Journeys of Empowerment
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<ul><li>Real-life stories: conversations with (aspiring) impact-driven female founders who turned inner shifts into meaningful change;</li></ul><ul><li>Lessons from role models: grounded wisdom from people who chose clarity over pressure and aligned their work with who they are;</li></ul><ul><li>Reclaim your clarity: a journey of self-discovery, agency and purposeful direction;</li></ul><ul><li>Join the movement: a community that believes in growth through honest reflection, one story at a time!</li></ul>Empowerment begins with a single step, your choice to listen, reflect and reconnect with whatโs true for you now.<br><br>Oh and one more thing: by leaving a review and sharing an episode youโre already playing a part in someoneโs next step ๐๐พ<br>
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June 23, 2026
#81 | Alina Hekelaar | "Building self through uncertainty!"
<p>In this episode, I connected with Alina Hekelaar, co-founder of workwonder.co, entrepreneur and community builder who is learning how to navigate ambition, motherhood and identity without losing herself in the process.ย </p><p>Alinaโs journey begins in post-Soviet Ukraine, growing up during a time of instability where uncertainty was not an exception, but daily reality. At 17, she left everything familiar behind and travelled 40 hours by bus to the Netherlands with little more than determination, survival instinct and a suitcase filled with potatoes from worried parents.</p><p>What followed was years of hustling. Learning English fast enough to study abroad. Working nights behind bars while surviving university. Fighting visa insecurity. Carrying the pressure of not wanting to fail herself or disappoint her family. Again and again, life pushed her into situations where she had to figure things out before feeling ready.</p><p>But beneath the entrepreneurial drive and resilience was a deeper journey unfolding. Motherhood became the mirror that forced her to confront boundaries, self-worth and the exhausting habit of always pushing forward. Slowly, through therapy, coaching, relationships and lived experience, she began shifting from survival toward self-awareness.</p><p>Today, through WorkWonder, Alina is building something rooted in human connection, belonging and culture. Yet her story is ultimately not about startups. It is about learning how to trust yourself while life keeps changing around you.</p><p>Deep dive talking points:</p><p>๐๐พ Growing up in uncertainty: navigating post-Soviet instability and leaving Ukraine at 17 to build a life abroad;</p><p>๐๐พ The pressure to succeed: carrying responsibility, fear of failure and the need to prove herself through achievement;</p><p>๐๐พ Boundaries and motherhood: how becoming a mother revealed patterns around people-pleasing and self-abandonment;</p><p>๐๐พ Entrepreneurship and identity: learning to lead, take risks and rebuild after painful business setbacks;</p><p>๐๐พ From survival to alignment: shifting from constant hustle toward self-awareness, acceptance and meaningful impact;</p><p>Empowering nuggets:</p><p>๐๐พ Sometimes the bravest thing is not pushing harder, but allowing yourself to pause and listen inward;</p><p>๐๐พ Failure is rarely the ending. Often it is life redirecting you toward something more aligned;</p><p>๐๐พ You do not need all the answers before taking the next step. Clarity often arrives through movement;</p><p>In Alinaโs words:</p><p>๐๐พ โEvery day is a new chance. I can treat it as a new day and do everything in my powerโ</p><p>Alina reminds us how easy it is to confuse constant movement with certainty. But real growth often happens when we stop trying to control every outcome and begin trusting who we are becoming through the uncertainty itself.</p><p>Connect with Alina:</p><p>Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alina-hekelaar/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/alina-hekelaar/</a>ย </p><p>Website: <a href="https://workwonder.co" target="_blank">https://workwonder.co</a>ย </p><p>Curious to learn more about the 60-day Clarity Intensify Trek?</p><p>Visit <a href="https://journeysofempowerment.com" target="_blank">โจJourneys of Empowermentโจ</a> | Letโs make space to see it clearly before you redesign anything!</p>
June 16, 2026
#80 | Kasia Pokrop | "Rebellious Female Founder Perspective: Stop waiting for the system!"
<p>In this second ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, a deep dive with Kasia Pokrop, founder of 3mbrace Health | Formerly Mamamoon Health and someone who is no longer willing to wait for the world to catch up with womenโs health!</p><p>What struck me most is that this conversation was never really about hormones or healthcare. ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. After becoming a mother, navigating corporate life and stepping into the startup world, Kasia found herself asking a deeper question:ย </p><p>โพ if women who have seen the gaps stay silent, who exactly is going to change them?</p><p>We discussed what happens when someone ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด โthis is normalโ as an answer. From startup accelerators where womenโs health was treated as a niche topic, to workplaces and healthcare systems still overlooking half the population.ย </p><p>Awareness alone is not enough and why change begins the moment we stop waiting for permission!</p><p>Beneath every conversation about womenโs health sits a bigger question:ย </p><p>โพ who gets to decide what deserves attention, research and investment?ย </p><p>Kasia challenges the quiet acceptance that systems will eventually fix themselves. Her belief is simple. If we want a different future, we need more people willing to question what everyone else has learned to live with.</p><p>Deep dive talking points:</p><p>๐๐พ The invisible gaps: why womenโs health is still too often dismissed with โthis is normalโ;</p><p>๐๐พ Who gets a seat at the table: what startup and investment spaces still overlook;</p><p>๐๐พ Awareness versus action: why understanding the problem is only the beginning;</p><p>๐๐พ Changing systems from within: how workplaces can become catalysts for healthier lives;</p><p>๐๐พ The ripple effect of courage: what happens when ordinary people stop waiting and start speaking up;</p><p>Some rebellious nuggets:</p><p>๐๐พ Sometimes rebellion is not making noise. It is refusing to accept an answer that no longer makes sense;</p><p>๐๐พ Systems rarely change because time passes. They change because people decide they cannot look away anymore;</p><p>๐๐พ You do not need to have all the answers before becoming part of the change. Curiosity and conversation are a powerful place to begin;</p><p>Kasiaโs empowering quote:</p><p>๐๐พ โIf women like me donโt do something about it, nothing is ever going to happen.โ</p><p>Listening to Kasia left me wondering how many things we're still accepting simply because they have always been there?|</p><p>Oh and one more thing:</p><p>โพ โ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ตโ</p><p>Connect with Kasia: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasiapokrop/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasiapokrop/</a>ย </p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.3mbracehealth.com/support-and-resources" target="_blank">https://www.3mbracehealth.com/support-and-resources</a>ย </p><p>Curious to learn more about the 60-day Clarity Intensify Trek?</p><p>Visit <a href="https://journeysofempowerment.com" target="_blank">โจJourneys of Empowermentโจ</a> | Letโs make space to see it clearly before you redesign anything!</p><p>Ps will we see you at upcoming Women's Health event at Equals on the 24th of June?ย </p><p>Link to the event: <a href="https://luma.com/vng249q4" target="_blank">https://luma.com/vng249q4</a>ย </p><p>โพ ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ!</p>
June 9, 2026
#79 | Aubierge Ball-Gamthety | "Starting over as power!"
<p>A fascinating deep dive with Aubierge Ball-Gamthety, founder of The Way Is Togetherness, speaker, sales professional and advocate for women reclaiming their voice, visibility and power through every stage of life.</p><p>Aubiergeโs story begins in Chad and Nigeria before civil war forced her family to flee to France as refugees when she was just six years old. From spacious embassy life in Africa to crowded refugee housing in Paris, she learned early that life can change without warning.ย </p><p>But the deepest shift came at 15, when her father suddenly passed away and she became responsible for helping raise five younger siblings while supporting her grieving mother.</p><p>What followed was a lifetime of resilience, discipline and learning how to survive by stepping up. Through marriage, divorce, migration, motherhood, corporate leadership and eventually menopause, Aubierge kept reinventing herself again and again. Not from comfort, but from conviction.ย </p><p>Her journey is not about avoiding adversity, but about turning every ending into a doorway toward becoming more fully herself.</p><p>Deep dive talking points:</p><p>๐๐พ Growing up through displacement: fleeing war and adapting to life as a refugee in France;</p><p>๐๐พ Early responsibility and self-leadership: becoming a caregiver and role model at just 15 years old;</p><p>๐๐พ Marriage, identity and self-worth: learning to stop seeking love through self-sacrifice;</p><p>๐๐พ Menopause as initiation: reframing this life phase as freedom, wisdom and personal rebirth;</p><p>๐๐พ Visibility and voice: speaking up for women, authenticity and leadership without apology;</p><p>Empowering nuggets:ย </p><p>๐๐พ Sometimes starting over is not failure. It is life asking us to finally choose ourselves;</p><p>๐๐พ Real confidence is not pretending to know everything. It is trusting that you will figure things out along the way;</p><p>๐๐พ Your lived experience becomes powerful the moment you stop hiding it and start embodying it;</p><p>In Aubiergeโs words:ย </p><p>๐๐พ โYou have wisdom, resilience, freedom, strength and power. Now itโs your turnโ</p><p>Books mentioned:</p><p>๐ The Bible: as a lifelong source of guidance, belief and purpose throughout her journey;</p><p>Aubierge reminded me that resilience is not about never breaking. It is about deciding, again and again, that your story is still being written. Maybe the next chapter of your life is not waiting for permission, but for your courage to begin it!</p><p>Connect with Aubierge:</p><p>Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aubierge-ball-gamthety/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aubierge-ball-gamthety/</a>ย </p><p>Company Linkedin page: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-way-is-togetherness/about/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-way-is-togetherness/about/</a>ย </p><p>Curious to learn more about the 60-day Clarity Intensify Trek?</p><p>Visit <a href="https://journeysofempowerment.com" target="_blank">โจJourneys of Empowermentโจ</a> | Letโs make space to see it clearly before you redesign anything!</p>
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<ul><li>Real-life stories: conversations with (aspiring) impact-driven female founders who turned inner shifts into meaningful change;</li></ul><ul><li>Lessons from role models: grounded wisdom from people who chose clarity over pressure and aligned their work with who they are;</li></ul><ul><li>Reclaim your clarity: a journey of self-discovery, agency and purposeful direction;</li></ul><ul><li>Join the movement: a community that believes in growth through honest reflection, one story at a time!</li></ul>Empowerment begins with a single step, your choice to listen, reflect and reconnect with whatโs true for you now.<br><br>Oh and one more thing: by leaving a review and sharing an episode youโre already playing a part in someoneโs next step ๐๐พ<br> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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