In this episode, we talk to Sonya Williams co-founder of Sharesies, an app that helps kiwis invest in the US and NZ stock markets. Sonya and her team are on a path to building an equitable society, we talk about the challenges of leading a business and growing a team during the covid-19 pandemic, remote working culture and how investing in the stock market is now easier than ever before! Don't miss out on this episode

EP. 22 - Sonya Williams from Sharesies

In the first episode of Girl Power Pod we met up with Jennifer Clamp from Techweek NZ to talk about Responsible leadership and how to find your inner purpose.

EP. 01 - Responsible leadership with Jennifer Clamp from Techweek NZ

In this episode of Girl Power Pod, I talk to young entrepreneur Ezele Kokcu, who has started and sold two successful global tech businesses before the age of 24.

It will be an exciting episode about work-life balance and being a woman in the start-up scene. Make sure to not miss this episode!

EP. 02 - Entrepreneurship and work-life balance with Ezel Kokcu from Passphere

In this episode of Girl Power Pod, I’m meeting up with Destination Wedding Photographer Danelle Bohane.  She talks about the importance of building a streamlined business, focusing on your own style and how it is to travel around the world to shoot weddings together with her husband.

EP.03 - Travelling for a living and workflow mastery with Wedding Photographer Danelle Bohane

In this episode, I talked to Dale Clareburt that hold over 20 years of recruitment experience. 

as a CEO and co-founder of Wierdly, she’s living right on the forefront of innovation in the recruitment industry - finding ways to harness machine learning, AI and predictive analytics when it comes to recruitment.  
We talked about how she believes people are the key to unlocking true business success, the benefits of having multiple business partners and how the workplace is changing.

EP.04 - Surround yourself with the right people with Dale Clareburt from Weirdly

In this episode, I talked to Dellwyn Stuart the former CEO of Auckland Foundation and founder of New Zealand's first women's fund. 

With a spellbinding passion for women's questions she shares her experience from meeting hundreds of women that want to help others, collaborate and lift each other up. It is a great episode about equality, how women differ from men and how our societies and businesses can benefit from embracing these differences.

EP.05 - The power of women with Dellwyn Stuart founder of Women's Fund

Tag along on an exciting episode about female leadership and a good dose of girl power with Cecilia Robinson, Co-founder of My Food bag, the company that has influenced a whole country to eat differently by delivering food with yummy recipes straight to your doorstep!

EP.06 - Fostering leadership with Cecilia Robinson from My Food Bag

In this episode, Sian Simpson from Kiwi Landing Pad shares her story of being a global citizen, working remotely, being an innovation and start-up ambassador for New Zealand and her passion for supporting young kiwis realising their full potential and opening their eyes to the world!

EP.07 - Working remotely with Sian Simpson from Kiwi Landing Pad

In this episode, Mimi Gilmour Buckley, founder of Mexico and Burger Burger talks about her struggles in life and how they made her stronger. Her passion for building businesses that deliver a great experience and the importance of hiring the right people to support you on that journey.

EP.08 - Creating meaningful moments with Mimi Gilmour Buckley from Burger Burger

In this episode, Jess Holdaway co-founder of Frank Stationery talks about social responsibility, the importance of a community and how success is not an end station but rather an evolving journey. Frank Stationery is a social enterprise and thanks to all their customers they've been able to hand out over 60,000 notebooks to school children in need.

EP.09 - Building a Social Enterprise with Jess Holdaway from Frank Stationery

In this episode, Cassie Roma a self-proclaimed kindness warrior talks about how she is no longer chasing job titles, how that has made her happier and why empathy, kindness and love are key ingredients to good leadership.

EP.10 - Empathetic leadership with Kindness warrior Cassie Roma from The Warehouse Group

In this episode, I met up with Grace Stratton, a passionate young woman on a mission. Grace would like to see a more equal world and in this episode, we talk about her amazing project All is For All, fashion, diversity, inclusion and accessibility and how you need to take action to make an impact.

EP.11 - Equality for all with Grace Stratton from All Is For All

In this episode, I met up with the inspiring Fredrik Ek from The Bike Ramble. Last year, Fredrika finished a 1,000 days bike ride around the world that raised over 100,000 Euros for children and women in need! 

We talk about living a meaningful life, being in the moment and how it is to fit your whole life, on a bike.

EP.12 - Finding your purpose with Fredrika Ek from The Bike Ramble

In just over a decade, winning several national awards, Kathryn Wilson has established herself as New Zealand’s premier footwear designer. She started out as a budding designer at 22 years old and
has grown into an influential businesswoman whose brand is in high demand. An NZ woman making her mark in the fashion industry nationally and internationally.

EP.13 - Kathryn Wilson NZ's premier Footwear Designer

In this episode, I met up with Christina Bellis from Thankyou Payroll. Thankyou Payroll has set up a trust that helps local communities achieve positive impacts.   We talked about how all businesses, small or large have an opportunity to take a stand and create a better future for us all.

EP.14 - Christina Bellis from Thankyou Payroll

At the end of last year, I had the opportunity to talk to Angela Meyer co-founder of the advertising agency Double Denim who have created award-winning campaigns by focusing on the female economy. We had a chat about that time she had to be rescued from sailing boat, what it means to be a feminist and much more! Tag along!

EP.15 - Angela Meyer from Double Denim

In this episode, I met up with Jolie Hodson the CEO of Spark NZ to talk about change leadership. How can you build strong leadership within your team to enable them to adapt to the rapidly changing world we live in.

EP.16 - Jolie Hodson from Spark NZ

In this episode, I met up with Kristen Lunman the co-founder and general manager of Hatch, a digital investment platform that has had amazing growth over the last 18 months. Kirsten has over a decade of experience in running product teams across North America and has played a pivotal role in the start-up ecosystem in New Zealand over the past five years. She was the innovation director at Kiwi Wealth, Hatch’s parent company, as well as the programme director for the Kiwibank Fintech Accelerator. This is an action-packed introduction into the world of stocks and how you can invest in brands like Google, Apple, Facebook, Airbnb and Microsoft.

EP.18 - Kirsten Lunman from Hatch

In this episode, I met up with Priti Ambani. She works as the Innovation Director at Tech Futures Lab and is also a guru when it comes to the collaborative economy also called sharing economy or peer to peer economy which is changing the way we consume and get paid for our services. Tag along on an incredible episode with one of the smartest and most empathetic women I know!

EP.17 - Priti Ambani from Tech Futures Lab

In this episode we are talking to Jessica Quinn who lost her leg to cancer, today she works as a model and influencer and she is a big advocate for body positivity. Tag along to learn more about her journey and how you can give yourself more self-love an how you can get your friends to help change the view you have of yourself, to the better.

EP.19 - Jess Quinn influencer, model and body positivity advocate

In this episode, we are talking to Dr Sasha Kljakovic, the co-founder of telehealth start-up Well Revolution. Tag along to learn more about her journey from working in marketing to becoming a doctor and now a tech start-up founder. She is a true inspiration and a living testament that you can always change the direction of your life if it does not fit with your desires.

EP.20 - Dr Sasha Kljakovic from Well Revolution

In this episode, we had the opportunity to talk Ziena Jalil. She doesn’t believe in boxes and is hard to put into one. She works across the public, private and NGO sectors, in governance and strategy, marketing and business development, and communications and stakeholder engagement. In this episode, we focus on how vital it is to feel belonging, and how diversity is a valuable benefit to any country.

EP.21 - Ziena Jalil, keynote speaker, board director and citizen of the world

Girl Power Pod aims to inspire and motivate women to feel empowered to pursue their dreams. When I was growing up my dad told me that girls can do anything, and this is something I wish every woman could hear today. I believe that the inner desire to create change, and the external need for change, are linked - yet many of us feel helpless because we are so entangled in the current systems and structures. I feel that hearing real, inspiring stories from people who are questioning the way we live life, and who have made (or are in the process of making) this transition, is what's needed to help guide other women on their journeys.

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