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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



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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

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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#

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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!

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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

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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



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