The KORE Women Podcast

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Sabine Gedeon, who is a transformational speaker, executive advisor, and founder of Gedeon Enterprises. As a Haitian immigrant, Sabine was taught that hard work was the path to success. While that mindset served her well, she eventually realized it was also limiting her growth. Her breakthrough came when she learned that the langu...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Rebecca Faust, who is an alignment and leadership coach and former Fortune 50 executive. She works with high-achieving women ready to stop over-performing their way into burnout. In this conversation, we talk about what it really looks like to lead at a higher level without sacrificing your well-being, how to set boundaries that actua...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson, who is a neuroscientist, Stanford clinical professor of neurosurgery, healthcare innovator, and founder of Soof Solutions. Dr. Adamson’s journey spans continents, cultures, and disciplines, from growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, where expectations for girls were very different, to becoming a leading voice in...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Janelle Miller Moravek, Executive Director of Youth and Family Counseling and a dedicated mental health advocate, who has spent over a decade expanding access to care in her community. In this conversation, we talk about the realities of leading in the nonprofit sector, what it takes to sustain impact over time, and the challenges...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Amrita Mukherjee, who is a global speaker, executive coach, author, and founder of SHEvolution, whose work helps women build careers and lives defined by purpose, confidence, and impact. Her journey into leadership was shaped by early life challenges and personal loss, experiences that deepened her emotional awareness and resilien...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Jill Margaret Shulman, who is a college admissions expert, author, and founder of In Other Words, a college essay coaching service, who has evaluated thousands of applications for top colleges. In this conversation, we break down what really matters when it comes to the college essay and how students can approach the process with...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Mandy Tang, who is a career coach, holistic healer, and author of “Heal Your Career Wounds: Navigating the Trauma of Today’s Workplace.” Mandy brings a powerful and much-needed perspective to the conversation around work, burnout, and identity. We talk about how workplace experiences can leave lasting emotional impact, why high achiev...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Mari-Liis Vaher, who is a global marketing strategist, entrepreneur, author of "The Greatest Marketer," and founder of the global platform supporting marketers and leaders, called “Powerful Marketers.” Mari-Liis brings a powerful perspective shaped by resilience, leadership, and real-world business experience. In this conversation, we...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Sharon Schanzer, who is the founder of RLDGROUP, her long-running design studio, and What’s Your Boulder. She is a strategic execution advisor, who helps leaders finally move the things that have been sitting in the background for far too long. Sharon challenges the common belief that we don’t move forward, because we lack time, b...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Dr. Courtney Beck, where they engage in a powerful conversation about living fearlessly, forging your own path, and building community that lifts others as it rises. Dr. Beck is a former NCAA All-American gymnast turned educator, podcast host, and founder of Plenty of Positivity. Dr. Beck brings a rare blend of drive and groundedness...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Ell Graniel, who is a neuroscience-based strategist, author, and founder of Truespeak, who brings a powerful and practical perspective on how our brains shape the way we think, decide, and show up in the world. In this conversation, we talk about why we second-guess ourselves, how our internal language influences our outcomes, and...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Theresa Lear Levine, EFT, who is a Master Practitioner, hypnotherapist, International Bestselling Author of “Becoming More Me,” developer of the  "Becoming More You" Coaching Program that supports “busy-minded Entrepreneurs & Professionals through Transcending Trauma, Distraction and Overwhelm, so they can Double their Income, Rec...

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...