Reena Ninan - What It's Like to Report from a War Zone
Reena Ninan, missed her first Mother's Day while reporting from Iraq. Her hotel got car bombed and an entire wall of her hotel room disappeared. What did she do? “I did what any woman would do in this...
View ArticleMichelle Freeman - On Overcoming Tragedy to Build an Empire
Michelle Freeman had a child alone at 23, was a drug addict, on food stamps and ultimately lost her husband to a tragic accident. Michelle rose to the occasion and took over her husband's real estate...
View ArticleSonal Shah - Choosing Fearlessness
Sonal Shah moved to Sarajevo at 26 to open their Central Bank in the middle of the War in Bosnia. She was dropped off on the Serb side and told "we'll pick you up in 2 weeks." Listen to Sonal share...
View ArticleLaurie Fabiano - How Passion Builds Perseverance
Laurie Fabiano, President of the Tory Burch Foundation, talks about her earlier career as an AIDS activist and the challenges behind bringing communities together and convincing rappers to wear condoms.
View ArticleTracie Egan-Morrissey - Why Women Make Great Bosses
Tracie Egan-Morrissey shares the unbelievable story of how she convinced Vice media to start a feminist channel and hire her to lead it. After founding Jezebel and seeing no room for women in...
View ArticleMadame Gandhi - When You Have Two Dreams, Do Both
Kiran Gandhi, aka. Madame Gandhi tells her personal story of combining her passion for drumming and her academic background in math to pursue two dreams that eventually came together the same summer....
View ArticleKatrina Craigwell - Getting Fired and Getting Over It
Katrina Craigwell tells the story of how she got fired from her first job at a PR firm and what it took to get past it to achieve career success as the VP of Global Marketing Innovation at GE Digital....
View ArticleRachel Shechtman - Make Yourself an Adjective
Rachel Shechtman, founder of Story, shares a series of personal stories on the worst feedback she ever got on her work and her hilarious approach to making herself unforgettable to strangers, in an...
View ArticleKassie Rempel - The Resilient Entrepreneur
Kassie Rempel shares a surreal story of how not one, but two, of her entrepreneurial nightmares came true and how she found the silver lining in order to come out on top. Kassie is the Owner and...
View ArticleGayle Troberman: How Stumbling Can Lead to Success
Gayle Troberman admits she never actually had a plan for her career and shares personal stories of how stumbling multiple times led her to unexpected opportunities and ultimately, success as the CMO of...
View ArticleCynthia Salim - You're Not Too Small To Matter
Cynthia Salim is the founder & CEO of Citizen’s Mark, a company that makes sustainably made blazers for women on the rise. Cynthia shares her personal story of how she convinced the top clothing...
View ArticleThe Women's March on Washington
Worn ladies Carolyn Rush and Elizabeth Davis talk about their experiences at the Women's March, discuss the reasons why some women chose not to march and talk about what this march means for the future...
View ArticleJessica González-Rojas - The Personal is Political
Jessica González-Rojas shares her personal story of being assaulted by protesters outside a Planned Parenthood that turned her into an activist for reproductive justice, and the work she's done ever...
View ArticleElena Cohen - Defending Your Right to Protest
Elena Cohen shares stories of working as a criminal defense attorney in New York City. Elena spoke at F*it: A New Manifesto the night before the Women's March on Washington to educate us of the do's...
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