Ryan-Mark, a media personality who attracts controversy with his “persona” on shows such as The Apprentice, Celebs Go Dating and Good Morning Britain, joins the podcast to expose himself. In a true and authentic expose interview of himself, Ryan-Mark shares everything from his media personality to his true personality and his personal life. After coming out on TV without telling any of his family, Ryan-Mark shares he navigated being so different to anyone in his family with “no direct communication to family”. If you love or hate him, one thing is for sure and that is he is everywhere in the media and he shares how in this episode. In this episode Ryan-Mark talks about: 0:00 Intro 1:28 Ryan-Marks camera roll 5:24 World of TV 8:23 Ryan-Mark BTS 9:25 Eating alone 10:15 Coming out 11:54 Family and coming out 17:40 The apprentice 22:20 True happiness 22:55 FOMO 24:40 Comparison culture 25:50 Kris Jenner 30:30 Finding opportunities 31:20 Rejection 33:13 Failure 39:40 Advice to 20 year old Ryan-Mark Host: Ryan-Mark Guest:  Gaby Mendes Email the team at info@talktwenties.com - we love hearing your stories!  Listen and follow Talk Twenties on all platforms:  https://linktr.ee/talktwenties 💸 (AD) A big thank you to our sponsors Zopa Bank - https://www.zopa.com (AD) If you’re struggling, consider therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp. **Click https://betterhelp.com/talktwenties for a 10% discount** on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs.

Today we are joined by Callum Carver, a 20 year old self-made entrepreneur earning 20k a month. Callum is the founder of The Kaizen, a newsletter which helps unleash the potential of the next generation. After leaving education after college, we chat about what it takes to be an entrepreneur, unleashing your potential and the secret to making people consume what you produce. Whether you are a fan of Callum, The Kaizen or just a young ambitious person, we are so excited for you to dive into this episode. Please hit that subscribe or follow button so you never miss an episode, it means so much to us. In this episode Callum Carver talks about: 0:00 intro 1:20 Into the Camera Roll 5:00 School life 5:44 Get to know Callum 9:42 Entrepreneurship 11:28 First Job 11:45 Being your own boss 12:20 Routine for success 14:20 Life outside work 15:43 Money Talk 16:45 Earning 20k per month 18:00 BTS of 20k months 21:10 Toxic Self development 23:00 Project Kaizen 30:26 Callums Failure 34:05 What are you working on? 37:00 Advice for your 20s? Host: Callum Carver Guest:  Gaby Mendes Email the team at info@talktwenties.com - we love hearing your stories!   Listen and follow Talk Twenties on all platforms:  https://linktr.ee/talktwenties  💸 (AD) A big thank you to our sponsors Zopa Bank - https://www.zopa.com (AD) If you’re struggling, consider therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp. Click https://betterhelp.com/talktwenties for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs. If you want to stalk us, you can do it here 💌 Sign up to our newsletter: https://newsletter.talktwenties.com/ 📲 Visit the Talk Twenties Website: https://www.talktwenties.com   🎙 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...   🎙 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1qlLyLd...  ✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talktwentie...  ✨ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRRmaVp3/ ✨ Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_twenties ✨ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talk... Callum Carver https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5lAdzdRAiktBcmVG2WwaVw https://www.instagram.com/itscallumcarver/

Travelling as a female solo in your 20s is something Gabs Explores now does as a career. Gabs Explains shares her Dos and Don’ts for travelling and shares stories from her travels abroad. Making friends when travelling abroad is easier, says Gabs who explains how you should travel alone and focus on spending time alone as it is a wellbeing hack. Gabs shares a story about her time in Dubai and nearly being scammed and warns us all what to avoid on our solo 20 travels. Gabs is the founder of females flying solo a community platform which educates and empowers women travelling the world solo and balancing working whilst travelling by using companies that will pay you to house sit! In this episode Gabs talks about: Female solo travel Travel hacks for your 20s How to get paid for travelling Balancing friends and time alone whilst travelling Staying safe whilst solo travelling Avoiding scams abroad Work whilst travelling the world Adulting failures Host: Gaby MendesGuest:  Gabs Explores (AD) 💸 A big thank you to our sponsors Zopa Bank - ⁠https://www.zopa.com⁠ (AD) If you’re struggling, consider therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp > ⁠⁠https://betterhelp.com/talktwenties. ⁠⁠ for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs. Email the team at info@talktwenties.com - we love hearing your stories! Gabs Explores  https://www.instagram.com/gabs_explores/ Listen and follow Talk Twenties on all platforms:   💌 Sign up to our newsletter: https://newsletter.talktwenties.com/  📲 Visit the Talk Twenties Website: https://www.talktwenties.com   🎙 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...   🎙 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1qlLyLd...  ✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talktwentie...   ✨ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRRmaVp3/  ✨ Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_twenties  ✨ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talk...

First-Time Homebuyer’s Guide: Step by Step and everything in between with Dan Does Mortgages. We walk you through the house buying process in the UK in 6 Steps and cover all of the secrets, myths and hacks to buying your first home. Mortgage Advisor, Dan Knott, known as Dan Does Mortgages breaks down deposits, mortgages, solicitor processes and much more, so grab a pen and paper, turn the volume up and listen in… In this episode Dan Does Mortgages talks about: Buying vs Renting Step-by-step guide to buying your first home in the UK Homeownership Step 1: Deposit Pros and Cons about Lifetime ISAs Homeownership Step 2: Speaking to a Mortgage Advisor Understanding a credit score vs credit report Mortgage lender criteria Homeownership Step 3: Agreement in Principle Homeownership Step 4: Househunting Househunting do’s and dont’s Homeownership Step 5: Mortgage Application ****Search and Surveys: 3 levels of surveys Homeownership Step 6: Solicitor finalised Extra fees to save for when buying your first home Stamp duty explained Dan Does Mortgages: Adulting failures Host: Gaby MendesGuest:  Dan Does Mortgages Email the team at info@talktwenties.com - we love hearing your stories!

Laura Mallows is the founder and CEO of Mallows Beauty, a positive non-shaming led skincare brand which is estimated to turn over £5million this year. Listen to this episode with Laura to hear more about :-Lauras career before Mallows Beauty as a fashion buyer - Everything Laura has learned about skincare - How much skincare products ACTUALLY change your skin - The BTS of Mallows Beauty Growth - Challenges of being a single mum in business - Utilising TikTok shop / Live Check out Mallows Beauty here https://mallowsbeauty.co.uk/pages/so-who-even-are-you# Listen and follow Talk Twenties on all platforms:  ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/talktwenties⁠⁠ 💸 (AD) A big thank you to our sponsors Zopa Bank - ⁠⁠https://www.zopa.com⁠⁠ (AD) If you’re struggling, consider therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp. Click ⁠⁠https://betterhelp.com/talktwenties⁠⁠ for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs.

In the first Dear Gaby (solo episode) we took your questions about navigating your 20s and answered them using Gaby's 28 years of experience and knowledge from the experts and celebs that join the podcast. Gaby answers 11 messages, agony aunt style to help you navigate your 20s, including: "I'm a teacher but I absolutely hate it" "I feel disloyal being bored in my relationship" "I have to move to my family home after I went freelance" "I'm going bored and it is making me struggle on dates" "I'm in my student overdraft, help" "I hate my 9-5 job" "I have friends but feel so isolated" "My family have different political views and" "I want kids and my partner doesn't " "I keep comparing myself" "I am so nostalgic about my childhood" Send your questions to dear gaby at info@talktwenties.com - we will keep it annoymous! Listen and follow Talk Twenties on all platforms:  https://linktr.ee/talktwenties 💸 (AD) A big thank you to our sponsors Zopa Bank - https://www.zopa.com (AD) If you’re struggling, consider therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp. Click https://betterhelp.com/talktwenties for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs.

This is the sidemen secret, the secret to their success and the man behind the scenes, Jordan Schwarzenberger. Jordan is still in his mid 20s and has had an incredible career, all as a university drop out who has NEVER applied for a job - even at his previous workplaces such as Vice and LadBible Group. As cofounder of entertainment company Arcade Media, Jordan Schwarzenberger manages clients such as British YouTube group The Sidemen and helps launch brands such as YouTuber KSI’s companies Sides and XIX Vodka. Prior to Arcade Media, Schwarzenberger was chief creative officer at talent management company and worked at Vice News.   In this episode Jordan talks about: Career and how to stand out to employers The secret to success The sidemen and their secrets Jordan's role in the success of Amelia Dimoldenberg Tips for marriage and Jordan's story of marrying young Adulting failures Life lessons from Jordan Schwarzenberger Email the team at info@talktwenties.com - we love hearing your stories! Listen and follow Talk Twenties on all platforms:  💌 Sign up to our newsletter: https://newsletter.talktwenties.com/  📲 Visit the Talk Twenties Website: https://www.talktwenties.com   ✨nstagram: https://www.instagram.com/talktwentie...   ✨ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRRmaVp3/  ✨ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talk... 💸 (AD) A big thank you to our sponsors Zopa Bank - https://www.zopa.com (AD) If you’re struggling, consider therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp. Click https://betterhelp.com/talktwenties for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs.

Simon Squibb, A MAN who dropped out of school and was homeless at 15 is now a multi-millionaire and joins the Talk Twenties Podcast to tell YOU how to turn dreams into reality. Simon uses his own personal stories and beliefs to share to Gaby and you how to start, grow and fail a business. Simon is known as a controversial business man with strong beliefs around the education system and governments. Frequently doing street interviews telling people to quit their current jobs to pursue a dream and offers free advice and mentorship in the stairwell he bought in London. In this episode, Simon Squibb talks about: - Being homeless at 15 and dropping out of education - "University is a scam" and why - Hacks for getting graduate jobs - Real reason behind the viral staircase purchase - The truth about the myth that 90% of businesses fail in the 1st year - New zero based business model - Real life business analysis - Airbnb and Elon Musk's X - Simon gives honest mentorship on Talk Twenties and Gaby Host: Gaby Mendes Guest: Simon Squibb https://simonsquibb.com Email the team at info@talktwenties.com - we love hearing your stories!    💸 A big thank you to our sponsors Zopa Bank - https://www.zopa.com

Ex-footballer to Onwer of £5million TikTok mansion THE WAVE HOUSE and creating Yoke Network, the leading creator marketing network. Jide Maduako talks about how navigating the world of professional football on and off the pitch helped develop skills for the business world. Is everyone a content creator now? Jide and Gaby talk about how to hustle with a LACK off ego and using data in a creative industry to excel ahead of the competition. Jide has an interesting personal story from footballer to university student (to keep his mum happy) to creating the leading marketing network but just like us, Jide is human and suffers with figuring out life like the rest of us. Jide owns up to the areas in his life that needs work on and where his big life mistakes are. In this episode Jide Maduako talks about: Creating the wave house From professional footballer to business owner Life lessons from a footballer on and off the pitch Becoming a content creator in a saturated industry Understanding data in a creative industry Leaving ego behind in business Procrastination Adulting failures Host: Gaby MendesGuest: Jide Maduako Email the team at info@talktwenties.com - we love hearing your stories! Listen and follow Talk Twenties on all platforms: 💸 A big thank you to our sponsors Zopa Bank - https://www.zopa.com

Kolade, a multi-hyphenate who moved to Liverpool, the great queer city was attacked 4 times in one day and it made the headlines. Kolade and his friends didn't report the attack or homophobic slurs to police and founded Noire Gayse which discusses intersectionality and queerness. Kolade joins talk twenties to talk about growing up in the "closet" with his parents until 15 and the struggles that came with being gay. Kolade went to boarding school on a scholarship, originally from a working class back ground - he speaks about the importance of keeping your inner child and dreaming if you are a creative. In this episode Kolade talks about: Growing up queer Wanting to be everything as a multi-hyphenate Feeling unloved and underrepresented being bullied coming out and living "two lives" Homophobic attack in Liverpool Dreaming and creativity Adulting failures Host: Kolade Guest:  Gaby Mendes Email the team at info@talktwenties.com - we love hearing your stories!