Oct 16, 2020
All the way from Rosslare Harbour in Wexford in Ireland Samantha Kelly is the founder of the global Women’s Inspire Network. We talk about inspiring female entrepreneurs, the people who have inspired us, arriving by boat to Ireland on the way to the Seychelles, working as a waitress in a Hong Kong Irish Pub, the joys of dancing on bars, the joys of Irish pubs, getting engaged in New York and how the human connection, the things that bond us and make us smile, are more important than ever. A truly uplifting episode.
On this episode we cover:
The family arriving by boat on the way to the Seychelles
But making it as far as Ireland and staying forever
Being inspired by her ‘Del Boy’ Dad
Going sober
Starting her business Women’s Inspire Network
Supporting other women
Seeing a gap in supporting women to work online
Lisa finding it’s suddenly okay for women to have kids and work from home
Feeling that women can sometimes be the underdog in business
How dynamics can change when people have children
Starting her business as a lone parent
Covid lockdowns bringing more people online
Traditional music in wonderful Irish pubs
The one-legged musician that drove them home
The dish that reminds her of her dad
The pub she went into cry
Being in the Hairy Lemon recipe book alongside Bono
How being vulnerable can lead to engaging special moments
Being proposed to on top of the Empire State building
Coming home pregnant from Hong Kong
Feeling the weight of Irish history when crossing to New York
Working as a waitress in a Hong Kong Irish bar
Whether plastic Paddy is a derogatory term
Lisa having some of the best nights in her life in Irish pubs around the world
Singing and dancing on the bar for a boat load of Navy arrivals
Lisa’s night dressed as a schoolgirl dancing with the Navy in Dublin
How a night out in Dublin can leave you needing a holiday
The beautiful coast of Dublin
Spending a year in Paris as an au pair
Loving the sights and the sounds and the baguettes and the men
Only allowed to dance on the bar if you’re a good dancer and good looking
Covid life uncertainty making everyone tired and stressed
Human connection more than ever
Her Irish family and her Hong Kong Chinese daughter
Her father’s wonderful attitude to life
Alcohol in Ireland being too normalised
Old school Irish men dying young
Being on state age ten singing Abba
Speaking gigs in New Zealand, San Diego and more
The woman with the suit on in the airport she wished she could be like
Lisa’s ‘girl with the apple’ moment at Frankfurt
How Stupid Girl by Garbage made Lisa feel she had wasted her life
But she later became just like the girl with the apple
Realising you got there!
How the person next to you could change everything for you
Being the nervous flyer, crying on take off
Lisa laughing hysterically on the worst flight of her life
How airports are transitional places that can make you evaluate your life
How dancing on the bar to ABBA can be the best feeling in the world