where boundaries dissolve

Claire Chavaud is a French entrepreneur, former national swimmer, and CEO of braave, building the world's first real-time hormone database  in a smart bra. And in this episode, Helena is also joined by her business partner, Kristina, UXD Lab founder. Together,  they dig into a question every ambitious woman has to face: How do you reclaim the drive, assertiveness, and obsession you need to break t...

Women raise just 2% of venture capital. Naseem is on a mission to move that number and she has some uncomfortable truths about why women keep losing the room before they've even pitched. Naseem spent years at BCG Digital Ventures as one of just two female partners out of forty-five worldwide, sitting in boardrooms where capital flowed freely everywhere except towards women. She left to co-found Em...

What if the reason you're not pivoting and spoting good career-opportunities has nothing to do with opportunity but everything to do with fear disguising itself a “your rational brain”? Helena gets raw about her own resistance to returning to entrepreneurship after a hard first attempt, and what finally broke through it. We explore: Why 68% of women in leadership (KPMG, 2023) cite fear of public f...

It's easy to mistake awareness for action and anxiety for accountability. Even when we take action, it's easy to spiral into "this alone will not solve the problem." This episode is for the fighters. The ones who feel the weight of what's happening in the world and refuse to look away, whether you're building a company, working in foodtech, healthtech, femmetech, media, or simply trying to live in...

We have been taught that authority in business is earned through credentials, strategy, and relentless execution. It is. But why do women still earn less, raise less funds (2% of funding goes to women), and get overlooked, constantly?! Some say, it's about knowing how to speak to the hard facts, the KPIs, yes, but also: What's your body language, energy and frequency telling others?  Is it conveyi...

If you are still trying to curate the perfect "aesthetic" feed, you are leaving money on the table. The era of the polished influencer is over. Welcome to The Great Brand Reset. In this episode, I sit down with the one and only Ka5sh, mastermind behind nation-wide rave moment, Shrek Rave, and the founder of the Cool is Dead. Ka5sh went from sleeping on the beach in LA with $300 in his pocket to bu...

If you’re at the beginning of your entrepreneurial journey and secretly wondering, “Am I even cut out for this?” then this episode is for you. In this conversation, we talk honestly about what no one prepares you for when you start building something of your own: the self-doubt, the identity confusion, the feeling that everyone else knows what they’re doing while you’re making it up as you go. Bec...

Why We Still Can’t Say ‘Vagina’ at Work, and What It’s Costing Women in Leadership.  Ugh. I know. But there's hope: What if the biggest barrier to women’s leadership isn’t a lack of confidence, but the shame we’re taught to carry about our own bodies? In this episode, Helena sits down with Kamola Mir, CEO and founder of Lidovex, a health-tech company building the world’s first cervical (data) ecos...

To improve the world, we don't need more of the same. We need you —your unique way of seeing, doing, and building things. In this episode, Kameale Terry , CEO and co-founder of ChargerHelp, shares how to build and lead a business from scratch to transform society despite extreme headwinds: America is an idea—if it’s broken, build the missing parts. Your voice is not optional. Put your resourcefuln...

Most female leader don’t fail because they lack skill—they fail because they leak power. In this solo episode of where boundaries fissolve, Helena shares a painful sales call that cracked her open and reshaped her approach to self-leadership. Through this story, she uncovers why chasing likability undermines authority, how the “gender trust gap” changes the game, and why building inner safety is t...

Helena sits down with Farrah Khan, former mayor of Irvine and the first Muslim, South Asian woman ever elected to the city council. They unpack how Farrah broke through political resistance, navigated public microaggressions, and turned personal identity into political power. They talk about the emotional toll of leadership, pivoting after rejection, and why vulnerability and transparency aren’t w...

In this episode, Kristina Morf, Founder/CEO of UXD Lab and UX/UI Expert, and I unpack one of the most misunderstood questions in 2025: Can AI build better products than we can? The answer? It depends—on you. We explore the truth behind what Fortune 500 companies and successful startups are getting right about how to integrate UX with AI, and why the real differentiator is still something only huma...

She’s reshaping climate leadership in Europe—Lara Obst reveals how success in climate is found by co-creating the business case for sustainability with customers. Lara Obst is the co-founder and Chief Climate Officer of ClimateChoice , a Berlin-based tech company helping companies decarbonize their supply chains. Her team has worked with clients like Lenovo and T-Systems, raised over $2M in fundin...

75% of Gen Z and Millennial say “trusting the unknown” is a leadership skill they’re working on. But how, when everything’s falling apart? Adam — a mixed-race writer, director, and creative leader who’s built a thriving artistic career in spite of early adversity, discrimination, and the pressure to “get a real job”, joins Helena on the pod. They discuss: Real resilience (spoiler: stop making it j...

In this episode, Helena sits down with Carin, an Executive Director at Harvard Business School, Nancy, a leader at Salesforce, to unpack why so many of us limit our potential because we buy into social conditioning. Is your work ethic actually a coping mechanism? Carin-Isabel Knoop is the Executive Director of the Harvard Business School Case Research and Writing Group. She was a consultant at McK...

In this solo episode, Helena dives deep into the transformative power of creativity and its connection to authenticity, self-expression, and inner fulfillment. Reflecting on her own experiences navigating the hustle and creative blocks of life in Los Angeles, Helena shares profound insights on breaking free from performative living, embracing your uniqueness, living intuitively and with more resil...

Lt. Col. Andrea M. Peters, PhD, is a groundbreaking transformation leader, engineer, and entrepreneur. Her journey navigating male-dominated spaces in the military is an inspiring + empowering story about transforming the system and becoming a voice for underrepresented communities. Dr. Peters reveals 3 science-based skills for authentic leadership that she uncovered during her PhD research to clo...

What if I told you there is a secret method for women to selling products or themselves that makes you feel good about putting yourself out there—and enhances genuine connection with clients and important stakeholders? Julie Serot, a highly successful sales and business coach, helps women unlock how to sell more with less through a proven method rooted in feminine leadership principles she learned...

Do you feel like you’re constantly adapting yourself to fit into spaces that weren’t made for you? In a world that demands conformity, how do you lead authentically while navigating systemic challenges?  Join Helena's powerful conversation with Sanyin Siang, Duke University Professor and Executive Director of the Coach K Center for Leadership & Ethics, as she unveils transformative strategies for...

What if the secret to success and growth in your business isn't working harder, but working aligned? In this game-changing episode, executive coach Rachel Hamlin shatters the myth that burnout is the price of entrepreneurial success. Through powerful insights and practical wisdom, Rachel reveals how your nervous system holds the key to unlocking sustainable high performance. Chapters : 00:00 Intro...

If  you feel stuck and unfulfilled in your career and life this is for you. We’re diving into what it takes for women to reinvent if they are in toxic workplaces and relationships. I talk with Dr. Jasmine Escalera, Reinvention Coach, Career Expert, Leader of the “Courage Crew”, a community for women who are reinventing themselves.  She explains what we underestimate during reinvention: The right e...

Brit gives us the science behind HIGH feminine energy to become magnetic, empowered and balanced, again!🤍  As women, we  power through so much—mood swings, PMS, cramps, energy crashes at 3PM, insomnia, poor mental health and low self-confidence + low self-esteem—but these symptoms are NOT NORMAL!!  They are products of us suppressing our feminine, because we were taught to lean into the masculine...

Bye productivity guilt + toxic masculine mindset for us career girlies. Hello abundance, lightness, ease, and purpose. If you too, have been spiritually gaslighting yourself, telling yourself your meditations and breath work will help you feel less burnt out--welcome to the club.  You're in the right place, because we will explore how rest, self-discovery, and personal growth is connected. We'll t...

A dark night of the soul is the painful process of letting go of the identity that you got you THIS far, but no longer serves you. The process will crack you open, shed light on the suppressed parts of the divine feminine within, giving you access to your deepest desires and the power to ask for what you want.  ✨ What You’ll Learn:   How to alchemize the pain to heal the suppressed feminine  The...

Katrin J. Yuan faced discrimination, because she is a woman and of Asian descent, but she didn't let that stop her from becoming a successful investor, CEO, founder, award-winning executive, 5x board member, and keynote speaker.   Believing in yourself when no one does is a learned skill. Learning to fight discrimination means shedding imposed beliefs and listening to your inner voice to realize s...