally to his high growth business and his wellbeing.

George is an entrepreneur, mental health activist, and founder of How Mental - a social movement of more than a quarter of a million people whose mission is to make mental health care accessible to all. The Genesis for How Mental started some years ago, born out of Georgia's own struggles and his experience of a harrowing mental pain.

He was so beautifully honest and inspiring to talk to. I am always amazed by his passion, his knowledge and his refusal to accept the status quo. 

 

Points of discussion:

Introduction (00:00)

George’s experience of working as a banker  (03:01)
Dealing with the loss of a family member (05:31)
How did George turn the corner and started his next step on the journey (11:54)
How is he supporting himself today (16:04)
View on isolationism of technology (21:35)
Growth of How Mental movement (23:27)

Role of creativity (27:25)

The biggest moment of change/epiphany (30:24)
Takeaways by Dee (34:21)

If you have a question or feedback on the series send me a message on Instagram (@deedoubleespresso) or email me at doublespressowithdee@gmail.com

It’s a special joy to interview your friends, and I feel so lucky to have talked to Édéenne today. She has such an incredible vision and the real grit to keep going, no matter what.

Édéenne is a high jeweller having founded her jewellery house in Paris in 2003 after a major life-changing epiphany.

We talked about her life-changing experience and transition from businesswoman to a high jeweller. I loved her insistence that we have to keep looking for experiences all the time, not watching the trains go past, but jumping on the right one when it comes along. And her epiphany at the bottom of the lake is just such a hypothetical train. But it is also a testament to the power of nature and how the answers are always there, if only we were listening. 

 

Nature plays a big part in her work - from the butterfly to ivy leaves and precious stones. And this links her own belief about trusting her instincts, thinking in her heart about what she wants to do with her life, and how she wants to enjoy it. 

We discuss her incredible story, this moment of radical change in her life and why we all need to feel the fear and embrace it because surprises await us.

Points of discussion:

Introduction (00:00)

Epiphany story (02:53)
Starting over - pursuing a new career (05:51)
The biggest challenges Edeenn had in the early years of becoming a fine jeweller (10:52)
The creative process (15:30)
Changing the personal name (18:05)
What excites you the most, today? (22:12)

Edeenne’s advice to someone who needs to make the change (24:34)

If you could make one piece for one person in the world, who would that be? (26:42)
Takeaways by Dee (28:05)

If you have a question or feedback on the series send me a message on Instagram (@deedoubleespresso) or email me at doublespressowithdee@gmail.com