In this episode, Jeannette speaks to Carolin-Marie Roth who has had an incredible career including TV presenting, teaching yoga, property, charity work and more.
They talk about childhood, relationships, business ventures and what it means to be a woman in the business world. Listen in today for a unique insight into Carolin’s life journey so far, it’s a very engaging episode sprinkled with humour throughout!
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Carolin had a difficult childhood which made her resourceful from an early age. She found it created her to have dominant ‘survival’ skills which has been both a blessing and a curse as an adult.
At 15 she moved from Germany to America to live with her uncle and her school career really turned around and built her confidence tremendously.
Carolin has found the lack of sisterhood through her career disappointing. But she has raised three incredibly strong, feminist daughters and has really emphasised to them that supporting each other is essential.
Carolin admits herself that she has struggled with confidence but she has always had the ‘boldness’ to create opportunities for herself. It’s her tenacity that enabled her to get her first break in the television world.
Whilst Carolin enjoyed working as a presenter she never felt like it was her ‘destiny’.
Carolin didn’t think she would be able to have children so when she found out she was pregnant it felt like no big loss to her to give up her presenting career. She feels incredibly blessed for all of her children.
After the birth of her third child Carolin moved to London in the UK and her and her partner set up their own TV Production company.
After selling the company Carolin became a Yoga Teacher, a life-long passion of hers. She has been practicing Yoga for over 40 years!
Carolin and her husband set up a charity called My Life Films which has won several awards. The basis of the charity is that they produce films for people living with dementia. These films are for free and can change the life of the family and the person living with dementia.
Everything Carolin does involves creativity, passion and love. She thinks this is partly because of how she views the world. She finds structure difficult but when it comes to ‘thinking outside the box’ she truly blossoms.
BEST MOMENTS
“From the outside, everything was sparkling and beautiful but inside it was a disaster”
“What did Karl Lagerfeld tell you about sex then Carolin?!”
“I love be brave, bold and brilliant…I love that this is the title of the podcast”
“It’s rare that I have to eat my words”
“Often as women we don’t celebrate our successes…you probably don’t see yourself in the same way other people see you”
“We changed the life of lots of people and this is a lovely thought”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series
Carolin’s Website
My Life Films Dementia Charity
ABOUT THE GUEST
Carolin-Marie Roth was born in Dusseldorf Germany in the late 50’s. From a young age she already knew that she would have to find her own way in life and learned to not be reliant on others. It’s this strength and resilience that lead her to create a successful and fulfilling life. She has worked in television, as a yoga teacher, restaurateur, is an author and even created an award-winning charity!
Carolin has just written the bookYoga Sex and Happiness, it will be open to pre-order soon, keep up to date on Carolin’s Website!
ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
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Podcast Description
Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international business to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.
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