Raising Successful Kids Podcast

IEs with Despina Hapeshis

Growing up feeling different - with Despina Hapeshis

It was difficult to be a normal teen for Despina Hapeshis (or Des, for short), particularly because she was a refugee. Eyes were always on her and bullies often made fun of her background. To be truthful to yourself and to live your life when so many saw you differently was difficult. In this episode of the Raising Successful Kids Podcast, we hear more of Des’ personal stories and even her passion project turned business, the Transforme Fitness. It’s through Transforme that she helps people achi...

Elaina Jones interview

How is it lately being stuck with your kids 24/7? For some, the current living situation might be very difficult and also have a significant impact on family dynamics. In this episode of Raising Successful Kids Podcast, Irene talks to Elaina Jones about how parents and children can cope together during this very worrying and stressful period. Irene also reminds us that it’s important to keep a check on our mental health and maintain healthy relationships. Tune in as she gives you tips on how you...

Strong Willed Teens

We’re in the middle of a lockdown because of the COVID-19 outbreak. And for sure, for parents who have a teenager stuck at home, they might be at their wits’ end right now. In this episode of the Raising Successful Kids Podcast, Irene shares how to deal with strong-willed teens. She herself has been trying her very best to engage with her son, who has been locking himself inside his bedroom a lot. Though we refuse to accept it, our kids will grow up, mature, and form their own opinions. They now...

Best time to go Online

In this episode, Kay shares some great advice and practical tips on how to start and grow a successful online business. Having an online business is a powerful way of helping other people and an effective way to reach people you wouldn’t otherwise be able to access. Your online business could be an extension of your passion or based on a product or service you already have but there are key processes that you need to have in place and follow to ensure success. Kay explains how to get organised, ...

Ultra episode Nathan Shillingford

‘I’ve seen people stumble through the traditional curriculum year after year and come out with nothing at the end. Ultra is an amazing vehicle that exposes you to an entrepreneurial mindset’ Irene is with Nathan Shillingford at the Ultra children’s event. They discuss Nathan’s drive to create better opportunities for young people and the events in his own journey that have fuelled his passion for creating the ultimate legacy, listen in and find out more. KEY TAKEAWAYS I followed the expected rou...

How to Build a Successful Business on LinkedIn Leads - Interview with Helen Pritchard, Specialist LinkedIn Online Business Coach & Consultant

Irene is speaking to Helen Pritchard, founder of a hugely successful coaching and training business specialising in LinkedIn for lead generation. Helen built a successful business on LinkedIn leads and now she teaches others how to do this. She is focused on helping others attract the clients they really want through understanding their ideal avatar and being able to generate productive inbound leads. Her approach is different and has helped people move away from viewing LinkedIn as a recruitmen...

Interview with Darren Galvin, CEO - Expert Apps

Darren is passionate about entrepreneurship and in particular young entrepreneurial people. When he started out Darren didn’t know what an entrepreneur was and after several unsuccessful businesses failed he founded Expert Apps a company that is now generating 8 figures. As a workaholic, he has along his journey faced many challenges and has had to understand what motivates him to move forward. This podcast has something for everyone and is a great opportunity to hear about the importance of sti...

Exploring 'Why'

‘They are always passionate about what you are passionate about’ In this episode, Irene's son Caiden discusses his journey with Ultra and the role they have played in the development of his multiple businesses. He has been involved with them for several ways and attended numerous events so is able to offer a great perspective on what has worked for him and why.Also discussed is how technology can be used to facilitate business and develop self-education. Technology can break down the barriers fo...

Skills for Young Entrepreneurs; With Property Nomad, Rob Smallbone

Irene is talking with Rob Smallbone, Number 1 best-selling author, co-host of the Property Nomads podcast and a founder of the Property Nomads company - a sourcing and management business for properties in and around Hull and Bournemouth. In this in-depth interview, Irene and Rob discuss how things started and the skills Rob values. If you have an entrepreneurial youngster then this episode is a must providing great advice about the skills that really make a difference and foster success. Being ...

Ultra Education – with Barbara Chandler

Barbara Chandler came from a primary school educator background, and has seen first-hand, the problems that children can have in the mainstream curriculum. These problems all seem to be rooted in the “why” of educating; such as demonstrating from an early age the importance of learning mathematics, literacy and creative pursuits. Ultra offers a different route, having built a business on inspiring your people through entrepreneurial educational programmes, offering 7 - 18 year-olds exciting and ...

The Importance of Curiosity - Interview with Fredrik Sandvall, Serial Entrepreneur

Irene is speaking with serial entrepreneur Fredrik Sandvall who shares his experiences of life and the ways it has shaped his parenting. They discuss the importance of deep curiosity and how parents influence the development of this in their kids. Fredrik talks about the importance of being an individual, finding out about the world and learning as a tool to leapfrog to further success. KEY TAKEAWAYS I have a huge curiosity and drive to find things out. The biggest transformation for me was movi...

When Teenagers say No

In this very personal episode, Irene reflects her experiences and observations of teenagers saying ‘no’ and the importance of seizing the moment when they say ‘yes’ to doing something together. Childhood is brief in the journey of life and teenagers say ‘no’ most of the time but when you are lucky and get a ‘yes’ then it should be seized and used to create memories and celebrate the incredible people they are becoming. KEY TAKEAWAYS In these challenging teenage years, they will say no most of th...

Moving from Invisible to Visible, Living Life on Purpose

Erica Lester, Mother and Rapid Transformation Coach talks to Irene about her journey which began with the realisation she had created a great life on the outside but was miserable on the inside. Now she is passionate about working on the ‘internal game’ with others helping them to understand their many layers and transform their lives. Irene and Erica discuss the journey of transformation and how being intentional and living your life with purpose impacts positively on everyone’s lives. KEY TAKE...

Interview Julian Hall Pt.2 How to Deal With Overwhelm

In the second part of the conversation with Julian Hall from Ultra Education, the focus is on young entrepreneurs who are combining education and running a business. Irene and Julian discuss how both parents and kids can navigate this complex area not become overwhelmed as they pursue new things, listen in now to hear this invaluable advice. KEY TAKEAWAYS We see kids who have a business and are in school, they are passionate about their business and then we see others who are overwhelmed by it. ...

Coping with the Exam Season. With Julian Hall

‘If you want to your kids to grow then you have to be there as a support system’ Julian from Ultra Education joins Irene to talk about the exam season and the challenges children face during these times. If you take an aerial view it wouldn’t be out of place to recognise that league tables drive behaviour and exams remain a key element of the education system. In this episode, you can hear about how to deal with overwhelm and the underpinning strategies and thought processes that operate in the ...

Wellness is Made from Every Mouthful you Feed Them, Carey Davis-Munro

‘Their wellness is made from every mouthful you feed them’ In this podcast, Irene and Carey continue to discuss the importance of the foods we eat and how we can change and upgrade to ensure we are eating the foods that are the best fuel for us. Carey shares her expertise and practical tips on how you can ensure you and your children are eating well, listen in now. KEY TAKEAWAYS Fluids are incredibly important, as humans we are able to go without food but not water. You need to have alternatives...

Forwards and Backwards Foods, Finding your  Passion, Carey Davis-Munro

‘I made it my quest to introduce the things I needed, take away those foods that were damaging and create the most delicious and nutritious food to reward myself’ Irene is in discussion Carey Davis-Munro who coaches individuals in changing their relationships with food forever. This episode provides an enlightening opportunity to consider the importance of parenting in relation to food, explores our own experiences of food and the changes we need to make, listen in to find out more. KEY TAKEAWAY...

The Importance of Time

Time is precious. We’ve heard this a hundred times before, and it still holds so much truth. Time is a resource that we all have, but it runs out. So, in this episode of the Raising Successful Kids Podcast, Irene talks about the importance of time and how you can instil them to your kids. Time management should be taught as early as possible. It’s one of the essential skills that can lead to success. Teach them also, as cliché as it may sound, how to treasure every moment and be grateful of the ...

Topics For a Podcast

In today’s episode of Raising Successful Kids Podcast, Irene discusses key points that you need to know to put together your own podcast that your audience with always love to listen to and never get bored of. Irene shares with you tips on content creation, securing guests, advertising your podcast and much more. KEY TAKEAWAYS How to put a podcast together. Content. There are lots of podcasts out there that talk about content. There's lots of marketing podcast that talk about content for your po...

Interview With Education Director at Ultra Education Latipha Hamdoun

What we don’t tell our kids about success is parts of it are mostly dealing with struggles and failures. In today’s episode of Raising Successful Kids Podcast, Irene chats with Latipha Hamduon from Ultra Education about the importance of entrepreneurial education. Latipha also shares her career background, how her business skills helped her in her teaching career, and the reason why she chose to teach instead of pursuing her prior plan to be an educational psychologist. She emphasises that for k...

Kindness is the New Rock & Roll

"Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly and most underrated agent of human change" -Bob Kerry American Politian Hello and welcome to another episode of Raising Successful Kids Podcast. In this episode, your host Irene Santineer discusses Kindness and its rise in popular culture and how we use kindness with raising successful children. Key Takeaways Kindness in leadership - inspiring loyalty Motivating people with kindness Compound effects of kindness Kindness is a positive factor...

Public Speaking is All About Being ‘Present’; With Paul Doust

Welcome back to the Raising Successful Kids Podcast! Are you worried that your kid is too shy or too timid to go talk to other people? It’s time to improve their social skills. In this episode, Irene talks to Paul Doust, an actor, a playwright and a TV scriptwriter, about public speaking and presenting yourself in front of your audience. Discover today how the 3 circles of attention can help you ease your way into communicating with people and engaging them for discussions. Paul shares some grea...

Interview with Vikki Thomas

Irene is in discussion with a highly successful property investor, business coach and mentor for women and founder and owner of Business Accelerator Mastermind, Vikki Thomas. in this episode of Raising Successful Kids. Irene and Vikki discuss why helping kids that have an entrepreneurial mind grow are essential to development. They go on to explain why investing in yourself and your kids will be the best investment you can make and share with you how you too, can raise successful kids. KEY TAKEA...

Interview With Julian Squires & Raff Wilson

In this episode, Irene is in discussion with Julian Squires and Raff Wilson. They discuss how sports can develop positive mindsets, particularly in young people which in turn fosters confidence and self-assurance. If you want to find out more listen in. KEY TAKEAWAYS Why is now the time to grow? Now I am creating a generation of coaches from the players I have taught as players. We are filtering our coaching down to the next generation. How do you move forward if you spot potential? I really enj...

Ultra Episode - Teach Kids How To Be Entrepreneurs With Momota Ahmed

The skills that we need to have to excel in our lives aren’t taught in the classrooms. That is why Momota Ahmed, our guest today in the Raising Successful Kids Podcast, is very passionate about helping the young people learn the necessary skills. She happily does this particular cause while working as a Lead Creative for Ultra Education. Discover how she chose a position which entails creating mobile apps over the ideal career path of pursuing a Law career. She also gives advice for adults and p...

Why Water?

Drink plenty of water. This has always been the #1 advice from your friends, relatives, your health practitioner, and so on if you plan to live a healthy lifestyle. So, in today’s episode, we discuss more the benefits of drinking water. We lay out all the necessary numbers and strategies to convince your young ones to learn the habit of consuming more water. Discover how big of a difference it will be – short-term and long-term – to the kids’ routines and discipline. This will help them grow hea...

What is Purpose?

What is Purpose? Every person has a reason to want to fulfil a purpose and it’s important to understand what the purpose for yourself is in your own life. In this episode Irene explores the complexities of purpose in connection with both business and community. Purpose it is about what is beyond just providing and is integral to how a business should run. As young consumers increasingly seek out organisations that have an integral purpose embedded to further the greater good, Irene explores how ...

Ultra Youth

Welcome to another episode of The Raising Successful Kids Podcast. Today, your host Irene Santineer talks about showcasing young kids and making sure that whatever their passion is that they learn how to turn it into a business that they can make money. Tune in to learn about this and much more. KEY TAKEAWAYS For kids, if you're starting out, baking is a good thing to do and then you move on from there because sometimes that market can be quite saturated. Kids have time to test any other busines...

Irene Interviews Debbie Blott Founder of The Decorcafe

In today's episode of the Raising Successful Kids Podcast, your host Irene interviews the professional interior designer, writer and founder of "Decorbuddi" Debbie Blott. She is the founder of Decor cafe and has experienced raising 3 children as well, a 24-year-old son and 22-year-old twin girls. She discusses the history of the Decor Cafe, how it started, how it became successful, and how it has been helping creative people and people who need creative people to make their homes creatively beau...