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The Global League of Women

The Global League of Women

By Lisa Carmen Wang

The Global League of Women (The GLOW) empowers ambitious women to challenge pre-existing narratives around womanhood, identity, and power. Hosted by Lisa Carmen Wang, The GLOW Podcast takes a real and vulnerable look into women's stories - from business and mental health to politics and personal struggles - to showcase the full expression of the authentic, multi-dimensional woman. Change begins with women who have the courage to speak up. We're Challenging The Dominant Narrative. One day at a time.
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Reframe Your Reality with Morgan Mercer, CEO, Vantage Point

The Global League of WomenJun 29, 2020

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Reframe Your Reality with Morgan Mercer, CEO, Vantage Point
Jun 29, 202055:48
Creating a Connected World with Navroop Sahdev, CEO of The Digital Economist

Creating a Connected World with Navroop Sahdev, CEO of The Digital Economist

Navroop Sahdev is the Founder and CEO of The Digital Economist, a global impact organization with the mission to drive technological convergence for a human-centered Digital Economy.

She grew up in India surrounded by poverty wondering how she could help. After studying liberal arts, she transitioned into studying economics because she realized that money makes the world go round, and wanted the tools to affect change. Today, she is a renowned economist and technology futurist. She co-authored “Blockchain Economics” and Hyperledger’s "Blockchain for Business" online course which has trained over 160,000 entrepreneurs globally, and counting.

You will learn why constraints are important for innovation, Navroop’s take on COVID-19s impact on our economy, and why it’s more important than ever to focus on building an equitable and sustainable world.
May 04, 202038:30
Getting Comfortable with Failure with Sapna Shah

Getting Comfortable with Failure with Sapna Shah

We typically only hear news about startups successfully raising venture capital or getting acquired, but what about the ones that fail? No entrepreneur ever starts a company expecting to fail, yet over 80% of them do. Fear of failure is widespread and causes people a lot of anxiety and stress. But what if we learned to celebrate failure more? On a personal level, failure can be liberating and empowering. A learning experience and a compass for future self-development.

Today’s guest Sapna Shah co-founded a startup that ultimately failed in 2013 causing her deep insecurity about her next career steps. After a serendipitous conversation advising a friend about a potential investment, she soon found herself becoming more interested in investing in startups. Today, she is a professional angel investor and founder of Retail X, an event series and community supporting retail founders.

Sapna’s journey is a reminder that our failures can result in many unexpected benefits. She now has even more empathy for founders, and knows what it takes to support a successful company.
Apr 20, 202038:30
Finding Your Perfect Career Fit with Frida Polli, CEO of pymetrics

Finding Your Perfect Career Fit with Frida Polli, CEO of pymetrics

Modern society has told us to be very selective in seeking romantic partners. We’re told to be our authentic selves, and swipe through quickly until we find someone who will be our perfect fit. As a result, dating apps have grown exponentially over the last few years. Unfortunately, this level of support has not transferred over to our careers even though we spend so much of our lives working.

Frida Polli, CEO of pymetrics, is on a mission to help you find your perfect career fit in today’s job market. While getting her MBA at Harvard University, Frida had a front row seat to her peers’ career struggles and her own experiences of hiring bias as a 38-year-old single mother. However, instead of becoming a victim to the system, she decided to do something about it. Using her decades of experience in academic neuroscience, she founded Pymetrics, an artificial-intelligence driven tech platform to match job candidates with their perfect job fit, while removing hiring and career development biases. They currently work with over 100 enterprise clients and job-seekers globally.
Apr 13, 202041:01
Overcoming The Fear of Aging with Michelle Aspinwall
Apr 06, 202046:13
Investing in Overlooked Minority Communities with Monique Woodard

Investing in Overlooked Minority Communities with Monique Woodard

10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every single day, and 20% of the US population will be 65 or older by 2030. Yet society and young entrepreneurial companies tend to overlook this demographic when creating new technologies. But like anything else that’s overlooked, that means there’s also an opportunity.

Our guest today is Monique Woodard, an angel investor based in San Francisco, focused on investing at the intersection of technology and newly powerful consumer groups as a result of demographic shifts - Women, people of color, and the elderly. She recently published a 65-page report called Gray New World detailing this demographic sea change and the types of opportunities she sees as an investor.

Personally, she has started two companies and is currently raising her first fund, so she has experienced the difficulties in raising outside capital of all forms, especially as a minority woman. You will hear how she has learned to deal with this by having great long-standing friends to support her throughout her journey.
Mar 30, 202047:27
Cutting Off Toxic Partners with Alyssa Hall

Cutting Off Toxic Partners with Alyssa Hall

It has been said that more than 50% of people are currently in a toxic relationship. When we are, we become blind and numb to the stress and strain it causes on us. Unfortunately, this emotional damage is compounded when we rely on the other person for financial and parental support.

Alyssa Hall was in a hot and cold relationship for ten years. When she learned that her partner was cheating on her, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. This decision led to additional hardships for her -- less resources, forced debt, single motherhood all while trying to set up her new business.

She reads from a journal entry about her daily emotional and psychological struggles during all of this. If you have experienced toxic relationships, are a single mother, or struggle with guilt and prioritizing yourself, this episode will be a source of strength for you
Mar 23, 202030:16
Unlock Your Creativity & Power with Dheerja Kaur

Unlock Your Creativity & Power with Dheerja Kaur

70% of people are estimated to experience imposter syndrome, which leads to self-doubt and inaction. We get so wrapped up in what society says success should look like, that we forget to take a moment and ask ourselves, what we actually want to do. This disconnect between external expectations and our true selves can often leave us feeling at odds with the world, we can feel like we don’t fit in, like there’s something wrong with us.

Dheerja Kaur has worked at two high-profile companies, ESPN and theSkimm. She was able to land a job at ESPN, despite not being qualified “on paper.” She shares her early experiences dealing with imposter syndrome, and ultimately overcoming it by finding the right mentors and embracing her creative side to step into her full power as a leader.

She recently left her role as Chief Product Officer at theSkimm to embark on new professional challenges. She publicly shares talks about this transition for the first time and how she is reprioritizing her professional and personal life going forward.
Mar 16, 202048:31
Desperate for Love: Abuse in The Church with Kristen Harness

Desperate for Love: Abuse in The Church with Kristen Harness

The Catholic Church in the United States received 1,051 credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor by priests and other clergy from 2017 through 2018, according to a report commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

In this episode, Kristen Harness opens up about her own experience of abuse within The Church at a time in her life when she was most vulnerable and desperate for love. She had turned to religion to find a safe space, but what she found instead was the exact opposite.

You will hear her read a journal entry from October 2018 about an abusive experience in the church that nearly destroyed her, and then how she ultimately turned it into a source of strength.
Mar 09, 202037:47
The Power Of Saying “Yes” with Tricia Brouk

The Power Of Saying “Yes” with Tricia Brouk

Too often, we are the ones responsible for creating our own greatest limitations. So many of our dreams never see the light of day because we allow ourselves to become wrapped up in the logistical details, instead of simply saying “Yes,” and trusting in our own abilities. This linear thinking often prevents us from reaching our potential. Tricia Brouk has three decades of saying “Yes” and figuring out the “How?” afterwards. As the Executive Producer of Speakers Who Dare and the former Executive Producer of TEDxLincolnSquare in New York City, she’s now empowering others to say “Yes” to themselves to share their stories on the big stage.

In October 2018, she had a transformational revelation about needing to move physically to a new city to support her new, bigger ambitions. She had been living in New York City for three decades with tremendous success, even having worked with the late James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Christopher Walken, to name a few. However, she felt an unexplained urge to go after much more. We start the episode with Tricia reading a never before shared story and experience.
Mar 02, 202040:22
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome with Beth Comstock

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome with Beth Comstock

Feelings of inadequacy can arise at every stage in your career. Even if your resume is full of impressive accomplishments, it doesn’t make you immune to the wrath of imposter syndrome. Beth Comstock was GE’s first ever female Vice Chair and former CMO. She is now the author of the book, Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change. where she shares what she’s had to do throughout her career to overcome self-doubt and how women in particular can get comfortable with being more ambitious.
Feb 24, 202044:44
The Pros and Cons of Venture Capital with Eliza Blank

The Pros and Cons of Venture Capital with Eliza Blank

Ask any entrepreneur, starting a startup is one of the hardest paths you can take. As a female founder there are even more challenges to overcome, especially when it comes to raising funds.

Eliza Blank, Founder and CEO of The Sill, a direct-to-consumer plant delivery startup, bootstrapped her company for 5 years before deciding to raise outside venture capital money. In this episode, she shares how she successfully raised money as a solo founder, how the fundraising process is different (and harder) for women than for men, and provides specific tactics to improve your fundraising process.
Feb 17, 202036:09
The Secret of Mentally Strong People with Amy Morin

The Secret of Mentally Strong People with Amy Morin

Loss of loved ones, fear of public speaking, anxiety about the future - these are things we all experience, but often struggle to overcome. Amy Morin lost her mother when she was 23, she lost her husband when she was 26. When another tragedy struck, instead of feeling sorry for herself, Amy wrote a personal letter about what mentally strong people don't do. She decided to share it online and unexpectedly, it went viral with 50 million views. Her life has never been the same since.

Amy’s TEDx talk has been seen over 11 million times and her international best-selling book, 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don't Do has been translated into 33 languages.
Feb 10, 202041:05
The Rise Of The Female-Driven Economy with Danielle Kayembe

The Rise Of The Female-Driven Economy with Danielle Kayembe

Despite women influencing 85% of all consumer purchases, the majority of businesses and products have been designed and created for men. Today’s guest, Danielle Kayembe, believes this paradigm is changing with the rise of women-centered innovation: products and services designed for women by women.

In her whitepaper “The Silent Rise Of The Female-Driven Economy,” Danielle Kayembe discusses why women are the single largest opportunity in the market today, becuase they’ve been overlooked, and underfunded. Indeed, when a population influences 85% of consumer spending, but only receives 2% of venture funding, there is a fundamental disconnect at the leadership level that will inevitably be corrected.

In addition to her work on inclusive product design, Danielle shares how she has mastered the design of her internal world through cultivating her authentic voice, positive self-talk, and mediation. She provides tactical exercises on how to take up more space and create boundaries so you can step into your full Power.

Danielle is founder of GreyFire Impact, an advisory firm that provides capital and resources to female business owners particularly in Africa.
Feb 03, 202053:13
Healing From Tragedy with Beth Nydick
Jan 27, 202037:17
Quitting To Win: Getting Off The Corporate Hamster Wheel with Julia Steele

Quitting To Win: Getting Off The Corporate Hamster Wheel with Julia Steele

There are many reasons why people stay at jobs they don’t like - fear of failure, fear of trying something new, fear of making less money, laziness, burnout, or just complacency.

Julia Steele found herself working in a corporate consulting role and wanted to leave, but stayed anyway for three and a half years. This episode is about her quitting her job even without a clear back-up plan in sight. This is a story about how she got off the corporate hamster wheel to finally align with purpose and impact.

She is now the Director of Marketing and Communications at iFundWomen, empowering female founders with funding programs and resources.
Jan 20, 202041:27
Overcoming Financial Anxiety with Shannon McLay

Overcoming Financial Anxiety with Shannon McLay

99% of people experience financial anxiety. 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Eight in ten Women do not feel highly confident in their financial decisions.

Today, we are joined by Shannon McLay, Founder and CEO of The Financial Gym, a startup with a mission to improve the financial health of millions of Americans by putting the “personal” back in personal finance. Today, we hear about her arduous fundraising journey and how it almost left her in personal financial ruin.
Jan 13, 202043:04
The Power of Self-Love & Orgasms with Lora Haddock

The Power of Self-Love & Orgasms with Lora Haddock

Sex, orgasms, masturbation… These are things that many people find uncomfortable, even outright shameful to talk about in public. Not for Lora Haddock. She’s The Founder & CEO of Lora DiCarlo, a sextech company that launched with a revolutionary women’s sex product called Osé, a robotic massager for hands free blended orgasms. Lora discovered that 35% of the female population never experienced an orgasm, and after finishing medical school, set out to create a company to gave women the fundamental right to explore, understand, and love their own bodies.
Jan 06, 202042:50
Bonus: The Price of Frozen Eggs & Freedom with Lisa Carmen Wang

Bonus: The Price of Frozen Eggs & Freedom with Lisa Carmen Wang

Today’s episode is inspired by an unusually progressive gift given to Lisa Carmen Wang by her immigrant parents on Christmas Day that gave her the biggest blessing she never knew she needed. After years of pressure to fulfill expectations, she is given the rare gift to prioritize herself, her career, and her own decision around marriage and kids.
Dec 27, 201924:47
I Spent My Whole Life Feeling Like I Wasn't Enough with Lisa Carmen Wang

I Spent My Whole Life Feeling Like I Wasn't Enough with Lisa Carmen Wang

This is a coming-of-age story and The Manifesto of why The GLOW exists. Founder & CEO Lisa Carmen Wang shares her life story of how her self-doubt, inadequacy, limiting beliefs, expectations almost got the best of her. This is a story of how inequality, injustice, and sexism ultimately gave her the fire she needed to find her purpose and #HERPOWER The ability to face and share the things you are most afraid of within yourself is ultimately the only thing that will set you free.
Dec 18, 201912:27
Cutting Toxic Relationships: Never Ignore The Red Flags with Courtney Daniels

Cutting Toxic Relationships: Never Ignore The Red Flags with Courtney Daniels

The red flags we ignore at the beginning of a relationship always seem to be the exact reasons why the relationship had to end.

Despite Courtney "CoCo" Daniels' outward success, she found herself in an all-consuming romantic relationship with a man who was not who he purported to be. This toxic, abusive relationship full of lies and gaslighting almost cost her entire life. This is the first time that Courtney shares this story publicly.
Dec 12, 201934:22
Overcoming Body Shame Through Self-Love with Olive Persimmon

Overcoming Body Shame Through Self-Love with Olive Persimmon

Can you imagine writing a whole book publicly documenting your sex life? After 5 years of celibacy in New York City, Olive Persimmon authored her second book, The Coitus Chronicles to share her sexual journey.

In this open and raw episode, we dive into experiences around unhealthy relationships to food, the desire to be liked, settling for less in dating, and how it all somehow circles back to the same thing: self-esteem and cultivating good habits around self-love.
Dec 12, 201953:17
From Victim to Victor: The Aftermath of Sexual Abuse with Kaitlyn Barclay

From Victim to Victor: The Aftermath of Sexual Abuse with Kaitlyn Barclay

1 in 5 women in the US are the victims of rape or attempted rape, yet only 0.005% of sexual perpetrators go to prison for their actions.

17 years ago, Kaitlyn Barclay was molested by her stepdad. In this episode, she reads a journal entry, reliving this traumatic experience in hopes that her story will give the courage that other women need to step into #HERPOWER.
Dec 12, 201921:40
Mixing Love & Business: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly with Lisa Skye Hain

Mixing Love & Business: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly with Lisa Skye Hain

Building a startup as a female entrepreneur is hard enough, but what happens with you bring in a husband, two babies, and venture funding into the mix?

Lisa Skye Hain is the Co-founder and CEO of Primary, a co-working business in New York City. In a highly revealing episode, Lisa reads from her diary and shares the real strains of a female CEO trying to stay optimistic in the face of running out of funding, marriage therapy, raising two young children, and the tough decisions that inevitably surface when mixing romance and business.
Dec 12, 201942:10
The Never Ending Desire to Belong with Laura Chau

The Never Ending Desire to Belong with Laura Chau

“Which Disney Princess did you want to be?” For a generation of girls, becoming Belle, Ariel, Jasmine, or Cinderella was the ultimate dream. The princess was loved, she was admired, she belonged. Laura Chau dreamed of being The Little Mermaid, but, as her peers pointed out, she couldn’t, because she was Asian.
Dec 12, 201945:10
The Power of Compassion and Motherhood with Shannon Snow

The Power of Compassion and Motherhood with Shannon Snow

Mothers bring life into this world. They nurture, support, and lead their children. While they may not live on forever, their impact is everlasting.

Shannon Snow recently lost her mother suddenly. Her Mother was her biggest supporter and helped shape her personal values and professional rise to leading teams as a Director at Google, Facebook, and Instagram.
Dec 12, 201942:00
The Invisible Forces Silencing Women with Laura Walker Lee

The Invisible Forces Silencing Women with Laura Walker Lee

Laura Walker Lee WAS a Film Finance Agent in Hollywood and worked on behalf of celebrities like Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lopez and Julianne Moore to find investors for their films, structure those investments and eventually sell the finished films to studios. Laura abruptly left that career. She then found herself in a very different environment: one far away from the LA lights. She felt secluded, cash-strapped, and confused.
Dec 12, 201951:32
The Realities of Burnout: How to Respect Your Boundaries with Jenn Halweil

The Realities of Burnout: How to Respect Your Boundaries with Jenn Halweil

As women, we are often taught to be caretakers, to think of others before we think of ourselves, to give before we take, but at what point does focusing too much on others’ needs become destructive to our own needs?

Jenn Halweil is the founder of #GoBeyond, an educational media and creative agency dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in STEM fields.
Dec 12, 201931:33
Intro: The Dominant Narrative

Intro: The Dominant Narrative

For too long, the world has been driven by the Dominant (Patriarchal) Narrative. In this narrative, only his voice matters, only his story is heard. The GLOW is committed to changing that. We are amplifying female voices that address critical issues, stories, and thoughts that affect every aspect of our livelihood from business and health to politics and personal struggles.

We believe change begins with women who have the courage to speak up and challenge the status quo.

Through The GLOW Podcast, women just like you share deeply personal, authentic stories that have never been shared before because they’ve been repressed, overvalued, and diminished by The Dominant Narrative. These stories will make you sad, they’ll make you hopeful, they’ll make you angry; ultimately, they’ll make you realize how strong women already are, and how much stronger we can be if and when we use our voices.

Are you a woman who’s changing the narrative? Join us.
Dec 09, 201907:02