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Conversations of Inspiration

S10: From supermodel to pub landlady, with Jodie Kidd, Supermodel & Entrepreneur

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Business, Personal Journals

5.01.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In a rare and candid conversation, Jodie Kidd shares with Holly her journey. A journey full of twists and turns and highs and lows, that ultimately brought her full circle to becoming the proud owner of her local pub.

Recounting her youth spent growing up in the British countryside surrounded by horses, to the whirlwind life as one of the most celebrated supermodels of her generation; Jodie shares how she has overcome her own mental health battles, discovering the power of saying ‘no’ and her determination to challenge herself to pursue the unexpected.

Vision, fearlessness and hard work are at the core of Jodie’s story and her fascinating multi-hyphenated career which has seen her take power into her own hands and create a life less ordinary.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This week, guess who I'm talking to?

0:02.8

Jody Kidd, and what a woman she is,

0:06.6

renowned supermodel, racing driver, TV personality,

0:10.9

and now pub landlady. Jody's story has many surprises and is full of such bravery and determination

0:19.2

that I'm completely in awe of her zest for life and her drive to succeed at everything she turns her hand to.

0:27.2

What I love is how vulnerable Jody is in this podcast, telling us the real story behind her journey how she had such a time

0:35.4

battling her mental health to ending up standing on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro

0:40.3

with no training. Jody's story is a remarkable one and a reminder to us all to just keep going and that with

0:48.9

passion and determination anything is possible.

0:53.0

Bow your head and let your eyelids close on down where we're going,

0:58.0

you won't need to bring your frown.

1:00.0

I'm Holly Tucker, and welcome to conversations of inspiration.

1:05.0

Back in 2006 I founded not on the high street from the kitchen table

1:10.0

and since then I've gone on to launch Holly and Co. I'm the UK Ambassador of Creative Small Businesses

1:17.0

and I believe that having a business doing what you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life. My dream is to help everybody start theirs.

1:27.0

I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement and in my view the best way to do this is by sharing stories

1:36.2

so I've reached out to my favorite small businesses entrepreneurs and those who simply inspire me and ask them to share theirs with thanks to Nat West who have helped bring this free podcast to life.

1:49.0

Here are my conversations of inspiration.

1:53.0

Hi Jody, gosh I am thrilled to have the opportunity to speak to you because this is going to be a real surprise to some people because you have had obviously the

2:05.3

supermodel career that we know about but you've had a TV career you've had a

2:09.0

world-class rider career you've had raced cars you're now the landlady of the village pub.

2:15.2

I mean, what a journey and welcome to conversations of inspiration.

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