The KORE Women Podcast

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Kristy Parke, who is the founder of Radiant Life Consulting, executive coach, leadership strategist, and host of the Hey Beautiful podcast. After more than two decades working in leadership and organizational development with global brands like Marriott International and Louis Vuitton, Kristy followed an unexpected path that blended corporate expertise with intuiti...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Chef Maryam Jamaludeen, who is a professional chef, nutritionist, educator, entrepreneur, and author of Eating Made Easy. Chef Maryam's journey has taken her from pastry kitchens to classrooms, nonprofit organizations, corporate wellness programs, and community initiatives serving diverse populations across Detroit and the Washington, DC region. Along the way, she ...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Dr. Vasu Tolia, who is a physician, visual artist, and thought leader exploring the intersection of identity, healing, creativity, and transformation. After a successful career in academic medicine, Dr. Tolia embarked on an unexpected journey of reinvention through art. Her work challenges us to rethink achievement, embrace change, and give ourselves permission to ...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Dr. Jasmine Escalera, who is a spiritual neuroscientist and founder of the Institute for Generational Healing. Dr. Escalera’s work helps people uncover the inherited beliefs, behaviors, and survival patterns that have been passed down through generations often without us even realizing it. By blending neuroscience, ancestral wisdom, and transformational heali...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Becky Estby, who is the CEO of Next Monday, leadership consultant, executive coach, and author of the upcoming book Uncommon Courage. After years of working in senior HR and organizational development roles, Becky noticed a pattern among high-achieving women: many were succeeding professionally while quietly struggling with self-doubt, burnout, and a sense of misal...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Claudia Noriega Bernstein, who is an artist, writer, philanthropist, mentor, inner-abundance coach for women and host of the podcast, “Don’t Shrink to Fit.” Through her work, Claudia helps women rediscover their strength, embrace their authentic selves, and move beyond the limiting beliefs that often keep them stuck. In this inspiring conversation, we...

This week on the KORE Women Podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Kim Boudreau Smith, who is the founder of Her Bold Voice, a leadership and communication strategist, who helps women lead from the inside out. In this powerful conversation, we explore why leadership is more than strategy, how people-pleasing and self-doubt can quietly undermine our effectiveness, and why true purpose begins with reconnecting to ourselves. Kim shares h...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Diane Strand, who is an award-winning entrepreneur, executive producer, TEDx speaker, and founder of JDS Creative Academy. Before launching successful businesses and nonprofits, Diane built a distinguished Hollywood career with credits on General Hospital, Friends, and Veronica’s Closet. She also produced for Barbra Streisand, contributed to Universal Creativ...

This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Nancy Gentle Boudrie, who is a mindset and mindfulness expert, business leader, speaker, and founder of Awaken With Light. For decades, Nancy has helped organizations and individuals manage stress, build resilience, and create lives by design rather than by default. Recently, she found herself navigating one of life's most difficult challenges, loss and grief. In t...

This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Eliza Young, whose life story is one of profound resilience, courage, and transformation. From surviving severe childhood health challenges and more than 20 surgeries before the age of 18, to navigating parental kidnappings and later developing breast cancer linked to 9/11 exposure, Eliza has faced extraordinary adversity throughout her life.

In this conversation, we t...

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 language of business is people and that ...

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 actually stick, and why so many leaders ...

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 neuroscience research and he...

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 that continue to limit access to m...

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 resilience. We explore what it truly means ...

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 more confidence and less stress. Ji...

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 achievers are often the...

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 explore why so many CE...

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, but instead shows how fr...