You Are A Force is a global podcast featuring powerful conversations with extraordinary women shaping business, leadership, entrepreneurship, finance, sport, entertainment and culture.
Hosted by Binoli Botadara, each episode goes beyond the highlight reel to explore the ambition, setbacks, pivotal decisions and reinventions behind remarkable careers.
From boardrooms and billion-pound businesses to Olympic arenas and creative industries, You Are A Force uncovers the stories behind extraordinary women, the decisions that shaped their journeys, and what drives them to lead, build and reinvent
Pinky Lalwani | From Childhood Health Crisis to Harley Street : Flight Attendant to Acupuncturist | Ep 51
From a childhood health crisis to flying the world as a flight attendant, to building a practice at 4 Harley Street, her path was anything but ordinary. 🩺✨In Episode 51 of You Are A Force, host Binoli Botadara sits down with Pinky Lalwani - licensed acupuncturist, founder of Heal By Acupuncture, and member of the British Acupuncture Council. 🌿👑Pinky turned her early health struggles into a lifelong study of cellular healing and preventative care. In this unvarnished conversation, we go far beyond the needles to explore:🧠 The Neuroscience: What actually happens in your brain and nervous system during acupuncture✨ Facial Acupuncture vs. Botox: Triggering natural collagen stimulation for radiant, frozen-free skin✈️ The Aviation Toll: How cabin pressure, grueling flight shifts, and travel impacted her health🩺 Modern vs. Ancient: Bridging the gap between 2,500-year-old Chinese medicine and modern healthcare🔥 Adversity to Purpose: Turning personal physical trials into a life-changing careerThis is a story about resilience, reinvention, and understanding your body before illness forces you to. 💥
30 Aug 2026
Hermione Olivia | Personal Branding, Building Brands & Career Reinvention | CEO Yourself | Ep 50
👑 What does it really take to become the CEO of your own life?
🚀 First business at 18.
💼 PR agency at 25, with clients like Spotify.
🇦🇺➡️🇬🇧 Moved to London solo and launched consumer brands.
👩🏻💻Became C-suite CEO of a multi-million-dollar health brand.
🔥 Then walked away from a six-figure salary to build something entirely her own.
This week on @youareaforce_podcast (https://www.instagram.com/youareaforce_podcast/) A, meet serial entrepreneur, author and brand strategist @hermioneolivia (https://www.instagram.com/hermioneolivia/) , founder of @whynotceoyourself (https://www.instagram.com/whynotceoyourself/) .
🎙️ Inside powerful Episode 50, we talk about:
✨ Brand Strategy and Building Businesses
👥 Building your Personal Board of Directors
🚀 Reinvention, career pivots and entrepreneurial risk
💼 How to spot opportunity without falling into shiny object syndrome
🤝 Networking, community and the people who can change your trajectory
🔥 What it really takes to build a career on your own terms
This is not just a conversation about leadership. It is about becoming the CEO of YOU. 👑
Because sometimes, the greatest promotion you can give yourself is the permission to change direction, take the risk and build something that is truly yours. 💫
🎧 EPISODE 50 IS LIVE NOW! 🔥
Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts, or watch the full conversation on YouTube. 🎙️📺
📲 Tag an ambitious woman who is building something of her own. 👑
💬 📚And if you are in London, CEO YOURSELF NETWORKING EVENT is happening on 11th September , an amazing opportunity to meet Hermione and connect with some incredible women on top. ✨
Comment below and I will DM you the details. 👇
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The world sees the 5-second red-carpet photo. 📸✨But what happens BEFORE the camera clicks? 👀A red-carpet moment that looks effortless can take months of planning, fittings, designer negotiations, custom couture, international logistics and a dozen back-up plans. 👗✈️This week on You Are A Force, I sit down with Aastha Sharma ,THE WOMAN BEHIND THE ICONIC LOOKS , founder of @wardrobist and the celebrity stylist behind some of India’s biggest stars, including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Disha Patani and Kiara Advani, to name a few. ✨From Cannes and Bollywood red carpets to Paris, Milan and the world’s biggest luxury fashion houses, Aastha takes us inside the part of celebrity fashion and styling the public never sees. 🌍👠We talk about:✨ How an iconic look is actually created🌍 Why global luxury brands are increasingly turning to Indian celebrities🔥 The pressure, politics and business behind celebrity stylingAnd then we get into the questions nobody usually asks:What happens when two stars want the same designer? 👀What happens when the internet hates your look? 🔥And how do you create a signature when everyone is watching?This isn't really about clothes.It's about image. Influence. Power. Business.Consider this your ultimate, unfiltered Celebrity Fashion Styling 101. 🎓👗🎙️ Aastha Sharma | The Woman Behind the Iconic Looks🎧 THE FULL EPISODE IS LIVE NOW.🔗 Watch on YouTube or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Amazon Music.#AasthaSharma #CelebrityStylist #BollywoodFashion #CelebrityFashion #CannesFashion #RedCarpetFashion #LuxuryFashion #FashionStyling #BusinessOfFashion #YouAreAForce
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Niyamat Mehta
Caroline Labouchere
Malini Agarwal
Paola Audrey Ndengue
Namrata Soni
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