NOW BE YOU

What happens when you sell your $12 million business, leave your marriage, and are left standing with nothing but yourself? For Tanya Kazeminy, it was the beginning of the real work. In this conversation, Leonora and Tanya go deep into what it actually means to return to yourself — not the Instagram version, but the raw, uncomfortable, life-changing kind. We talk about why perfectionism is quietly...

What if the version of you that is most exhausted, most full, most "in control" is actually the version furthest from yourself? In this episode of Now Be You, Leonora sits with Mirjam Gaggl — medium, energy worker, and founder of the School of Silence — for a conversation that begins in grief and ends in one single breath that has the power to reset a whole life. Mirjam shares the moment...

What does it really take to stay yourself in a body, and a life, that keeps asking more of you? In this conversation, Leonora sits with Dr. Tamsin Lewis — a medical doctor with a BSc in Neuroscience & the Biology of Ageing and performance expert — to explore what science and lived experience can teach women leaders about resilience, hormones and the quiet signals our body sends long before we...

In this episode of Now Be You, Leonora Be You sits with Deborah Sass — visionary CEO of Spacevrse, activist, art philanthropist, and one of the most fire-driven women you'll meet. Deborah's path has no roadmap. She left Los Angeles for Bali after reading Eat Pray Love, fell in love, moved to Ibiza, and somewhere along the way found herself at the centre of the space industry — building a g...

What does it actually cost you to stay yourself in a world that keeps asking you to be someone else? In this episode, I sit down with Sanny Van Heteren — actress, producer, entrepreneur, and mother — a woman who has lived multiple lives and chosen herself every single time. From being a child star navigating the glamour and toxicity of Hollywood, to becoming a mother at 40 and rebuilding everythin...

She had the life. She had the dream. And then she felt nothing. In this episode I'm in conversation with Marie Su Loher — multidisciplinary sensory artist, expressive art therapy facilitator, and founder of Inner Vision. Marie's path has moved across countries, cultures, the military, the London fashion world, motherhood — and a full reinvention of herself. Not once. Many times. We go into the kin...

What does it really mean to lead from within? In this first podcast episode of 2026, Leonora Be You is joined by strategic consultant and Sound Sanctum founder Shani Lehrer for a powerful conversation on inner leadership, authenticity, nervous system balance, and the courage to stop performing strength and start embodying it. Together they explore the hidden split between outer success and inner t...

Rupi Kaur on Writing as Spiritual Practice, Fear, Burnout & the Courage to Tell the Truth In this deeply intimate and honest conversation, Leonora sits down with Rupi Kaur — poet, performer, and one of the most influential literary voices of our time — to explore what really lives behind the success, the stage, and the millions of readers around the world. Recorded after meeting at a transform...

What does it really mean to be a “dangerous woman” in today’s world? In this intimate conversation, media icon, author and global women’s leadership advocate Pat Mitchell joins Leonora Be You to talk about courage, purpose, and redefining power on our own terms. From leaving an abusive marriage and pivoting careers, to becoming the first woman president of PBS and co-founding the women-led climate...

In this episode of Now Be You , Leonora is joined by breathwork pioneer and SOMA Breath founder Niraj Naik to explore how breath, the body and ancient wisdom can awaken leadership, creativity and deep healing — especially for women navigating purpose, business and personal transformation. Niraj shares how a life-threatening autoimmune disease and a moment of desperation shifted him from pharmacist...

There’s a moment—quiet but undeniable—when a woman realises she’s outgrown the old models of success. The constant doing. The burnout masked as achievement. The power that doesn’t quite feel like hers. In this episode, Leonora sits down with cultural force and founder of The Stack World, Sharmadean Reid, to explore what happens when we decide to lead from a different centre—one rooted in softness,...

What if business wasn’t just about growth, but about giving? In this episode, Leonora sits down with Masami Sato — visionary entrepreneur and founder of B1G1 — to explore a new kind of business paradigm: one rooted in generosity, play, and authentic purpose. Masami shares her journey from a young backpacker navigating the world without language, to becoming the heart behind a global giving movemen...

What does it mean to live fully by learning how to die well? In this profound episode, Leonora sits down with Sierra Campbell—a death doula, cancer survivor, and founder of the caregiving platform Nurture—to explore how the end-of-life journey can teach us how to be more present, more compassionate, and more alive. Sierra shares how her grandmother's approach to caregiving shaped her early com...

In this illuminating episode, Leonora sits down with Dr. Tatiana (Kazakova) Tarnowski—a visionary leader, strategist, and co-founder of the global platform Leaders on Purpose . Tatiana is helping reshape the global business landscape by infusing it with purpose, equity, and regenerative thinking. From her early discomfort with the systems around her to her bold decision to study mathematics in pur...

What if you stopped chasing legacy… and started living it? In Episode 01 of the Now Be You Podcast, purpose-driven business pioneer Paul Dunn shares a profound shift: meaning isn’t something we find—it’s something we create. From joyful giving to redefining success, this conversation is a blueprint for living with impact, presence, and heart. Paul Dunn is a pioneering entrepreneur, four-time TEDx...

Meet Now Be You podcast host - Leonora Be You - a psychologist, meditation guide, author, entrepreneur, and mentor. With over a decade of experience helping thousands of women unlock their full potential through retreats, mentoring, and transformational events, Leonora has witnessed the incredible power of combining wellbeing and leadership to create lasting impact. That's why I created the No...

Welcome to “Now Be You”—a podcast and global community for ambitious female entrepreneurs. Here, we discuss the ways we can empower you to meet us at the intersection of wellness and daily business practices. Jump in as we interview global game changers unveiling their soul secrets to living with purpose and building legacies. If you’re ready to believe that NOW is your time, join us for these com...