Somewhere between corporate life and a Buddhist monastery in Nepal, Ewa Granosik learned to trust her gut. Today she is CEO of Bright Green Partners, and that feeling still guides her biggest decisions.

In conversation with Floor Buitelaar, founder of Aligned Ambitious, Ewa talks about the burnout that made her stop and listen, the daily rituals of self-time and grounding she now protects, and why she believes you can be ambitious in a corporate world without losing yourself.

Connect with Ewa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/egranosik/
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This time the mic turns around. Floor Buitelaar, founder of Aligned Ambitious, Bright Green Partners and FoodTech Experts, gets interviewed by her closest colleague, Ewa Granosik, who leads operations across both businesses.

Together they talk through Floor's own path: chasing 'success' in her twenties, the burnout summer of 2023, a concussion that forced her to hand over control, and how she landed on the phrase she now lives by, win win win. Alignment with yourself, with your team, and with the impact you want to make.

She was told she could become CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Instead, Michele Fite walked away to build her own version of success.

After thirty years leading global food businesses at Nestle, Solae and DuPont, Michele hit a breaking point as a single mother juggling an executive career. What came out of it is a simple framework: name the season you are in, get clear on your values, and let your choices follow from there.

Now she uses that same framework to help rising women executives stop borrowing someone else's definition of success and build their own.

Connect with Michele on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelefite/
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Pamela Wagner is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, a Harvard Psychology graduate and ex-Google. She built two companies, trained executives across 20 countries and has visited over a hundred countries. All while staying genuinely aligned with who she is. What makes her story so powerful is not just what she has achieved, but how she has done it. By learning to trust her heart and choosing alignment over hustle at every turn.

In this episode of the Aligned Ambitious Podcast, Floor Buitelaar sits down with Pamela to explore what it really means to lead from the heart, how to build a business that feels right, and why calmness is the most underrated leadership skill there is.

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Mathilde Do Chi built an international food law consultancy across Europe, Asia and the Americas by following her curiosity, working on topics she genuinely loves, and slowly letting go of blueprints that were never really hers to begin with.

In this episode she and Floor Buitelaar talk about what it means to build on your own terms, how to find belonging when you do not fit neatly into one place, and why the most important thing you can do when things feel unclear is simply take the next step.

An inspiring conversation for ambitious professionals who believe success and a good life belong together.

What if success wasn't about doing more, achieving more, or working harder?

In this first episode of the Aligned Ambitious Podcast, host Floor Buitelaar shares the story behind the platform and why it's time to redefine ambition for a new generation of professionals, founders, and leaders.

Drawing from her own entrepreneurial journey and conversations with ambitious people around her, Floor explores the growing disconnect between external success and internal fulfillment. Why are so many high performers struggling with burnout, lack of energy, or a loss of purpose? And what would happen if we started defining success on our own terms?

This episode introduces the concept of being both aligned and ambitious, and invites you to reflect on what that means for your own life and career.

In this episode:
• Why the traditional definition of success no longer works for many people
• The hidden challenges behind ambition and achievement
• The mission behind Aligned Ambitious
• A new perspective on leadership, work, and personal fulfillment
• A reflection prompt to start your own journey

What does being aligned & ambitious mean to you?

What does success really look like when it feels aligned?

In a world that constantly pushes us to do more, achieve more, and become more, this podcast explores a different approach to ambition. One that isn't just about external success, but about creating a career, a business, and a life that feel deeply aligned with who you are. Aligned Ambitious.

Through honest conversations with entrepreneurs, leaders, creators, and professionals, we dive into the stories behind the success. The defining moments, lessons learned, challenges faced, and the choices that shaped their journey.

Because there is no one-size-fits-all definition of an aligned ambitious life. The goal isn't to follow someone else's path, but to discover your own.

I'm Floor Buitelaar, and I'm so glad you're here. Welcome to the Aligned Ambitious Podcast.