This podcast gives you access to people across industries who have built success in their own way — often without following the traditional path. They are redefining what success looks like and who gets a seat at the table.
Through honest conversations with inspiring people we explore the real journeys behind success: the setbacks, pivots, mindset shifts, and defining moments that shaped who they are today.
The mission is simple: to help you reimagine what success can look like — and what you are capable of. New episodes feature voices from finance, tech, entrepreneurship, social impact, law, and beyond.
For women building ambitious lives with dreams that sometimes feel too big.
Stop Trying to Fit In and Start Succeeding as Yourself | Betsy Lake (My Twin)
What if the qualities you've spent your life trying to change are actually some of your greatest strengths?
My twin, Betsy Lake, and I grew up in the same family, at exactly the same time — but experienced the world very differently.
I became highly attuned to what other people thought of me. Betsy was direct, fiercely principled and far less willing to mould herself to make other people comfortable. For years, those differences shaped how other people saw us — and how we saw ourselves.
Then, at 26, Betsy was diagnosed with autism.
In this episode, we unpack what growing up as very different twins taught us about people-pleasing, confidence, self-advocacy and success — and why we've both had to learn from the qualities we once saw as strengths in the other.
We also explore the barriers women are still expected to overcome to thrive. Betsy shares her experience fighting for an autism diagnosis, living and working with debilitating chronic pain, and spending years trying to get answers about what has since been diagnosed as endometriosis.
In this episode:
• Why fitting in and succeeding aren't the same thing• What growing up as twins taught us about comparison and identity• Being diagnosed with autism as a woman at 26• The power, and difficulty, of advocating for yourself• Endometriosis, chronic pain and the systems still failing women• People-pleasing, perfectionism, ambition and money• Why success doesn't require one personality, path or type of woman
This conversation is a reminder that there isn't one way to be ambitious, powerful or successful.
Sometimes the thing that changes everything isn't becoming someone new.
It's learning to lean into who you already are.
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Betsy extensively researched how to pursue an autism diagnosis as an adult woman. If you're considering seeking a diagnosis and would find her research and resources helpful, please reach out to Seat at My Table via Instagram (@seatatmy.table) - we're very happy to share them.
We also discuss Sanju Pal's legal case against Accenture and her advocacy around endometriosis and disability discrimination in the workplace.
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4 Aug 2026
How to Think Like a CEO Before You Become One (Without Losing Yourself) | Sacha Romanovitch
What does it really take to become a CEO?
Most people would tell you it's about working harder, gaining more experience or climbing the ladder faster.
Sacha Romanovitch's story suggests something very different.
Before becoming one of the first female CEOs of a major UK accounting firm, Sacha made an unexpected decision. She stepped away from her career, travelled for a year, spent 10 days in silent meditation and asked herself the questions so many of us never make time to ask:
Who am I? What do I care about? What impact do I actually want to have?
That decision shaped everything that came afterwards.
In this episode, we explore how understanding yourself became the foundation of Sacha's leadership, why she believes leadership starts long before you're given the title, and how she went on to challenge traditional ideas of business by leading with the intention of creating meaningful change - not simply increasing profit.
If you're ambitious but questioning your path, dreaming about a bigger career, or wondering whether leadership is really for someone like you, I hope this conversation gives you permission to think bigger.
Because the women who change companies, industries and systems don't start by having all the answers.
They start by getting clear on who they are and what they care about.
If this episode resonates with you, share it with another woman who's ready to think bigger, and come and join our community at Seat at My Table. We're building a space for women who want a bigger life.
Find Sacha on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sacharomanovitch/
References from this episode:
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Creating Shared Value: Redefining Capitalism and the Role of the Corporation in Society by Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer
Three Guineas by Virginia Wolf
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6 Jul 2026
Underestimated and Mistaken for the PA: How Rosie Skuse Dropped Out of University and Built an International Music Company
What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't your experience—but the story you've been telling yourself about whether you're qualified enough?
Rosie Skuse never studied business. She didn't have a traditional path into entrepreneurship. As a young woman in the room, she was often mistaken for the PA rather than the person leading the business.
Today, she's the Founder and CEO of Molto Music Group—an international music company creating unforgettable live music experiences for some of the world's most prestigious hotels and luxury brands.
But this isn't a conversation about music.
It's a conversation about breaking stereotypes, backing yourself before anyone else does, and proving that you don't need to fit the mould of a CEO to build something extraordinary.
Rosie shares the honest reality of leaving university to forge her own path, starting a business just months before COVID brought the hospitality industry to a standstill, rebuilding from scratch when opportunities disappeared overnight, and learning every lesson the hard way.
We also talk about imposter syndrome, resilience, self-belief, and why confidence isn't something you have before you begin—it's something you build by continuing to show up.
If you've ever thought:
"I'm too young."
"I'm not qualified enough."
"I don't have the right experience."
"Someone else could do this better."
This conversation is for you.
In this episode, we discuss:
Being underestimated as a young female founder
The reality of building a business without a business background
Why confidence comes from action—not certainty
Starting a company just before COVID and surviving the uncertainty
Landing The Dorchester as Molto Music Group's first client
Navigating imposter syndrome as your business grows
Building resilience when everything feels like it's working against you
The mindset shifts that helped Rosie create opportunities instead of waiting for them
At Seat at My Table, every conversation is designed to help ambitious women build the lives they want and show that extraordinary lives are built by ordinary people who choose to keep showing up.
Find Rosie and Molto Music Group:
@rosieskuse
@moltomusicgroup
https://www.moltomusicgroup.com/
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