8.11 Business, Friendship and Healthy Living with Steph Claire Smith

Saturn Returns with Caggie

Caggie Dunlop

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement

4.8 • 892 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today I am delighted to be joined by Steph Claire Smith. Steph is an Australian model, entrepreneur and was one of the original Aussie influencers who I have followed from the very beginning. She has gained popularity through her lifestyle, fitness and wellness content. Steph’s influence extends far beyond the world of modelling, as she uses her platform to discuss issues surrounding mental health, self-care, and how to make healthy lifestyle choices. Steph first met her best friend, Laura Henshaw, when she was just nineteen before moving to New York where she began modelling and documenting her life on social media. It was when Steph came back to her hometown of Melbourne that she reconnected with Laura and their journey into entrepreneurship truly began. Steph reflects on that period of navigating her way through her young adult life, away from her family and friends. She shares the obstacles she encountered during her modelling career and the impact this had on her own self esteem. Steph was simultaneously building an online career and modelling portfolio which placed her under the spotlight of intense scrutiny, judgement and pressures from external influences. We discuss how Steph managed to overcome that self-doubt and stop herself from falling into ‘the comparison trap’. We also discuss the ‘Creator Economy’ and how she was able to organically build her brand alongside her best friend and business partner to continue to feed their new and existing online community. We journey through the lessons she learnt building her first business and how she’s managed to make a success out of her relationship with Laura and her love of health and fitness. Whilst our Saturn Return can be an explosive and uncomfortable period, Saturn can also help us to solidify the things that have been in motion in our lives for a while. At 29, Steph is now a Mother to a highly successful business and to Harvey, her first Son, who she shares with her husband. We discuss the gender roles in their household and how they came to the decision that her husband would be a stay-at-home father. Redeem a one-month free subscription to Kic, live until the end of the year! Sign up via the Kic website: https://kicapp.com/uk/, select the monthly subscription and enter promocode SATURNRETURNS to redeem a free month of Kic. You can then download the app and log in --- Follow or subscribe to "Saturn Returns" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact of Saturn's return with inspiring guests and thought-provoking discussions. Follow Caggie Dunlop on Instagram to stay updated on her personal journey and you can find Saturn Returns on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Order the Saturn Returns Book. Join our community newsletter here. Find all things Saturn Returns, offerings and more here.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Saturn Returns with me
0:03.7	Kaggy Dunlop. This is a podcast that aims to bring clarity
0:07.4	during transitional times where there can be confusion and doubt.
0:11.3	We did not start the business to make money.
0:15.0	We started because we didn't want anyone to go through what we did or we wanted to help people through that phase.
0:20.0	We wanted to be there for them.
0:21.0	Sure, there's really tough times and being able to have your friend,
0:24.9	a very close friend there to work through it with you.
0:28.6	I wouldn't be where I am without Laura.
0:30.6	And there's so many times that I think, like some the things the decisions we've made or the directions we've gone that it just wouldn't have been the same without each of us there
0:40.5	In today's episode of Saturn Returns, I'm joined by the wonderful Steph Claire Smith, who you may be familiar with,
0:48.0	she is the original Ozzy influencer. She was a very successful model, still is is and now she is an entrepreneur and has her
0:55.0	own business with her best friend called Laura and that is called Kick so you guys should definitely
1:00.5	check it out. And I was so thrilled to have Steph on the show because I
1:04.8	fan-girled a little bit because I did follow her from the beginning of her journey. For those
1:10.0	that know me or listen to this show, you know I'm obsessed with Australia and so of
1:14.8	course I was following Steph's journey from down under that's where she's from
1:20.0	and so it was great to get to have this conversation with her and discuss what life has been like over the last couple of years,
1:27.0	navigating, moving through the modeling industry, some of the challenges with that,
1:31.7	and then building this platform and this community and
1:34.8	turning it into a really successful business. I always love to hear about female founders
1:41.1	and the sort of challenges they've faced and the obstacles that they've overcome.
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