S6: The power in believing in your dreams, with Dame Kelly Holmes
Conversations of Inspiration
Holly Tucker MBE
5.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
conversation, Kelly reveals the dramatic lows and mental health struggles that preceded her dreams coming true.
Kelly also discusses life after achieving her dreams, how a focused passion can fuel success as well some insights into her own winning mentality and how that can translate into business. This episode is a must listen, for anyone who has ever faced adversity; Kelly is a testament to overcoming the odds and the power of belief.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on Conversations of Inspiration, I'm speaking to the double Olympic champion Colonel |
| 0:06.3 | Dame Kelly Holmes. It was a truly emotional and highly inspirational interview where on several occasions I had to just |
| 0:15.3 | hold back the tears as I listened to Kelly recounting her journey from growing up in |
| 0:21.1 | care homes to winning two gold medals at the 2004 Olympics. |
| 0:26.8 | It was an extraordinary conversation revealing the dramatic lows and mental health that precursed her dreams coming true. |
| 0:36.0 | Kelly also discussed life after achieving those epic goals, how a focused passion can fuel success as well as some insights into our own |
| 0:46.3 | winning mentality and how that can translate into business. This episode is a must listen for anyone who has ever faced adversity. |
| 0:56.8 | Kelly is a testament to overcoming the odds and the power of belief. |
| 1:02.1 | Thank you, dear Kelly. |
| 1:04.0 | Bow your head and let your eyelids close on down where we're going. |
| 1:09.0 | You won't need to bring your frown. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to conversations of inspiration. Back in 2006 I founded |
| 1:18.1 | not on the high street from my kitchen table and since then I've gone on to |
| 1:22.4 | launch Holly and Co. I'm the UK Ambassador of Creative |
| 1:26.1 | Small Businesses and I believe that having a business doing what you love is the |
| 1:30.7 | key to a happy fulfilled life. My dream is to help everybody start theirs. |
| 1:36.5 | I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement, and in my view, the best way to do this is by sharing stories |
| 1:46.0 | so I've reached out to my favorite small businesses, entrepreneurs and those who |
| 1:51.3 | simply inspire me and ask them to share theirs. |
| 1:55.0 | Here are my conversations of inspiration. |
| 1:59.0 | Wow, Colonel Dame Double Olympic Champion Kelly Holmes. |
| 2:05.7 | This podcast is called Conversations of Inspiration |
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