Fearless Females Podcast (supported by Westpac)

What does profitable growth actually look like behind the scenes? This week, e-commerce operator turned SaaS founder Carla Penn-Kahn breaks it down with uncommon clarity. After bootstrapping and scaling multiple online retail brands (including Australia’s largest pure-play kitchenware business, shipping 25k orders a week at the COVID peak) through to exit, Carla co-founded Profit Peak, a profit-op...

Kim’s story isn’t a get-rich-quick tale; it’s a master class in deliberate life architecture.  Equal parts numbers, nerve and knowing yourself. If you’ve ever wondered whether you can build a career you love and a life you choose, this conversation is your permission slip (and plan).What happens when the fearless strategist behind award-winning brand transformations turns her lens inward? In this...

At 26 years of age, Paulette Kolarz was handed the keys to a $400M division and asked to help steer a 150-store icon through receivership - while leading 3,500 staff. Today, the BespokeHR founder and Performance Collective Academy creator distils those hard-won lessons into a people-first playbook any leader can use. Paulette makes a simple, powerful case: you don’t build a business, you build peo...

Doctor, social entrepreneur and 2021 Young Australian of the Year Isobel Marshall has built a career at the intersection of medicine, gender equity and practical change. As co-founder of TABOO, she helped turn a simple idea - sell period products here to fight period poverty and stigma everywhere - into a national conversation. On the policy front, she’s served on the Premier’s Council for Women S...

Suzanne Brown started in real estate at 21, became one of WA’s youngest licensed agents, and went on to build Rentwest into one of the state’s largest property management firms. Today she’s the President of REIWA, only the second woman in 106 years and the first leader to come from a property management background. In this uplifting conversation, Suzanne shares how a love of learning (and an early...

From AFL locker rooms to the News Corp boardroom, Melissa Librandi shares how courage, empathy and a well timed “yes” can change your career and your company. Melissa embodies how fearless leadership is forged at the crossroads of empathy, pragmatism and bold bets. From pioneering flexible work years before it was mainstream to backing disruptive destination marketing that won “World’s Best Touris...

From her grandmother who famously waxed her legs in the foyer of David Jones to a modern brand leading with science and soul - this episode goes behind the scenes with Pippa Hallas , CEO of Ella Baché . Pippa opens up about steering an 80-year Australian icon through massive industry change while staying anchored to one simple truth... healthy skin builds real confidence. You’ll hear how Pippa: Ke...

“I don’t like saying I’m a hospital CEO - healthcare management takes a team.” In this candid conversation, Cara Miller, CEO of North Eastern Community Hospital (and current National Chairperson of AHPRA), shares how she’s challenging the status quo with a patient-centred, staff-first, tech-enabled model of care. Cara traces her path from sick kid turned St John Cadet to radiographer and sonograph...

At 22, Tammy Barton quit her job, set up at the kitchen table in Adelaide, and started helping people not just create budgets - but actually stick to them . That simple client-first idea became MyBudget (founded 1999), a national brand that’s now supported 130,000+ clients with personalised, dynamic money plans, automated bill payments and savings, and the kind of accountability that turns financi...

“Don’t dream half the dream - dream the whole dream.” In this powerhouse episode, Karla Way-McPhail joins us from Yeppoon, Queensland to share how she grew from teacher to accidental entrepreneur leading 16 businesses under The Real Group and why her formula is simple: invest in people, not industries . Karla opens up about the rituals and beliefs that fuel her resilience (yes, 4:30am calls, daily...

From police officer to reality TV trailblazer to product founder, Alisa Fraser has never been afraid of the long game. In this episode, the co-founder and CEO of al.ive body (with twin sister Lysandra) shares how grit, design obsession and values-first leadership turned a beach-scribbled idea into a brand that’s sold 2.2M+ products across 900+ stores in Australia and New Zealand. Alisa opens up ab...

From first steps to global scale, Episode Zero sets the tone for the Fearless Female Podcast : candid stories, practical tools, and big-hearted inspiration for women building, leading, and living bravely. Co-hosts Anna Dimond (Palas Jewellery) and Kelly Jamieson (Edible Blooms) share the origin story of the show and the community that powers it - how a simple Wednesday morning walk turned into a n...