{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"107. Samantha Kelly; \u2018Tweeting Goddess\u2019 on Ireland\u2019s Beauty, Hong Kong Bar Dancing and the People Who Inspire Us","description":"All the way from Rosslare Harbour in Wexford in Ireland Samantha Kelly is the founder of the global Women\u2019s 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 \u2018Del Boy\u2019 Dad Going sober Starting her business Women\u2019s Inspire Network Supporting other women Seeing a gap in supporting women to work online Lisa finding it\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019re 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\u2019s 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\u2019s \u2018girl with the apple\u2019 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  ","author_name":"The Big Travel Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.thebigtravelpodcast.com","html":"