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Leaders, Keep Growing Into Greatness with Jaime Taets Part 2

Real Talk with Robin - August 23, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutes
“There's nothing wrong with you because you have those moments. It's what you do with them that matters.” -Jaime Taets      Leadership is a privilege that comes with the toughest challenges. That’s why it is normal and okay to feel stuck sometimes. As it is part of the journey, you might as ...

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Find the Missing Link in Your Business and Accelerate Your Results with Jaime Taets Part 1

Real Talk with Robin - August 16, 2021 11:00 - 11 minutes
“Just having a great business strategy is never enough. But you have to make sure the culture and the leaders within your organization are going to be able to support that business strategy that you're trying to drive.” -Jaime Taets   What do big companies have that small businesses can adap...

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How to Be A Sales Magnet- The Secret to Get More “YES!” with Cheri Tree

Real Talk with Robin - May 24, 2021 09:30 - 19 minutes
“Sales is not a numbers game, it's a people game.” -Cheri Tree   How can you get your clients to say YES? Learn the science behind successful sales with our guest, Cheri Tree, the genius behind the B.A.N.K. method of cracking personality codes and Founder of Codebreaker Technologies, LLC. Di...

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Success Tips for Millennial Entrepreneurs with Katie Caye

Real Talk with Robin - May 24, 2021 09:00 - 11 minutes
 “Always say YES! to opportunities. Every time I said yes, a door open; every time I said NO, I stayed still. Always be growing and experiencing different things outside the normal.” -Katie Caye    The best time to start your own adventures in the business world is when you are still young. ...

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Success Tips for Millennial Entrepreneurs with Katie Kay

Real Talk with Robin - May 24, 2021 09:00 - 11 minutes
 “Always say YES! to opportunities. Every time I said yes, a door open; every time I said NO, I stayed still. Always be growing and experiencing different things outside the normal.” -Katie Kay     The best time to start your own adventures in the business world is when you are still young. ...

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Real Talk with Robin Edgar - How to Achieve Abundance, Hosted by Michael D. Butler

Real Talk with Robin - May 24, 2021 08:30 - 7 minutes
“Having resources can make the difference between people having a good outcome or a not so good outcome in the decisions that they're making.” -Robin Edgar   The tables have turned! In this episode, Robin passes the host’s mic to Michael D. Butler, the Founder of Beyond Publishing. Michael i...

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A HOPE for Women Entrepreneurs with Hanna Ruth

Real Talk with Robin - May 24, 2021 08:00 - 15 minutes
“Every single person has been gifted by God with talents and with abilities. And so we want to provide a hand up rather than a hand out to families.” -Hanna Ruth   The world faces the real challenge of poverty. News all around the world provides a heartbreaking picture of destitution that we...

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The Power of Combining Your Faith and Business with Teri Johnson

Real Talk with Robin - May 24, 2021 07:30 - 10 minutes
“The impact that we're having in the lives of women, the connections that are being made, the authenticity of the conversations, and the strength that gets us through the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful, comes from Him.”  -Teri Johnson   Many people are skeptical about taking thei...

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2 Things You Need to Consider Before Working with a Financial Expert with Jason Kavanaugh

Real Talk with Robin - May 24, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes
“This is your life savings. This is what your future is. This is what your legacy will be. So you want to be very, very cautious and careful. Don't rush that.” -Jason Kavanaugh   With all the lockdowns caused by the pandemic and other factors affecting the economy, many people can already se...

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How to Overcome Limiting Beliefs and Unleash Your Potentials with Kym Yancey

Real Talk with Robin - May 24, 2021 06:30 - 11 minutes
“I have never seen someone push a door open and not benefit from it. And that door can be limiting beliefs... Your self-esteem expanding and the way you approach challenges are affected by stepping forward and moving.” -Kym Yancey    Whatever stage you’re in, this is the worst that you can b...

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Helping a Million Women Make a Million Dollars with Sandra Yancey

Real Talk with Robin - May 24, 2021 06:00 - 14 minutes
“When you go big no one's left behind.  I would rather dream really big and not hit the goal, then dream really low and nail it.” -Sandra Yancey   Welcome to the premiere of Real Talk with Robin!    For our inaugural episode, we will address one of the most pressing issues of today: Wome...

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The Spark - episode one

Arms Out Like Wings - July 11, 2018 23:00 - 9 minutes
The very beginning of my story. Visit our family home and the warm chaos within. Meet my Mum, Dad, brother and sisters. A glimpse into life in the 1960's.

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Toe in the Water - episode two

Arms Out Like Wings - July 10, 2018 23:00 - 5 minutes
My first ballet classes as a six year old. How my mother saved the day.

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Stage School - episode three

Arms Out Like Wings - July 09, 2018 23:00 - 5 minutes
Things start to scale up when I go to Corona Stage School. I find a dance mentor and Dad becomes a grumpy hero.

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The Audition - episode four

Arms Out Like Wings - July 08, 2018 23:00 - 8 minutes
My Dad organises my secret audition for a professional Ballet School in East Grinstead. I then meet another influential lady in my life whilst I Polka in the biggest studio I have ever seen. 

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Uniform - episode five

Arms Out Like Wings - July 07, 2018 23:00 - 4 minutes
My Italian family think I have been kidnapped, my Dad tells them where to go whilst I get turned down for a grant. 

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Arriving - episode six

Arms Out Like Wings - July 06, 2018 23:00 - 11 minutes
A rather tense car ride to my new Ballet School. My little sister playing 'rag doll' with me, my brother giving me a whole Ten Shilling note and my mother sobbing and smoking like she would use every cigarette in Surrey. Meeting 'Nursey' and finding out that trendy, short skirts were useless for...

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The Contents of my Trunk - episode seven

Arms Out Like Wings - July 04, 2018 23:00 - 3 minutes
How I yearned for winceyette pyjamas and boring old fashioned slippers.

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The First Night - episode eight

Arms Out Like Wings - July 03, 2018 23:00 - 2 minutes
Crisp and formal bedding, lights out and growing home sickness with an unusual approach to bed time.

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Initiation - episode 9

Arms Out Like Wings - July 02, 2018 23:00 - 4 minutes
Girls behaving 'sort of badly' at night. Strange rituals involving absent Nursey and Glito . . . . .

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Rising Bell - episode 10

Arms Out Like Wings - July 01, 2018 23:00 - 2 minutes
My first morning with a ridiculously early start, cold linoleum and myriad shoes.

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Breakfast - episode 11

Arms Out Like Wings - July 01, 2018 12:00 - 2 minutes
The one where my Dad delivers coffee and Marmite in catering size jars!

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Evenings - episode 12

Arms Out Like Wings - June 30, 2018 14:00 - 8 minutes
Evenings at a girls Ballet School for borders. Midnight games, kissing practise 'girl on girl', crushes, making cheese from yoghurts and eventually sleep. . . .

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Vitae Honestas, Weekends & Dancing in the Lunch Queue - episode 13

Arms Out Like Wings - June 29, 2018 13:00 - 7 minutes
Strange latin phrases, weekend visits to my family and cuddling my sister.  Dancing on the staircase.

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Aprons and National Skirts - episode 14

Arms Out Like Wings - June 28, 2018 13:00 - 5 minutes
Being at a Ballet School involves many rituals.  You also have to know your place in the hierarchy.  This is where Aprons came in.  Your apron and National Skirts were part of you. Life evolved around the seamstress who inhabited a cramped and warm space at the top of the school, a sort of haven...

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Ballet Classes - episode 15

Arms Out Like Wings - June 27, 2018 15:00 - 5 minutes
It seems young ballet dancers need to learn about washing tights with fabric softener and how to put clothes on in a hurry.

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School Work, Elocution and My Tuck Box - episode 16

Arms Out Like Wings - June 26, 2018 16:00 - 6 minutes
My 'Pygmalion' moment when I learn to 'speak posh', learn how to read & write at last and secret moments with my parents and baby sister Gaynor in the Tuck Box room. 

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Fire Drills & Blue Peter recording at the School - episode 17

Arms Out Like Wings - June 25, 2018 17:00 - 5 minutes
We loved Fire Drills which were always so exciting and after lights out.  Nothing however prepared us for performing tap dance routines with John Noakes and Roy Castle on our own theatre.

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The Lady of the Blue Pond & Levitation - episode 18

Arms Out Like Wings - June 24, 2018 16:00 - 3 minutes
This is the one about the incredibly ethereal lady who inhabited our Blue Pond and school corridors at night.  Also the strange powers of levitation at our fingertips.

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The Pull of Home - episode 19

Arms Out Like Wings - June 23, 2018 16:00 - 5 minutes
My first year at Ballet School was tough and my homesickness was extreme.  

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