December 22, 2025 • 24 mins
In this episode, we speak with Lauren Rosegreen, Senior Project Manager for Inclusion and Climate Justice at SOS UK and National President at JCI UK, who shows how kindness, courage, and curiosity can shape leadership and personal growth.
She shares how six months traveling across twelve countries in Central and South America became a masterclass in resilience, perspective, and staying calm under pressure, while also shaping her approach to supporting others.
Lauren discusses how she mentors and empowers young leaders across sectors, why networking needs a rebrand, and how genuine curiosity and human connection create relationships that endure and make a real difference. She also explores how small daily practices, advocacy, and intentional visibility can amplify impact and drive systemic change.
You’ll hear:
➡️ How travel and adventure build perspective, resilience, and leadership
➡️ Ways to support young leaders and foster growth across sectors
➡️ Why networking works better when curiosity and human connection come first
➡️ How small daily actions, visibility, and advocacy create meaningful impact
➡️ Lessons in empathy, courage, and leading with kindness in professional life
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SPEAKER_02 (00:46):
I am delighted to be joined by Adventurer Lauren Rose
Green.
Because the last time I saw you,you were joined us on a live
panel event in Manchester.
It had to be about a year and ahalf ago.
And you'd just come back fromyour travels.
Not only that, you were tookpart in the judging, and you
took part from.
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Were you in?
I think I was in Guatemala.
Of course you were.
Yeah, of course.
Most people fitting it in on atrain or trying to find a quiet
coffee shop, but you did that.
Now tell me, what are you up tonow?
Because you've moved to thatthere London town, aren't you?
SPEAKER_01 (01:19):
I have, I have.
I've gone to the dark side, I'vegone to London.
Um so I'm now the senior projectmanager for inclusion and
climate justice at anorganisation called Students
Organising for Sustainability.
SPEAKER_02 (01:30):
Amazing.
And you're also the presidentfor a national president, shall
I say?
Of course, OBS for JCI UK.
Yeah.
How what's your favourite job?
Oh gosh.
Don't say that because everyonewill be listening.
No, because they're two bigroles, aren't they?
That's a side hustle and a half,that one, isn't it?
SPEAKER_01 (01:49):
Two very big roles, but very different, which is
what I like.
SPEAKER_02 (01:52):
Yeah.
So how give me the headlines ofhow you would explain your role,
each of those two roles.
SPEAKER_01 (01:57):
Yeah, so within um Students Organizing
Sustainability or SOS UK as wego by.
Oh, I like that.
Um, so I work on all everythinginclusion.
So anything inclusion you canthink about, that's that's a bit
of me.
So I work to get more like blackand brown people into
sustainability and climateroles.
So I work with organizations, Iwork with like vulnerable
people, marginalized groups, um,and yeah, and I've got a big
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team of people who sort of pullthat together.
So we do events and we do onlineum online sessions as well, all
sorts of things to get that goodwork being done.
Um, and then as president,national president of JCI UK,
um, I work with young people tohelp develop them into becoming
leaders.
Um, so from a range of differentfields, which is what I love
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about it because my other roleis like very climate and um
yeah, very climate specific,whereas with JCI, it's everyone.
So young people aged 18 to 40,it's a membership organization,
um, and basically I support thelocal chapters to deliver um
training, development, and tohelp their like communities.
SPEAKER_02 (03:01):
And is that what fills your cup, so to speak?
Is that helping?
SPEAKER_01 (03:05):
Yeah, I love it.
I just love I love seeing peoplethrive, especially people that
don't think they can doanything, and they're like, oh,
I don't really know.
Like, I've never really grown upfrom that sort of background.
I love like seeing that lightbulb moment go off, and then
they're like, Do you know what?
I can I can do that.
SPEAKER_02 (03:20):
And you have a mantra, don't you?
If you can be anything to bekind.
Yes, always.
Does that drive you every day?
SPEAKER_01 (03:27):
Yeah, I think it does.
It comes from my mum and mygrandma.
Um, and you know, I grew up in avery sort of low-income um area,
and what we had was kindness.
Like we didn't have a lot.
Um, and you know, this isn't asubstory, like I had a very
loving family, but we didn'thave a lot, but we could always
be kind.
And so I think that for medrives me with everything that I
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do.
Um and when I'm speaking toyoung people, when I'm speaking
within the different roles thatI'm in, I'm like, okay, well,
how can you do this?
How can you like thrive in yourarea and how can you do it
whilst still being kind?
SPEAKER_02 (04:00):
And and most of what you do, you we talk about that
connecting emerging talent youthwith opportunities, making them
believe they can.
Did you believe you could?
So you you grew up in ahousehold of kindness, but did
you believe that everything waspossible?
SPEAKER_01 (04:15):
Um, to be honest, yes, because my mum, my mum was
just like What's your mum'sname?
Joanne.
Oh, and Nana?
What's grandma?
Uh Janet.
Joanne.
Joanne and Janet.
There we go.
Slay, they're great.
I'll get them to listen to this,they'll be thrilled.
Um, yeah, they my mum was justalways like, you can do
anything.
And I was like, really?
She's like, yeah, like literallydo anything.
And she was like, doesn't matterwhat you do, I'll be proud of
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you.
So I think having that justallowed me to then explore.
And like you said before, I'mlike the explorer, the
traveller.
And I think having that likefrom the get-go from when I was
a kid, I was like, oh, I'll justgive it a go.
And if I don't like it, that'sfine.
We'll just try something else.
So I'm really lucky.
And I think when I think aboutuh friends from school, they
maybe didn't have that like athome.
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And so I try to be that forother people as well from a
really early age.
SPEAKER_02 (05:02):
And did that, and so you always knew that kind of
adventure you were going to goon in your career.
Was it did it open up naturallyfor you?
Did you have to hunt for it?
Oh gosh, yeah, I was yeah,didn't know what I was doing.
SPEAKER_01 (05:13):
I still don't really know.
I think too many of us know.
Um, yeah, I think um one thingjust sort of led to another.
And I'm the sort of person likeI'll just take an opportunity,
I'll um seek an opportunity outand just optimise on it wherever
I can.
Um and I definitely do itthrough just getting to know
people.
Like I love a Natter, I lovegetting to know people.
Um, and you'll never you neverknow like when things are gonna
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sort of come back round.
Um, you know, there's peoplethat I met when I was in first
year of uni, and then I've donethings with them in the last
year because it's just sort ofaligned that like our careers
have aligned or whatever itmight be.
Um and going back to thatkindness mantra, if you are kind
to people and if you're justgenuine, then things just sort
of happen.
SPEAKER_02 (05:53):
And and just it's just making me think then about,
you know, people you've metalong your way, and we'll get
onto your travels as well.
But we talk about networking,can't we?
And it's you know, gone are thedays, thank goodness, of
throwing out business cards andthat.
But I wonder, I'm thinking ofthe the connectivity between
networking and kindness becauseI always think one of the big
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things about networking is whatyou can do to stay connected
with that person.
And and you're just talkingabout people that you were at
uni with in first year, you'renow doing things with.
It's just staying connected andbeing curious because you're
like a chat.
Yeah, exactly, exactly.
SPEAKER_01 (06:29):
And I think if you people think networking's like a
bit of an ick, but I love itbecause I just find people so
interesting.
I want to get to know them, notjust the job role, not just what
we can get out of it.
And I think if you reframe theway you see networking, if you
just see it as an opportunity tomeet new people, maybe find
something in common that you'vegot, and don't go into it
thinking, okay, what can I getout of this exchange?
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I've actually found then thatwithin years later, something
might then come out of thatexchange.
But I think if you go into itgenuinely just like wanting to
meet someone, wanting to make aconnection, then that's when the
best relationships happen.
SPEAKER_02 (07:03):
And did you find that when you were traveling?
Talk to us about your travels.
Yes, I was going to go for it.
SPEAKER_01 (07:08):
I thought you were never gonna mention it.
Here are my here's my photocollection.
Exactly, I know I should havebrought it.
Um, so I was away for sixmonths, um, and I did 12
countries in six months.
Um, yeah, so through Central andSouth America, and it was just
incredible.
SPEAKER_02 (07:24):
So good.
What was your highlights?
Because I'm I'm pretty certainyou can't pick a favorite
because there'll be things fordifferent reasons, right?
SPEAKER_01 (07:32):
Yeah, exactly, exactly.
I mean, yeah, I think myhighlight was probably just the
people that you meet, again,very people focused, but the
people that you meet, but notjust the the fellow backpackers,
but the locals.
Like there'd be people that wemet that I think about.
Um, like we met this woman inMexico, we were trying to catch
a bus, had absolutely no ideawhat we were doing.
She spoke no English, we spokeminimal Spanish.
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And bless her, she just walkedout in the middle of the road,
put her hand up and just stoppedthis bus and like got us on this
bus.
And I just think about thatinteraction.
There were so many small pocketsof interaction throughout the
whole trip.
And I think that's the bestthing because they're the things
that you can't, you know, go onTikTok for inspiration for.
You can't like just look at thephotos, it's being there and and
meeting those people.
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And I sometimes think, I wonderwhat she's up to.
I wonder what she's doing rightnow.
So that was the definitely thehighlight for me was just seeing
different people livingdifferent types of lives.
And did you go solo?
I went with my best friend,yeah, Rachel, who's Gelsa.
Um she's up in Liverpool.
Um shy then.
Yeah.
Oh yeah, so shy.
Both of us, gosh, yeah.
Um, yeah, so we went togetherand it was really good um
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traveling, two women traveling,and lots of people were like,
How did you feel about thesafety of it?
But again, I think if you aregenuine and if you're kind and
if you um rely on sort of thekindness of strangers, that's
sort of how we got through.
Um and our Spanish definitelyimproved as we went along.
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Perfecto.
SPEAKER_01 (08:53):
Oh, yeah.
See, what did you learn mostabout yourself?
I think I learned that I'm verygood in high-pressured
environments.
I'm very good at just sort ofgoing with the flow and making
people feel at ease.
There were a few times when likethings don't go to plan.
You know, you get on a busthat's super, super, super
packed and you're on it for like18 hours.
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Um, and a lot of the people thatwe traveled with and met along
the way would sort of feeloverwhelmed or anxious about it.
And I was very good at justbeing like, it's okay, like
putting things back intoperspective.
But we are so privileged to bein the position that we're
traveling.
Yes, this is not ideal.
Yes, we're really sweaty, butyou know, at the end of it,
we're gonna go, we're gonnacheck into a hostel, we're
gonna, you know, have amargarita or whatever it might
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be, and it will all be okay.
So I think I learned that inthose environments, I was the
go-to person that could justsort of chill and calm everyone
down.
SPEAKER_02 (09:43):
And taken back, people will be listening or
watching, go, God, I wanted todo that, but I can't get around
to it.
I I want to, I can't make time,I can't afford it.
Um, in fact, you were a massivemotivation for our wonderful
Lydia, uh, one of our We ArePower family who went off
traveling last year and she hadthe adventure of a lifetime,
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although, but it did freak usout sometimes in the office
thinking, oh my goodness, oh mygoodness, what is she doing?
But what would you say to so youinspired our lid, right?
So what would you say to peopleout there who are listening,
watching, thinking, I want to dothat, but I'm not brave enough,
I don't know where to start.
Um, I'm a bit scared, yeah.
Um, or I don't have, dare I say,time, the biggest four-letter
(10:27):
thing that's against us.
SPEAKER_01 (10:28):
Yeah, time, money, yeah, it's it's all a challenge.
I would say if you genuinelywant to do it, start with a
plan.
So start writing down all thereasons why you want to go,
because that's the thing thatgets you excited.
That's the thing to look backat.
And then I would think aboutokay, what do I need to do in
order to get there?
So for me, I saved all my moneybefore I went.
Like I made sure I worked in thecharity sector, so you know, not
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typically the best paid sector.
Um, but I was like, okay, I knowI want X amount, so I can go for
this amount of time, and sotherefore I need to save this
much a month.
And it was just as simple asthat.
Like, I'm not like amathematician whiz kid, but I
just had a very simplespreadsheet and was like, okay,
I'm gonna save this much.
Um, and then I started puttingin like the plans in place,
plans into action to make ithappen.
So I think looking back at thatoriginal list of why you want to
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go, really figure out if you dowant to go.
Because I think a lot of peopleare like, oh yeah, that sounds
amazing.
But actually, when they thinkabout it, maybe it's not right
for them.
Um for me, going away for sixmonths was like perfect, perfect
time.
It gave me time to like fullyswitch off from everything back
here.
Um, but for other people, itmight be a month, it might be
three weeks, it might be a shortcareer break of like two months.
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So figure out what works for youand then just commit to it.
It's all about just getting intothat routine.
And when people say, Oh, do youwant to come to like this thing?
And you think actually I need toput the money away this month,
it's going back to that originallist of why you want to do it.
Um, and yeah, just go for it.
And how did you pick?
SPEAKER_02 (11:49):
Because, like you say, it's it's a bit you do you,
right?
Yeah.
Don't, you know, sometimes youtake some inspiration from other
people, but how did you of allthe places to go in the big wide
world, why did you pick theroute that you did?
SPEAKER_01 (12:01):
Yeah, I always wanted to speak Spanish.
Like I always wanted to learnSpanish.
I also, I'm celiac as well, soum, Mexico has really good
gluten-free food.
So that was up there for me.
Um, and so as I started to talkto my friend about it, we were
like, Do you know what?
Let's give South America a go,Central America.
I don't know, we just were sortof drawn to it.
Um, you probably know that I diddancing, I'm a dancer.
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Um dancing and I believe you canstill do the splits.
Of course.
Absolutely.
SPEAKER_02 (12:27):
Well for the podcast, if only there was a bit
more room.
SPEAKER_01 (12:31):
Next time, next time.
She said it.
Well, yeah, obviously, SouthAmerica is just so big for
dancing.
Um, so you've got salsa, you'vegot um, you know, Argentinian
tango, all these differentstyles.
I was just like, I don't know,something was really drawing us
to that place.
SPEAKER_02 (12:48):
And how's that you talk about the dancing?
Because you dance since the ageof three, right?
Yeah.
And do you think that's shaped,as well as living in the house
of kindness, but has that shapedyour sort of self-belief, your
uh resilience?
Because it doesn't always goperfect, does it?
SPEAKER_01 (13:05):
Yeah, no, absolutely not.
Um yeah, definitely.
I think where I grew up in aplace where I was the only
person that looked like me.
I grew up in a very white area.
Um, and dancing was the spacewhere I felt really included.
Um, my dance school was justamazing.
It was just like a littlevillage dance school.
Um, but it really gave me theconfidence to sort of just have
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fun and to like people not tolaugh at you just having fun.
Um, I love performing, I lovebeing on stage, and I was never
gonna be the most technical, butI thought, you know what, I'm
gonna be the one that has themost fun.
And so people would always say,like, um, when you go on stage,
people will be like, oh, givethe Lauren Rose green smile.
Because I'd always be like,because I just absolutely loved
it.
So I think I've sort of carriedthat through into my adult life.
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I always try and like inject funinto things that I'm doing,
because why not?
Like, life is just too short.
SPEAKER_02 (13:54):
How do you deal when it's not fun?
Because you are the Lauren Rosegreen smile, and you've deal you
it's very infectious.
The enthusiasm that you have andthe kindness kind of resonates.
But how do you deal when itdoesn't go right?
I know you said on your travelsthat you would be the voice of
calm and putting things inperspective, but sometimes it's
out of control and it's it'sunfair.
SPEAKER_01 (14:14):
Yeah, absolutely.
And it's something that Idefinitely have struggled with
and I'm still on a journey offiguring out.
Um, I think for me it's allabout perspective.
So I try to talk to the peoplethat are closest to me and sort
of put everything intoperspective.
So if it's a situation that'shappening right there and then,
I'm quite good at sort of likethinking of the bigger picture.
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But sometimes, you know, I workin I've worked in homelessness,
I've worked with very vulnerablepeople, I've, you know, seen
some horrendous things, somereally, you know, awful things.
And I think it's just connectingwith an individual if it's some
if it's supporting someone elseand not bringing in like toxic
positivity.
I'm always really keen to sortof, yes, I'm positive and and
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kind and all of that, butactually what someone might need
is just for you to listen.
Um, and so when it's someoneelse, I just try and listen and
talk it through and try and getthem to the point where they can
then move back into that joy,uh, joy era.
Um, but when it's me, Idefinitely use the network that
I've got around me, my people,and I just sometimes I just sit
in bed and eat food.
SPEAKER_02 (15:15):
And and you talked about growing up in a, you know,
you're very underrepresented inthe area that you grow up.
Was were there moments withinyour your your childhood and
growing up as a teen where thatreally sparked this is the area
I'm gonna work in because I cansee what I can see and I can do
something about it.
SPEAKER_01 (15:32):
Yeah, definitely.
There were there were definitelypoints in school.
I was like relatively popular,like got on with everyone, sort
of thing, but there weredefinitely points.
I remember we studied uh theslave trade in in history, and
it was just really awkward aslike the only non-white person
in the room, um, because it'sjust the way that it was taught
was just very much from a whiteperspective, it was really
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awkward.
And I remember the weeks afterthat, people would like make
jokes when I came into schoolthat I'd like come in off the
boat, um, like how's the boatjourney this morning?
Like was the constant joke.
And because I was like friendswith people, I sort of laughed
it off.
Um, and then it was only when mydad was coming to Parents'
Evening that um I was like, Ohmy gosh, I'm really embarrassed
if they say that in front ofhim, because I knew that there
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was it wasn't right, but I justkind of pushed it to one side
and was again very like smileyand probably upside, it's fine.
Um, and so that was the momentfor me when I was like, this is
not okay.
And I spoke to people and theystill continue to do it, so I
had to then escalate it.
And it was the first time I'dreally taken conflict on board
and and sort of challenged myfriends, you know, they were
people that I was friends with.
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Um, and the school took itreally seriously, and thank
goodness.
But I think that for me reallysparked a okay, there's lots of
people who will be in the samesituation as me where they might
not have the confidence to goforwards and to advocate.
So, how can I bring that intothe work that I do to like
empower more people to be ableto do that?
SPEAKER_02 (16:54):
And having your voice heard is really important.
Do you st you still write yourblog?
Yes.
You're roaring twenties.
Tell us about that because thatis life as a a mixed-race woman
in the twenties.
SPEAKER_01 (17:04):
Although I am now in my 30s, so I need a new name.
Chapter two.
Yes, exactly, exactly.
3.0 is what it's called.
Um, but yeah, I absolutely lovewriting.
So I think it um is just adifferent medium for people to
be able to relate to.
Um, and I write how I speak, iswhat everyone says.
They're like, when I read, Iknow it's you, it just sounds
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like your voice.
But it is so important to haveyour own voice.
And in the era of, you know,Chat GPT and AI, I just think
it's so important for people tobe able to express themselves in
in different ways and sharetheir points of view.
SPEAKER_02 (17:37):
And at SOS UK, this is kind of one of the driving
pieces, isn't it?
Is to make sure that the diversevoices are heard, listened to.
I that that must be uh amazing.
Because you're giving people aplatform and a stage.
Yeah.
Um, what would be if you had alimited resource, a mega magic
wand and you know, an unlimitedbudget, what would you do with
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it to make that change to makesure that this is uh is set up
for success?
SPEAKER_01 (18:04):
Yeah, I think when you're thinking about like
long-term success, it all comesdown to policy and what's
actually being implemented sothat then you can shift like you
know, structurally, you canshift big big time basically.
Um so I think what I would do isget more of those voices into
like policy making spaces, so uminto you know MP positions, into
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positions of of power, invertedcommas, um, in society, so that
then their voices aren't justheard but are actually listened
to.
Because I think there's adifference.
SPEAKER_02 (18:32):
Absolutely, there's a difference, and you've been
very recognised, multi-awardwinning, uh, game changer, and
obviously that what's that thataward ceremony?
Northern Power Women Awards?
Oh, yeah, um what does that meanto you?
SPEAKER_01 (18:45):
Do you how does that feel?
Yeah, to be honest, I'm alwaysshook.
Like I never expect it.
Um, because I think because I dowhat I do because I'm like, oh,
I really enjoy this and I'm goodat it, and I never really think
about like the widerrecognition.
But obviously it's incrediblebeing like, you know, presented
with awards and to be honest,going to the evenings themselves
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are just incredible because youget to mix with all these other
fantastic people within theirfields, and again, it goes back
to that networking and meetingpeople and getting to know them.
But I think um, yeah, it'salways nice to be platformed and
to sort of share the work thatI'm doing so that then hopefully
more people can come through,um, and then I won't continue to
be like the first person in theroom.
SPEAKER_02 (19:27):
And you do describe yourself as a busy bee.
You've also set up a communitybook club as well.
Yes.
What would you say is the bookthat has inspired or motivated
you most?
SPEAKER_01 (19:36):
That's a great question.
Um, I actually think I'm gonnago for fiction, which I think is
a bit rogue.
Um, but I love The MidnightLibrary by Matt Haig.
It's just it's a great book.
Um, and I think what I lovecreativity, so anything that
takes me a little bit out of myeveryday, that's why I love
reading, because I am a busybee, but um for me it helps to
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shut my brain off a little bit.
Um and what I loved about thatbook is it's all about sort of
the different ways that yourlife could go based on the
different decisions that youmake.
Um and it really made me thinkabout all those little
decisions, even the microdecisions that you make, you
know, at a Dr.
Pepper this morning instead ofhaving a cup of tea, you know,
all those little decisions andhow that could lead your life in
different ways.
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And I really do think about itall the time.
SPEAKER_02 (20:19):
And you say that you think about, or quote, the
Grinch.
Random, right?
Almost every day.
What is it about the Grinch thatspeaks to you, Blara Rose Gold?
SPEAKER_01 (20:30):
I actually just don't know.
I love the Grinch so much, likeI just feel like he just is
hilarious.
Um, it reminds me of childhoodand Christmases, and like again,
like the family all gatheringaround, we all love the Grinch.
I just feel like he's somisunderstood.
Like he's just he's somisunderstood.
He's great, he's got a big heartand it grows.
And I don't know, I just thinkhis quotes are really, really
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funny.
Um, and yeah, daily I will quotethe Grinch.
I've actually quoted him alreadytoday on the train this morning.
SPEAKER_02 (20:57):
Brilliant, fantastic.
There you go.
Well, at least you areconsistent.
Yeah.
And so before we delve into thepower jar, which is our jar of
foot jar?
Jar of poor.
No, before we get into the powerjar, this is whereby one of our
previous guests has popped aquestion in, uh, unknown as to
who is going to be therecipient.
So just before I start, how whatare you most excited from?
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Moving from your roaring 20s toyour thrilling 30s.
What are you excited about toeither achieve or become?
SPEAKER_01 (21:30):
Oh, um, yeah, I'm really excited.
I think your 20s are your phaseof figuring out who you are.
Like, I think now I know who Iam and I'm really, really rooted
in my values.
So I'm excited to just be likeliving that now.
So I loved my 20s for figuringthat out, but 30s now it's like,
okay, I know who I am.
How can I like deep root this ineverything that I do?
(21:51):
So I'm excited for that.
I'm also excited for like all myfriends starting to have babies
and starting to, you know, I'vehad so many weddings, but um I
think that's- Me personally.
Not me personally, I'm notmarried.
But lots of weddings fromfriends.
Um, and I think it's just reallyexciting to see people like
enter motherhood and um havethat and balance that with their
careers.
And I'm just excited to see thislike new era for myself and the
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people that are around me.
SPEAKER_02 (22:16):
Wider networking with little small things.
unknown (22:18):
Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_01 (22:18):
And they're cute.
SPEAKER_02 (22:20):
Lauren, I think it's time into the power jar to see
what question is going to becomeyou today.
Don't you be sneaking preview inthere?
I saw you then.
SPEAKER_01 (22:35):
So I love this.
So the question is what's themost ridiculous thing you
believed as a kid that you onlylater realized wasn't true?
Gosh, I'm like one thing, Ibelieve everything is equalable.
SPEAKER_00 (22:51):
Um gosh, I've really got a thing.
I believed as a kid that I laterrealised isn't true.
SPEAKER_01 (22:59):
I believed oh gosh.
I believed that there's so many.
I know.
I believed that um thecharacters in Disneyland were
real.
So, you know, like sorry, sorry.
Spoiler alerts.
Spoilers for anyone listening.
Um, but like genuinely, I knowthat all kids sort of think
(23:20):
that, but like I'm actuallyembarrassed that I was probably
age like 13, 14 by the time Irealised.
But like when you go toDisneyland, I didn't realise
that they were actors.
And the only reason I found outis because someone from my dance
school went to work forDisneyland and she was like,
Yeah, I'm gonna be like a fairy.
And I was like, What do youmean?
Like you're not a fairy.
She was like, No, I'm going asan actor.
(23:40):
And I was like, Oh yeah, thatthing.
And I'm absolutely mortifiedthat I didn't know that my whole
life.
I don't really understand why,because I went to Disneyland and
I saw them and they're in thebig furry outfits, but I just
believed that it was thismagical place that was magic.
Dooth fairies still exist?
Yeah, absolutely.
SPEAKER_02 (23:58):
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, of course.
No actors needed.
No actors needed.
Lauren, it is a joy, it's alwaysa joy to be in your company.
You radiate energy and it's thechange and the difference that
you make in other people'slives.
So please keep being especiallyyou and come back and keep
telling us about youradventures.
Thank you so much for joiningus.
Of course, thank you so much forhaving me.
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Never imitated, never replicated, singularly
wonderful.
Everybody's wonderful.
SPEAKER_02 (00:46):
I am delighted to be joined by Adventurer Lauren Rose
Green.
Because the last time I saw you,you were joined us on a live
panel event in Manchester.
It had to be about a year and ahalf ago.
And you'd just come back fromyour travels.
Not only that, you were tookpart in the judging, and you
took part from.
(01:07):
Were you in?
I think I was in Guatemala.
Of course you were.
Yeah, of course.
Most people fitting it in on atrain or trying to find a quiet
coffee shop, but you did that.
Now tell me, what are you up tonow?
Because you've moved to thatthere London town, aren't you?
SPEAKER_01 (01:19):
I have, I have.
I've gone to the dark side, I'vegone to London.
Um so I'm now the senior projectmanager for inclusion and
climate justice at anorganisation called Students
Organising for Sustainability.
SPEAKER_02 (01:30):
Amazing.
And you're also the presidentfor a national president, shall
I say?
Of course, OBS for JCI UK.
Yeah.
How what's your favourite job?
Oh gosh.
Don't say that because everyonewill be listening.
No, because they're two bigroles, aren't they?
That's a side hustle and a half,that one, isn't it?
SPEAKER_01 (01:49):
Two very big roles, but very different, which is
what I like.
SPEAKER_02 (01:52):
Yeah.
So how give me the headlines ofhow you would explain your role,
each of those two roles.
SPEAKER_01 (01:57):
Yeah, so within um Students Organizing
Sustainability or SOS UK as wego by.
Oh, I like that.
Um, so I work on all everythinginclusion.
So anything inclusion you canthink about, that's that's a bit
of me.
So I work to get more like blackand brown people into
sustainability and climateroles.
So I work with organizations, Iwork with like vulnerable
people, marginalized groups, um,and yeah, and I've got a big
(02:20):
team of people who sort of pullthat together.
So we do events and we do onlineum online sessions as well, all
sorts of things to get that goodwork being done.
Um, and then as president,national president of JCI UK,
um, I work with young people tohelp develop them into becoming
leaders.
Um, so from a range of differentfields, which is what I love
(02:42):
about it because my other roleis like very climate and um
yeah, very climate specific,whereas with JCI, it's everyone.
So young people aged 18 to 40,it's a membership organization,
um, and basically I support thelocal chapters to deliver um
training, development, and tohelp their like communities.
SPEAKER_02 (03:01):
And is that what fills your cup, so to speak?
Is that helping?
SPEAKER_01 (03:05):
Yeah, I love it.
I just love I love seeing peoplethrive, especially people that
don't think they can doanything, and they're like, oh,
I don't really know.
Like, I've never really grown upfrom that sort of background.
I love like seeing that lightbulb moment go off, and then
they're like, Do you know what?
I can I can do that.
SPEAKER_02 (03:20):
And you have a mantra, don't you?
If you can be anything to bekind.
Yes, always.
Does that drive you every day?
SPEAKER_01 (03:27):
Yeah, I think it does.
It comes from my mum and mygrandma.
Um, and you know, I grew up in avery sort of low-income um area,
and what we had was kindness.
Like we didn't have a lot.
Um, and you know, this isn't asubstory, like I had a very
loving family, but we didn'thave a lot, but we could always
be kind.
And so I think that for medrives me with everything that I
(03:49):
do.
Um and when I'm speaking toyoung people, when I'm speaking
within the different roles thatI'm in, I'm like, okay, well,
how can you do this?
How can you like thrive in yourarea and how can you do it
whilst still being kind?
SPEAKER_02 (04:00):
And and most of what you do, you we talk about that
connecting emerging talent youthwith opportunities, making them
believe they can.
Did you believe you could?
So you you grew up in ahousehold of kindness, but did
you believe that everything waspossible?
SPEAKER_01 (04:15):
Um, to be honest, yes, because my mum, my mum was
just like What's your mum'sname?
Joanne.
Oh, and Nana?
What's grandma?
Uh Janet.
Joanne.
Joanne and Janet.
There we go.
Slay, they're great.
I'll get them to listen to this,they'll be thrilled.
Um, yeah, they my mum was justalways like, you can do
anything.
And I was like, really?
She's like, yeah, like literallydo anything.
And she was like, doesn't matterwhat you do, I'll be proud of
(04:36):
you.
So I think having that justallowed me to then explore.
And like you said before, I'mlike the explorer, the
traveller.
And I think having that likefrom the get-go from when I was
a kid, I was like, oh, I'll justgive it a go.
And if I don't like it, that'sfine.
We'll just try something else.
So I'm really lucky.
And I think when I think aboutuh friends from school, they
maybe didn't have that like athome.
(04:58):
And so I try to be that forother people as well from a
really early age.
SPEAKER_02 (05:02):
And did that, and so you always knew that kind of
adventure you were going to goon in your career.
Was it did it open up naturallyfor you?
Did you have to hunt for it?
Oh gosh, yeah, I was yeah,didn't know what I was doing.
SPEAKER_01 (05:13):
I still don't really know.
I think too many of us know.
Um, yeah, I think um one thingjust sort of led to another.
And I'm the sort of person likeI'll just take an opportunity,
I'll um seek an opportunity outand just optimise on it wherever
I can.
Um and I definitely do itthrough just getting to know
people.
Like I love a Natter, I lovegetting to know people.
Um, and you'll never you neverknow like when things are gonna
(05:35):
sort of come back round.
Um, you know, there's peoplethat I met when I was in first
year of uni, and then I've donethings with them in the last
year because it's just sort ofaligned that like our careers
have aligned or whatever itmight be.
Um and going back to thatkindness mantra, if you are kind
to people and if you're justgenuine, then things just sort
of happen.
SPEAKER_02 (05:53):
And and just it's just making me think then about,
you know, people you've metalong your way, and we'll get
onto your travels as well.
But we talk about networking,can't we?
And it's you know, gone are thedays, thank goodness, of
throwing out business cards andthat.
But I wonder, I'm thinking ofthe the connectivity between
networking and kindness becauseI always think one of the big
(06:13):
things about networking is whatyou can do to stay connected
with that person.
And and you're just talkingabout people that you were at
uni with in first year, you'renow doing things with.
It's just staying connected andbeing curious because you're
like a chat.
Yeah, exactly, exactly.
SPEAKER_01 (06:29):
And I think if you people think networking's like a
bit of an ick, but I love itbecause I just find people so
interesting.
I want to get to know them, notjust the job role, not just what
we can get out of it.
And I think if you reframe theway you see networking, if you
just see it as an opportunity tomeet new people, maybe find
something in common that you'vegot, and don't go into it
thinking, okay, what can I getout of this exchange?
(06:51):
I've actually found then thatwithin years later, something
might then come out of thatexchange.
But I think if you go into itgenuinely just like wanting to
meet someone, wanting to make aconnection, then that's when the
best relationships happen.
SPEAKER_02 (07:03):
And did you find that when you were traveling?
Talk to us about your travels.
Yes, I was going to go for it.
SPEAKER_01 (07:08):
I thought you were never gonna mention it.
Here are my here's my photocollection.
Exactly, I know I should havebrought it.
Um, so I was away for sixmonths, um, and I did 12
countries in six months.
Um, yeah, so through Central andSouth America, and it was just
incredible.
SPEAKER_02 (07:24):
So good.
What was your highlights?
Because I'm I'm pretty certainyou can't pick a favorite
because there'll be things fordifferent reasons, right?
SPEAKER_01 (07:32):
Yeah, exactly, exactly.
I mean, yeah, I think myhighlight was probably just the
people that you meet, again,very people focused, but the
people that you meet, but notjust the the fellow backpackers,
but the locals.
Like there'd be people that wemet that I think about.
Um, like we met this woman inMexico, we were trying to catch
a bus, had absolutely no ideawhat we were doing.
She spoke no English, we spokeminimal Spanish.
(07:54):
And bless her, she just walkedout in the middle of the road,
put her hand up and just stoppedthis bus and like got us on this
bus.
And I just think about thatinteraction.
There were so many small pocketsof interaction throughout the
whole trip.
And I think that's the bestthing because they're the things
that you can't, you know, go onTikTok for inspiration for.
You can't like just look at thephotos, it's being there and and
meeting those people.
(08:15):
And I sometimes think, I wonderwhat she's up to.
I wonder what she's doing rightnow.
So that was the definitely thehighlight for me was just seeing
different people livingdifferent types of lives.
And did you go solo?
I went with my best friend,yeah, Rachel, who's Gelsa.
Um she's up in Liverpool.
Um shy then.
Yeah.
Oh yeah, so shy.
Both of us, gosh, yeah.
Um, yeah, so we went togetherand it was really good um
(08:36):
traveling, two women traveling,and lots of people were like,
How did you feel about thesafety of it?
But again, I think if you aregenuine and if you're kind and
if you um rely on sort of thekindness of strangers, that's
sort of how we got through.
Um and our Spanish definitelyimproved as we went along.
unknown (08:52):
Perfecto.
SPEAKER_01 (08:53):
Oh, yeah.
See, what did you learn mostabout yourself?
I think I learned that I'm verygood in high-pressured
environments.
I'm very good at just sort ofgoing with the flow and making
people feel at ease.
There were a few times when likethings don't go to plan.
You know, you get on a busthat's super, super, super
packed and you're on it for like18 hours.
(09:13):
Um, and a lot of the people thatwe traveled with and met along
the way would sort of feeloverwhelmed or anxious about it.
And I was very good at justbeing like, it's okay, like
putting things back intoperspective.
But we are so privileged to bein the position that we're
traveling.
Yes, this is not ideal.
Yes, we're really sweaty, butyou know, at the end of it,
we're gonna go, we're gonnacheck into a hostel, we're
gonna, you know, have amargarita or whatever it might
(09:34):
be, and it will all be okay.
So I think I learned that inthose environments, I was the
go-to person that could justsort of chill and calm everyone
down.
SPEAKER_02 (09:43):
And taken back, people will be listening or
watching, go, God, I wanted todo that, but I can't get around
to it.
I I want to, I can't make time,I can't afford it.
Um, in fact, you were a massivemotivation for our wonderful
Lydia, uh, one of our We ArePower family who went off
traveling last year and she hadthe adventure of a lifetime,
(10:04):
although, but it did freak usout sometimes in the office
thinking, oh my goodness, oh mygoodness, what is she doing?
But what would you say to so youinspired our lid, right?
So what would you say to peopleout there who are listening,
watching, thinking, I want to dothat, but I'm not brave enough,
I don't know where to start.
Um, I'm a bit scared, yeah.
Um, or I don't have, dare I say,time, the biggest four-letter
(10:27):
thing that's against us.
SPEAKER_01 (10:28):
Yeah, time, money, yeah, it's it's all a challenge.
I would say if you genuinelywant to do it, start with a
plan.
So start writing down all thereasons why you want to go,
because that's the thing thatgets you excited.
That's the thing to look backat.
And then I would think aboutokay, what do I need to do in
order to get there?
So for me, I saved all my moneybefore I went.
Like I made sure I worked in thecharity sector, so you know, not
(10:48):
typically the best paid sector.
Um, but I was like, okay, I knowI want X amount, so I can go for
this amount of time, and sotherefore I need to save this
much a month.
And it was just as simple asthat.
Like, I'm not like amathematician whiz kid, but I
just had a very simplespreadsheet and was like, okay,
I'm gonna save this much.
Um, and then I started puttingin like the plans in place,
plans into action to make ithappen.
So I think looking back at thatoriginal list of why you want to
(11:11):
go, really figure out if you dowant to go.
Because I think a lot of peopleare like, oh yeah, that sounds
amazing.
But actually, when they thinkabout it, maybe it's not right
for them.
Um for me, going away for sixmonths was like perfect, perfect
time.
It gave me time to like fullyswitch off from everything back
here.
Um, but for other people, itmight be a month, it might be
three weeks, it might be a shortcareer break of like two months.
(11:32):
So figure out what works for youand then just commit to it.
It's all about just getting intothat routine.
And when people say, Oh, do youwant to come to like this thing?
And you think actually I need toput the money away this month,
it's going back to that originallist of why you want to do it.
Um, and yeah, just go for it.
And how did you pick?
SPEAKER_02 (11:49):
Because, like you say, it's it's a bit you do you,
right?
Yeah.
Don't, you know, sometimes youtake some inspiration from other
people, but how did you of allthe places to go in the big wide
world, why did you pick theroute that you did?
SPEAKER_01 (12:01):
Yeah, I always wanted to speak Spanish.
Like I always wanted to learnSpanish.
I also, I'm celiac as well, soum, Mexico has really good
gluten-free food.
So that was up there for me.
Um, and so as I started to talkto my friend about it, we were
like, Do you know what?
Let's give South America a go,Central America.
I don't know, we just were sortof drawn to it.
Um, you probably know that I diddancing, I'm a dancer.
(12:23):
Um dancing and I believe you canstill do the splits.
Of course.
Absolutely.
SPEAKER_02 (12:27):
Well for the podcast, if only there was a bit
more room.
SPEAKER_01 (12:31):
Next time, next time.
She said it.
Well, yeah, obviously, SouthAmerica is just so big for
dancing.
Um, so you've got salsa, you'vegot um, you know, Argentinian
tango, all these differentstyles.
I was just like, I don't know,something was really drawing us
to that place.
SPEAKER_02 (12:48):
And how's that you talk about the dancing?
Because you dance since the ageof three, right?
Yeah.
And do you think that's shaped,as well as living in the house
of kindness, but has that shapedyour sort of self-belief, your
uh resilience?
Because it doesn't always goperfect, does it?
SPEAKER_01 (13:05):
Yeah, no, absolutely not.
Um yeah, definitely.
I think where I grew up in aplace where I was the only
person that looked like me.
I grew up in a very white area.
Um, and dancing was the spacewhere I felt really included.
Um, my dance school was justamazing.
It was just like a littlevillage dance school.
Um, but it really gave me theconfidence to sort of just have
(13:26):
fun and to like people not tolaugh at you just having fun.
Um, I love performing, I lovebeing on stage, and I was never
gonna be the most technical, butI thought, you know what, I'm
gonna be the one that has themost fun.
And so people would always say,like, um, when you go on stage,
people will be like, oh, givethe Lauren Rose green smile.
Because I'd always be like,because I just absolutely loved
it.
So I think I've sort of carriedthat through into my adult life.
(13:48):
I always try and like inject funinto things that I'm doing,
because why not?
Like, life is just too short.
SPEAKER_02 (13:54):
How do you deal when it's not fun?
Because you are the Lauren Rosegreen smile, and you've deal you
it's very infectious.
The enthusiasm that you have andthe kindness kind of resonates.
But how do you deal when itdoesn't go right?
I know you said on your travelsthat you would be the voice of
calm and putting things inperspective, but sometimes it's
out of control and it's it'sunfair.
SPEAKER_01 (14:14):
Yeah, absolutely.
And it's something that Idefinitely have struggled with
and I'm still on a journey offiguring out.
Um, I think for me it's allabout perspective.
So I try to talk to the peoplethat are closest to me and sort
of put everything intoperspective.
So if it's a situation that'shappening right there and then,
I'm quite good at sort of likethinking of the bigger picture.
(14:34):
But sometimes, you know, I workin I've worked in homelessness,
I've worked with very vulnerablepeople, I've, you know, seen
some horrendous things, somereally, you know, awful things.
And I think it's just connectingwith an individual if it's some
if it's supporting someone elseand not bringing in like toxic
positivity.
I'm always really keen to sortof, yes, I'm positive and and
(14:55):
kind and all of that, butactually what someone might need
is just for you to listen.
Um, and so when it's someoneelse, I just try and listen and
talk it through and try and getthem to the point where they can
then move back into that joy,uh, joy era.
Um, but when it's me, Idefinitely use the network that
I've got around me, my people,and I just sometimes I just sit
in bed and eat food.
SPEAKER_02 (15:15):
And and you talked about growing up in a, you know,
you're very underrepresented inthe area that you grow up.
Was were there moments withinyour your your childhood and
growing up as a teen where thatreally sparked this is the area
I'm gonna work in because I cansee what I can see and I can do
something about it.
SPEAKER_01 (15:32):
Yeah, definitely.
There were there were definitelypoints in school.
I was like relatively popular,like got on with everyone, sort
of thing, but there weredefinitely points.
I remember we studied uh theslave trade in in history, and
it was just really awkward aslike the only non-white person
in the room, um, because it'sjust the way that it was taught
was just very much from a whiteperspective, it was really
(15:54):
awkward.
And I remember the weeks afterthat, people would like make
jokes when I came into schoolthat I'd like come in off the
boat, um, like how's the boatjourney this morning?
Like was the constant joke.
And because I was like friendswith people, I sort of laughed
it off.
Um, and then it was only when mydad was coming to Parents'
Evening that um I was like, Ohmy gosh, I'm really embarrassed
if they say that in front ofhim, because I knew that there
(16:16):
was it wasn't right, but I justkind of pushed it to one side
and was again very like smileyand probably upside, it's fine.
Um, and so that was the momentfor me when I was like, this is
not okay.
And I spoke to people and theystill continue to do it, so I
had to then escalate it.
And it was the first time I'dreally taken conflict on board
and and sort of challenged myfriends, you know, they were
people that I was friends with.
(16:37):
Um, and the school took itreally seriously, and thank
goodness.
But I think that for me reallysparked a okay, there's lots of
people who will be in the samesituation as me where they might
not have the confidence to goforwards and to advocate.
So, how can I bring that intothe work that I do to like
empower more people to be ableto do that?
SPEAKER_02 (16:54):
And having your voice heard is really important.
Do you st you still write yourblog?
Yes.
You're roaring twenties.
Tell us about that because thatis life as a a mixed-race woman
in the twenties.
SPEAKER_01 (17:04):
Although I am now in my 30s, so I need a new name.
Chapter two.
Yes, exactly, exactly.
3.0 is what it's called.
Um, but yeah, I absolutely lovewriting.
So I think it um is just adifferent medium for people to
be able to relate to.
Um, and I write how I speak, iswhat everyone says.
They're like, when I read, Iknow it's you, it just sounds
(17:25):
like your voice.
But it is so important to haveyour own voice.
And in the era of, you know,Chat GPT and AI, I just think
it's so important for people tobe able to express themselves in
in different ways and sharetheir points of view.
SPEAKER_02 (17:37):
And at SOS UK, this is kind of one of the driving
pieces, isn't it?
Is to make sure that the diversevoices are heard, listened to.
I that that must be uh amazing.
Because you're giving people aplatform and a stage.
Yeah.
Um, what would be if you had alimited resource, a mega magic
wand and you know, an unlimitedbudget, what would you do with
(17:58):
it to make that change to makesure that this is uh is set up
for success?
SPEAKER_01 (18:04):
Yeah, I think when you're thinking about like
long-term success, it all comesdown to policy and what's
actually being implemented sothat then you can shift like you
know, structurally, you canshift big big time basically.
Um so I think what I would do isget more of those voices into
like policy making spaces, so uminto you know MP positions, into
(18:24):
positions of of power, invertedcommas, um, in society, so that
then their voices aren't justheard but are actually listened
to.
Because I think there's adifference.
SPEAKER_02 (18:32):
Absolutely, there's a difference, and you've been
very recognised, multi-awardwinning, uh, game changer, and
obviously that what's that thataward ceremony?
Northern Power Women Awards?
Oh, yeah, um what does that meanto you?
SPEAKER_01 (18:45):
Do you how does that feel?
Yeah, to be honest, I'm alwaysshook.
Like I never expect it.
Um, because I think because I dowhat I do because I'm like, oh,
I really enjoy this and I'm goodat it, and I never really think
about like the widerrecognition.
But obviously it's incrediblebeing like, you know, presented
with awards and to be honest,going to the evenings themselves
(19:06):
are just incredible because youget to mix with all these other
fantastic people within theirfields, and again, it goes back
to that networking and meetingpeople and getting to know them.
But I think um, yeah, it'salways nice to be platformed and
to sort of share the work thatI'm doing so that then hopefully
more people can come through,um, and then I won't continue to
be like the first person in theroom.
SPEAKER_02 (19:27):
And you do describe yourself as a busy bee.
You've also set up a communitybook club as well.
Yes.
What would you say is the bookthat has inspired or motivated
you most?
SPEAKER_01 (19:36):
That's a great question.
Um, I actually think I'm gonnago for fiction, which I think is
a bit rogue.
Um, but I love The MidnightLibrary by Matt Haig.
It's just it's a great book.
Um, and I think what I lovecreativity, so anything that
takes me a little bit out of myeveryday, that's why I love
reading, because I am a busybee, but um for me it helps to
(19:56):
shut my brain off a little bit.
Um and what I loved about thatbook is it's all about sort of
the different ways that yourlife could go based on the
different decisions that youmake.
Um and it really made me thinkabout all those little
decisions, even the microdecisions that you make, you
know, at a Dr.
Pepper this morning instead ofhaving a cup of tea, you know,
all those little decisions andhow that could lead your life in
different ways.
(20:16):
And I really do think about itall the time.
SPEAKER_02 (20:19):
And you say that you think about, or quote, the
Grinch.
Random, right?
Almost every day.
What is it about the Grinch thatspeaks to you, Blara Rose Gold?
SPEAKER_01 (20:30):
I actually just don't know.
I love the Grinch so much, likeI just feel like he just is
hilarious.
Um, it reminds me of childhoodand Christmases, and like again,
like the family all gatheringaround, we all love the Grinch.
I just feel like he's somisunderstood.
Like he's just he's somisunderstood.
He's great, he's got a big heartand it grows.
And I don't know, I just thinkhis quotes are really, really
(20:51):
funny.
Um, and yeah, daily I will quotethe Grinch.
I've actually quoted him alreadytoday on the train this morning.
SPEAKER_02 (20:57):
Brilliant, fantastic.
There you go.
Well, at least you areconsistent.
Yeah.
And so before we delve into thepower jar, which is our jar of
foot jar?
Jar of poor.
No, before we get into the powerjar, this is whereby one of our
previous guests has popped aquestion in, uh, unknown as to
who is going to be therecipient.
So just before I start, how whatare you most excited from?
(21:21):
Moving from your roaring 20s toyour thrilling 30s.
What are you excited about toeither achieve or become?
SPEAKER_01 (21:30):
Oh, um, yeah, I'm really excited.
I think your 20s are your phaseof figuring out who you are.
Like, I think now I know who Iam and I'm really, really rooted
in my values.
So I'm excited to just be likeliving that now.
So I loved my 20s for figuringthat out, but 30s now it's like,
okay, I know who I am.
How can I like deep root this ineverything that I do?
(21:51):
So I'm excited for that.
I'm also excited for like all myfriends starting to have babies
and starting to, you know, I'vehad so many weddings, but um I
think that's- Me personally.
Not me personally, I'm notmarried.
But lots of weddings fromfriends.
Um, and I think it's just reallyexciting to see people like
enter motherhood and um havethat and balance that with their
careers.
And I'm just excited to see thislike new era for myself and the
(22:14):
people that are around me.
SPEAKER_02 (22:16):
Wider networking with little small things.
unknown (22:18):
Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_01 (22:18):
And they're cute.
SPEAKER_02 (22:20):
Lauren, I think it's time into the power jar to see
what question is going to becomeyou today.
Don't you be sneaking preview inthere?
I saw you then.
SPEAKER_01 (22:35):
So I love this.
So the question is what's themost ridiculous thing you
believed as a kid that you onlylater realized wasn't true?
Gosh, I'm like one thing, Ibelieve everything is equalable.
SPEAKER_00 (22:51):
Um gosh, I've really got a thing.
I believed as a kid that I laterrealised isn't true.
SPEAKER_01 (22:59):
I believed oh gosh.
I believed that there's so many.
I know.
I believed that um thecharacters in Disneyland were
real.
So, you know, like sorry, sorry.
Spoiler alerts.
Spoilers for anyone listening.
Um, but like genuinely, I knowthat all kids sort of think
(23:20):
that, but like I'm actuallyembarrassed that I was probably
age like 13, 14 by the time Irealised.
But like when you go toDisneyland, I didn't realise
that they were actors.
And the only reason I found outis because someone from my dance
school went to work forDisneyland and she was like,
Yeah, I'm gonna be like a fairy.
And I was like, What do youmean?
Like you're not a fairy.
She was like, No, I'm going asan actor.
(23:40):
And I was like, Oh yeah, thatthing.
And I'm absolutely mortifiedthat I didn't know that my whole
life.
I don't really understand why,because I went to Disneyland and
I saw them and they're in thebig furry outfits, but I just
believed that it was thismagical place that was magic.
Dooth fairies still exist?
Yeah, absolutely.
SPEAKER_02 (23:58):
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, of course.
No actors needed.
No actors needed.
Lauren, it is a joy, it's alwaysa joy to be in your company.
You radiate energy and it's thechange and the difference that
you make in other people'slives.
So please keep being especiallyyou and come back and keep
telling us about youradventures.
Thank you so much for joiningus.
Of course, thank you so much forhaving me.
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