The KORE Women Podcast

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...

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 to everything she does.

In this ep...

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 why the idea that we all have the ...

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, Reclaim their p...

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 a simplified, in...

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 Strategy,” she he...

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, and what real e...

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 Author, she has turned personal adv...

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 balance care with boundaries, and ...

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.

In this episode, Diana shar...