The KORE Women Podcast

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Jaclyn Beattie, who is a custom menswear designer, wardrobe strategist, and trusted image advisor to CEOs, attorneys, executives, and high-level leaders. Jaclyn’s approach is practical and powerful and style isn’t about vanity, it’s about vision. In this episode, she shares how decision fatigue drains our leadership energy and how...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Val Roskens Tews, who is a content strategy writer and author. Val reminds us that visibility online doesn’t have to be loud or overwhelming. Val believes in the quiet power of kindness and the ripple effect created when we show up with thoughtful conversations, meaningful engagement, and authentic content. Through her “Butterfly...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Dr. Janice Gassam Asare, who is an organizational psychologist, Forbes contributor, TEDx speaker, and author of the upcoming book, “Rise and Resist: How to Reclaim Workplace Equity and Justice.” They dig into why traditional DEI efforts often fail the people they’re meant to help, how to navigate equity pushback in a time of rollbacks...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Candice Snyder, a Gratitude Ambassador and Mental Health Advocate, who talks about what happens when life keeps throwing curveballs, such as job loss, divorce, miscarriage, and unimaginable grief and how you can still decide to build something beautiful? As the host of the globally ranked Passion Purpose and Possibilities podcast and...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Dr. Jacqueline Kumar, who is a philosopher, writer, program developer, and one of the leading voices in applied relational intelligence. Dr. Kumar breaks down her original three-stage empathy process and challenges the myths around empathy being instinctive or automatic. We explore why overextended empathy leads to burnout, how to...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Diana Fritz, who is an executive leader, cancer thriver, DISC-certified consultant, and author of Uniquely Imperfect. Uniquely Qualified. With over 25 years of experience leading teams across HR, tech, and strategic operations, Diana is proof that influence doesn’t come from a title, it comes from presence, resilience, and purpose...

HUGE Milestone - 400 Episodes  This episode is so meaningful to me.  To every guest who has trusted this space and every listener who keeps coming back to these conversations, thank you. YOU ARE the reason the KORE Women Podcast exists. For this milestone, I asked one simple question: What experience most shaped how you teach, lead, or guide others today? Leadership isn’t learned from a manual, it...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Vanessa Thompson, who is a sustainability and finance strategist. She has worked everywhere from the United Nations Foundation to Silicon Valley startups. With a background that spans the UN, World Bank, The Nature Conservancy, and JLL Spark Ventures, Vanessa brings a rare blend of strategic insight and boots-on-the-ground experie...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Samantha Ruth, who is a psychologist, speaker, bestselling author, and host of The Be Ruthless Show podcast dedicated to making noise and breaking stigmas. She is the proud founder of Griefhab, an entirely new approach to grief and mental health support services. After unexpectedly losing her husband, Samantha made it her mission...

This week on the KORE Women Podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Dora Rankin, who is the author of The Heart Sell, sales strategist, and champion for women’s financial empowerment. Dora shares her deeply personal journey from addiction recovery to caregiving, single motherhood, and walking away from burnout in high-paying jobs. What came next? A mission to get more money in the hands of more wo...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Kym Insana, who talks about how she went from being a NYC ad executive to multi-million-dollar agency founder. She has redefined success on her terms and she’s helping others do the same. As the founder of AlwaysOn Digital, Kym works with powerhouse brands like Good American and Enfamil, but her true mission is personal, empowering wo...

This week on the KORE Women Podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Rhonda Sher, a LinkedIn expert and creator of The Sher Method™, whose proven system has helped thousands turn their LinkedIn presence into a powerful client attraction tool. Rhonda shares her incredible journey from marrying the same man twice to using LinkedIn to retire him and how she helps professionals go from overlooked to in-dem...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Felice Upton, who is a transformational systems consultant and organizational strategist who knows how to turn complexity into clarity. With decades of experience leading nonprofits, government agencies, and justice-involved organizations, Felice has seen firsthand how culture, trauma, and leadership shape every system we touch. A...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Tonya Lester, who is an LCSW, Brooklyn-based psychotherapist, New York Times Modern Love essayist, and author of Push Back: Live, Love, and Work with Others Without Losing Yourself to talk about why so many of us stay silent, stretch ourselves too thin, and struggle to ask for what we need. We unpack what it means to be a “shock a...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson, MHS, PhD does her one solo episode of the year. Her message:  How do stories change us when we let them land? Every year, I sit down and record a New Year’s message for this podcast. It is the only solo podcast that I do each year. And every year, I have to get quiet first. When I started the KORE Women Podcast, I didn’t know how to produce a...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Dr. Patricia Timerman Barbosa da Silva, who is psychotherapist, author, and founder of Advocate2Create. Her journey from moving to a new country as a teenager to turning personal loss into purpose reveals how resilience and compassion can transform our most painful moments into growth. We dive into her IAP Model (Intention, Action, Pe...

This week on the KORE Women Podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Yvonne McCoy, MBA, who is a Business Strategist and creator of the BE F.O.U.N.D.™ Framework to talk about the real reason so many entrepreneurs are stuck in a cycle of sporadic sales and burnout. Yvonne’s message is clear: You don’t need to be fixed. You need a better way to guide potential clients through the trust journey, so they c...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson has the opportunity to speak with Andrea Bernal Llanos, who is a project manager, university professor, and civic tech advocate who’s leading transformational work at the intersection of communication, education, and social impact. From launching clean air initiatives in California to mentoring at NASA-supported hackathons, she shares her stor...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Diane DiResta, who is a Certified Speaking Professional, author of Knockout Presentations, and one of the Top 20 Speaker Coaches in the world. She’s helped leaders command rooms across the globe and now she’s here to help you find your voice in a noisy, AI-driven world. We talk about why public speaking is more important than ever...

This week on the KORE Women Podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Amber Monroe, who is the Senior Vice President of Customer Experience at Paradigm Senior Services. Amber’s story is one of grit, growth, and groundbreaking leadership. From losing her mother at age five to becoming a first-generation college graduate and executive leader, Amber has consistently turned adversity into strength. When she...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Michelle Florendo, who is a Stanford-trained decision engineer, executive coach, and host of Ask A Decision Engineer. Michelle has coached hundreds of leaders across tech, healthcare, and financial services, helping them make high-impact decisions grounded in both data and emotion. We explore the science behind smarter decision-ma...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Dr. Meghan Waldron, who is the founder of Smart Solutions Tutoring, university advisor, and educator with nearly two decades of experience helping students thrive. Meghan shares how her own personal challenges, including living with MS, have fueled her purpose as a leader and educator. From writing instruction to strategic risk-taking...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer welcomes Lynnaire Johnston, who is a global LinkedIn authority, author of Link∙Ability, and the go-to voice for professionals who want to grow their presence with authenticity. We talk about how to build credibility on LinkedIn, what really works in 2025, and how even one small shift can change your visibility and your career. Whether you're a season...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Tanya MFK, who is a business strategist, founder of Modern Business Mastery, and who is flipping the script on what success really looks like. After years of chasing traditional milestones, Tanya realized true success isn’t about more hustle, it’s about alignment, freedom, and owning your time, values, and vision. In this episode, Tan...

This week on the KORE Women Podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Jeri Vespoli, who is the founder of Collaborative Marketing Services and creator of the Hour of Power Speed Networking® model that’s transforming the way we build relationships in business. For over 20 years, she’s been a driving force behind helping small businesses and nonprofits gain visibility, share their value, and grow through...