Podcast Interview Series

Episode #007: Marina Passalaris from Beautiful Minds about being beautiful inside and out

Posted:05.02.2012

Welcome to episode seven of our podcast series!

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Today’s guest is Marina Passalaris, founder of teen program Beautiful Minds. Starting  7 years ago in Queensland she has educated over 1,000 girls.  Beautiful Minds is no ordinary grooming course, as Marina Passalaris (Director) and her team of professional trainers, educate young girls on a number of subjects like, public speaking, confidence, first impressions, remembering names, leadership skills, make up artistry, self esteem, hair styling, body issues, drug and alcohol abuse, bullying, friendships and relationships, setting up boundaries, music therapy, social etiquette, resume writing, money skills and budgeting, wardrobe styling and fashion, photo shoot, social media etiquette and more….


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Featured 10thousandgirl guest: Marina Passalaris

Marina has over 10 years experience in the entertainment industry as both a makeup artist,grooming and deportment educator and well known events organiser and host. Having worked in the industry in Australia and overseas, Marina has a wealth of knowledge in the grooming field.

Beautiful Minds is a life changing grooming, etiquette and life skills course for teenage girls. The course increases girl’s confidence, self-esteem and leadership skills.


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Episode #006: Sarah Lawless A Passion for Life, Education and Continuous Learning

Posted:02.28.2012

Welcome to episode six of our podcast series!

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Today’s guest is Sarah Lawless, a 26-year old who started a non-profit – The Blue Stockings Inc – to help empower women through education. She is also juggling building a new home with her husband, studying for her Masters and works as a teacher full-time. She shares with us her passion about education, life long learning and community.

What Sarah discusses includes:

Starting a non-profit that empowers women through education.
How learning is an ongoing process.
Building a home.
Lessons learned while applying for finance.
Balancing a busy life – study, work, relationships, volunteering.
Grabbing opportunities as they come up – you don’t know where they will lead you!

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Free Life Planning Workshop, Scone NSW -  3rd March
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Free Pilot Workshop, Clare SA – 20th March
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Free Pilot Workshop, Adelaide SA – 23rd March
(Funded by Rabobank)

Life Planning Workshop, Armidale NSW – 29th April

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Featured 10thousandgirl guest: Sarah Lawless

Originally from Kyneton Victoria, Sarah (pictured on right with Caitlin Grigsby) moved to the Gippsland region in 2004 where she has become an active community member being extremely passionate about community development, support and education.

Sarah was the Womyn’s Director at Monash University Gippsland Student Union for two years, where she developed her interest in the empowerment and support of women – particularly women accessing education.

Sarah, together with Caitlin Grigsby, discovered various academic barriers facing students experiencing hardship, particularly with women and mothers with limited access to funds and support systems. Together, they co-founded the initial Blue Stockings Inc with the hope to alleviate some of these pressures for women pursuing study.

Currently, Sarah works as a teacher at Baringa Special School in Moe and finds the role both challenging and incredibly rewarding while continuing her role in Blue Stockings.


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http://www.barefootinvestor.com/ – investment advice

https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/ – government money advice, budgeting advice, calculators etc

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Episode #005:Collaborative Consumption and the Entrepreneurial Life with Lisa Fox of Open Shed

Posted:01.24.2012

Welcome to episode five of our podcast series!

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We have with us the go-getting and truly inspiring Lisa Fox of Open Shed, an Australian collaborative consumption website. You can save time, money and connect with your community while renting out some of the items around your house that you don’t use too often, or rent something from someone in your local community. What a fabulous idea! She also shares with us her experience of becoming an entrepreneur after six years of working in law, policy and government.

What Lisa discusses includes:

How she went from being a lawyer to following her entrepreneurial dreams, starting the social business Open Shed together with her partner Duncan.
What collaborative consumption is.
What to do with your idle ‘stuff’ that is lying around the house.
How collaborative consumption can connect you with your community.
How housesitting is a way that they have supported their new lifestyle.
The lessons she has learnt along the way.
How you can really live on less.

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Free personal finance and life planning online webinar  – 6th February or 23rd February
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Free Life Planning Workshop, Scone NSW -  3rd March
(Funded by NSW Dept Primary Industries)

Free Pilot Workshop, Clare SA – 20th March
(Funded by Rabobank)

Free Pilot Workshop, Adelaide SA – 23rd March
(Funded by Rabobank)

Life Planning Workshop, Armidale NSW – 29th April

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Featured 10thousandgirl guest: Lisa Fox

Lisa Fox is a recovering a Government Lawyer and is the Co Founder and Director of the peer-to-peer rental site, Open Shed. Lisa is passionate about spreading the word about the Australian Collaborative Consumption movement and helping Australians access what they need when they need it!

Featured Links
Find out more about Lisa and Open Shed via twitter, Facebook or the Open Shed blog.

Drive My Car Rentals: peer-to-peer car rental. Rent out your car when you’re not using it and offset your car expenses.

GoGet – car sharing in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide

Jayride – online ridesharing platform

mmmule.com – a brand new social travel network connecting locals who want stuff, to a traveller who can deliver it

www.locongo.com helps you find local experiences, hosted by locals.

Taskbox is all about helping you get through your task list – you list what you would like done and “runners” bid on your job.

Meemeep connects people on the move with stuff that needs to be moved.  You post what you want moved, what you’ll pay and when you need it done by and you’ll be connected with someone that will do it.

SpaceOut – peer-to-peer storage rental.

99Dresses – online clothes swapping (founder Nikki over the weekend shut the site down, however is promising an even better site in the future!)

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