Empowering Female Leaders - For Women Who Want To Thrive

Join Ulrike and her guest, J.M. Phillips, author of “Lamlash Street”, as they speak about taking concrete steps to make our dreams a reality. Tune in if you want to be inspired by Jill’s story on how she used her own family story to make a substantial shift towards living the life she aspires to. 

About Jill Phillips:

J.M. Phillips is a family storyteller with a passion to inspire families to connect through the telling of their past. She started life on Lamlash Street in London, emigrated to Canada, where she obtained her master’s degree, and spent 30 years working as an Occupational Therapist and Hospital Manager. Motivated by her family’s experiences in 1960’s London, Jill shares their stories to celebrate a time of close family connections in difficult life situations and a way of life which is fondly remembered.

About Ulrike Seminati:

Ulrike Seminati is a long-standing senior executive, coach and author. After over 20 years of being a successful leader in corporate organizations, Ulrike believes that female leadership is one of the biggest untapped potentials in the world. She is combining all her experience and years of excelling in the corporate world with powerful self-development techniques and gives it to hard workers like you, allowing you to flourish, realize the root causes of your struggle, and finally land that leadership spot you’re after!

Outline of the Episode:

[01:11] How our upbringing influences our level of confidence

[08:16] Reflecting on the influence that your parents had on you

[10:24] Finding out how to make the best out of your life

[12:12] Making a compelling vision a reality

[14:16] Breaking a big vision down into digestible chunks

[17:09] Asking for help when you’re stuck

[20:52] Acting on our dreams 

Resources of Jill Phillips:

Website: https://jmphillipsauthor.com/

Connect with Ulrike!

Website: www.empoweringfemaleleaders.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/empoweringfemaleleaders/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/empowering-female-leaders/

Email: [email protected]

Get our free e-book “Top 10 Achievers’ Lessons” here.

Join Ulrike with her guest, Odille Remmert, a Subconscious Reprogramming Specialist and Empowerment Coach, as they share easy-to-apply techniques to trigger a mindset shift. Tune in if you want to learn how to produce positive emotions that enable you to become more productive and creative.

In this episode, Odille shares insightful information and creates an understanding of the life-changing Remmert Method. This method is based on three simple facts:

1. Thoughts are connections between neurons (nerve cells) in the neocortex of the brain, and those connections trigger matching chemicals: Positive thoughts trigger “feel-good” chemicals, and negative thoughts trigger stress chemicals.

2. Stress chemicals cause blood to drain from the prefrontal cortex of the brain (where we do our cognitive thinking). This means that when we're in a negative emotional state, we literally can't think straight - because we don't have access to the part of the brain we need for: problem-solving; comprehending information; strategizing; noticing opportunities; and all other higher levels of thinking.

3.  Implicit childhood memories provide the “evidence” that proves our self-image and worldview. In turn, our self-image and worldview provide the foundation for our unconscious decisions and actions. And those memories can be changed to the opposite, positive, and empowering!

About Odille Remmert:

Odille Remmert and her husband, Steve, created The Remmert Method, based on the latest in neuroscience, along with their own experiences and overcoming challenges along the journey, and the experiences of their clients. They've developed simple, powerful techniques and tools that empower their clients and followers to get fast, natural, automatic, permanent results.

About Ulrike Seminati:

Ulrike Seminati is a long-standing senior executive, coach and author. After over 20 years of being a successful leader in corporate organizations, Ulrike believes that female leadership is one of the biggest untapped potentials in the world. She is combining all her experience and years of excelling in the corporate world with powerful self-development techniques and gives it to hard workers like you, allowing you to flourish, realize the root causes of your struggle, and finally land that leadership spot you’re after!

Outline of the Episode:

[02:11] Understanding how our brain works

[06:02] A concrete exercise to produce feel-good chemicals in your brain

[12:23] The origin of limiting beliefs

[16:15] Changing your childhood memories

Resources of Odille Remmert:

Website https://www.theremmertmethod.com/

Connect with Ulrike!

Website: www.empoweringfemaleleaders.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/empoweringfemaleleaders/   

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/empowering-female-leaders/ 

Email: [email protected]

Get our free e-book “Top 10 Achievers’ Lessons” here.

Stuck in your career and tired of getting rejected for the really exciting roles? Join Ulrike and her guest Vivien Kis, Recruitment Director & Global Headhunter based in Dubai, as they share 5 reasons why you are not landing your dream job.

But, what brought you here in the first place? Why are you feeling stuck in your current role? First of all, understand that you are not alone. 70% of successful and smart women tend to get stuck at some point in a very promising career.

Why? The answer is complex but it all comes down to a blend of fear of the unknown and fear of rejection, a high level of self-criticism, and a lack of a supportive network.

And with multiple possible career trajectories and new job opportunities being such a leap away from your comfort zone, you have all the reasons in the world to be afraid, stuck, and unable to move in any direction.

Tune in to this episode if you want to learn how to deal with the fear of rejection and how to be confident enough to reach for the stars, and how exactly you can apply in a much more powerful way.

Find an overview of our free masterclasses and training sessions on our website and benefit from our 50% discount for our one-day boot camp “Give wings to your career” with your promo code SPECIALEFL on https://www.efl-classes.com/givewings-online.

About Vivien Kis:

Vivien Kis was born in Hungary and grew up in Germany. Later on, she received a scholarship to pursue her degree in Economics and Business at the University of the South in the US. After graduation, she has lived and worked as a recruiter and headhunter in Prague, Rome, Dubai and Bali. During her recruitment career, Vivien has placed hundreds of candidates in various different industries from Finance to Pharma, Education and Tech. About three years ago, she set up her own recruitment agency that specializes in the Education industry globally. She has also been creating hiring strategies for companies and worked on complex staffing projects for Fortune 500 companies, as well as for bespoke boutique firms. Last year, she had her first poetry book published and also started an e-commerce beauty shop. In addition to writing poetry, Vivien also enjoys yoga, reading, vegan cooking and taking dance classes in her free time.

About Ulrike Seminati:

Ulrike Seminati is a long-standing senior executive, coach and author. After over 20 years of being a successful leader in corporate organizations, Ulrike believes that female leadership is one of the biggest untapped potentials in the world. She is combining all her experience and years of excelling in the corporate world with powerful self-development techniques and gives it to hard workers like you, allowing you to flourish, realize the root causes of your struggle, and finally land that leadership spot you’re after!

Outline of the Episode:

[02:18] Managing rejection

[06:18] The best way to apply for your dream job

[11:18] The perfect resume

[13:41] Identifying the right career path for you

[16:31] Trust your intuition

[18:10] How to address your weaknesses

Resources of Vivien Kis:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivienkis/

Connect with Ulrike!

Website: https://ulrikeseminati.com/empowering-female-leaders/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/empoweringfemaleleaders/ 

Email: [email protected]

According to Forbes bullying behavior or workplace harassment costs organizations close to $20 billion a year. Overly competitive behavior can happen among all sorts of people and across the whole organization. In this episode, Ulrike and her guest Vinita Gajria, an experienced HR Leader in the Middle East, focus on the specific situation of the power struggle among women.

There are many things at stake when women are mutually putting obstacles in their way. Loss of ideas and productivity as well as the heavy impact on career progression and a lack of self-confidence are some of the most prominent consequences to name just a few.

Vinita shares compelling ways how to diminish the power struggle among women and shape an environment of mutual benefits instead. Tune in to this episode to find out about the three things you can do if you are stuck right now. 

About Vinita Gajria:

Vinita has over 14 years of experience in HR. She has managed HR practices across 3 continents and 14 countries, covering strategic and operational HR management in consulting, technology, and across other industries. Her success lies in her strong business acumen, her relationship-building skills and her authenticity.

Outline of the Episode:

[01:36] What is at stake when women compete against each other

[02:49] Why is this happening mostly at the workplace

[05:32] The perception of competing with another woman versus competing with a man

[08:31] Turning being intimidated into getting inspired

[10:03] Concrete tips for empowerment

[13:18] Making harassment between women visible

[14:43] Breaking the bias

[23:02] Three things to do if you’re stuck right now

Resources of Vinita Gajria:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinitagajria/

Connect with Ulrike!

Website: www.empoweringfemaleleaders.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empoweringfemaleleaders/ 

Email: [email protected]

Join Ulrike Seminati with her guest, Diane Foster, award-winning American actress-singer-dancer-producer and founder of WallyBird Productions based in Los Angeles. Tune in to this refreshing and highly self-empowering message of self-love and learn how you can better leverage your inner strength.

Diane’s vulnerable yet relatable story inspires by her thorough belief that we can find purpose by channeling and overcoming life's pains. Going through hardship and overcoming numerous obstacles, Diane never gave up and built up a successful business as a film producer in L.A. Get insights into her secrets of thriving in a strongly male-dominated environment and get inspired by her amazing energy on how to overcome obstacles and reach for the stars.

The only person who can make a real difference to your life is you and understanding how much power lies in this seemingly simple message is the first crucial step towards achieving even the most ambitious goals. 

About Diane Foster:

Diane Foster is a multi-hyphenate award winning American actor-director-producer. Diane starred in & produced the Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection feature "IOWA" with Rosanna Arquette, John Savage, & Michael T. Weiss. During the making of "IOWA", Foster spent five years investigating the meth epidemic in Middle America, which lead to the documentary "Dying for Meth", awarded Best Documentary at the Prism Awards and nominated alongside public service campaigns CBS' “Cares” and NBC's “The More You Know”.

In 2018, Diane launched her own production company, WallyBird Productions, to create all forms and genres of media worldwide, fostering diversity and equality. Under the WallyBird banner, the company has made; "SHIRi", winner of the prestigious Stage 32 Short Film Contest and screened at Oscar qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival and Raindance in the UK, "Make A Wish" that was accepted at over 130 film festivals worldwide, the documentary "I Am America" about the Immigration Center for Women and Children (ICWC) and awarded a 15K grant to give back to the ICWC for underprivileged and undocumented youth as part of the Women Excel Project, and the short film, "Dissonance", that donated fundraising efforts to “The Trevor Project”, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ+ young people under 25. She recently wrapped on her feature film directorial debut "Easter, Bloody Easter". The film is a horror-comedy and is currently in post production. 

Diane resides in Los Angeles and is a single mother to two awesome tennagers. She is committed to creating projects with diverse talent, gender equality, and creating the teams responsible for films that push the envelope with high entertainment value and substance. 

Outline of the Episode:

[00:36] A production company that fosters equality and diversity

[08:17] The challenges to overcome to become a female filmmaker

[10:05] If you believe in yourself you can achieve what you want

[12:55] Finding the power within yourself

[19:17] Saying no and trusting your intuition

Resources of Diane Foster:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dianefosterofficial/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dianefosterofficial/

Website: www.wallybirdproductions.com
Instagram WallyBird Productions: https://www.instagram.com/wallybirdproductions/

Connect with Ulrike!

Website: www.empoweringfemaleleaders.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/empowering-female-leaders/ 

Email: [email protected]

Unconscious gender bias remains a significant barrier to women’s career advancement. It is also difficult to identify and prevent. In this talk, Ulrike speaks with her guest, Selvi Supuriamaniam,  an HR leader focussing on women leadership, about the different shades of bias and how to thrive anyway.

Bias happens on two different levels. One level is the bias from the outside when someone else is taking decisions or actions regarding ourselves and when these actions are influenced - consciously or unconsciously - by our gender, skin color or other reasons.

This external bias can be mitigated by better communication, an open approach to the topic, and by building alliances with other people to bring the topic to the table.

Another bias that might have an even more significant influence on our life and career is our own internal bias. Even though we believe that we see the “reality”, we are all having an interpretation of facts and incidents that are biased by our upbringing and beliefs. Understanding our own bias is therefore most helpful to overcome the inner obstacles that these create and to empower ourselves to seize the opportunities that life offers us.

About Selvi Supuriamaniam:

Selvi is an HR leader with high enthusiasm for Diversity and Inclusion focusing on women in leadership. She has played various roles in HR for the past 15 years in both being a business partner and specialist. She is currently based in Dubai with her family. 

Outline of the Episode:

[01:41] What is bias?

[06:55] What to do to detect a bias?

[10:38] Overcoming bias as a woman in the corporate world

[14:03] Initiating top-down change by speaking up

[17:42] Stopping bias starting with and within ourselves

[21:40] Having a sounding board to encourage your growth

More about Selvi Supuriamaniam:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/selvi-supuriamaniam-b4882325/

Connect with Ulrike!

Website: www.empoweringfemaleleaders.com 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/empowering-female-leaders/

Email: [email protected]

Join Ulrike Seminati with her guest, Poonam Buchar, as they talk about how to step into your power by embracing your emotional pain as part of you. You can’t move forward if you live in the past. In this episode, Poonam will share her method SAFE from the Pain to transcend the darkness of pain and illuminate your way to the beautiful life waiting on the other side.

Surviving sexual assault, attempted suicide, and an arranged marriage is one thing. Processing all that pain so you can live a full life after is something entirely different. In the shadows of emotional pain, survival can take priority over healing. Peace and empowerment after trauma are possible—when you embrace your pain as part of you.

After trauma, Poonam Bhuchar reemerged as a survivor and reclaimed her power. In this episode she shares with us her SAFE method:

S = Stop and accept that you are in pain: There's a cultural belief that you're weak, that society is going to place a judgment as soon as you admit that you are in pain. But the truth is it's okay to fail. It's okay to feel less than insecure and fearful as long as you learn to overcome it. 

A = Accept responsibility for where you are and the decisions that you’ve made. Even though we are not in control of what is happening to us we are in control of how we deal with it. It is not about blaming yourself - it is about empowering yourself in taking things in your hands and stepping out of the victim mode.

F = Forgiveness. Forgive somebody who hurt you is a gift that you do not make to the other person but to yourself. By forgiving you empower yourself to move forward and to no longer put your energy into people or circumstances who hurt you. 

E = Embracing yourself and your journey. If you truly want to embrace yourself you have to accept the mistakes you make and the journey you are on. Then you can achieve inner peace and power and manifest what you want in life. 

About Poonam Buchar

Poonam Bhuchar is a speaker on overcoming trauma and emotional pain in order to live a happy, fulfilled life. Born and raised in London, she immigrated to the United States at 21 and experienced a multitude of painful challenges such as sexual assault, abuse, and the aftermath and cultural humiliation of divorce. Throughout her journey, she developed the SAFE Method to help others acknowledge, discuss, and grow from their emotional pain without stigma or judgment. Learn more at www. emotionallysafe.com. 

Outline of the Episode

[01:44] Why it is so important to embrace your emotional pain

[09:07] Stop and accept that you are in pain

[10:16] Accept responsibility

[11:38] Forgiveness

[13:01] Embracing yourself and your journey

[14:48] Digging deeper into forgiveness

[18:30] Care about yourself

Resources of Poonam Buchar:

Website https://emotionallysafe.com

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Emotionally-Safe-102940207992415 

Connect with Ulrike!

Website: https://ulrikeseminati.com/

YouTube: https://www.linkedin.com/in/empowering-female-leaders/ 

Email: [email protected]

Join Ulrike as she is speaking with Sandy Forster, who is the money mindset mentor for women worldwide. Sandy has gone from welfare to millionaire so she knows EXACTLY what it takes to transform your world – and it can be a whole lot easier and more fun than you think!

We all have thousands of thoughts every day and many of them are feeding anxiety or worry about our financial future. If we consider the law of attraction, "we attract whatever we choose to give our attention to - whether wanted or unwanted."

Sandy shares with us how to use the power of focused attention to draw more prosperity to us by doing some simple exercises every day. This, in turn, gives us insights into what we might have been doing so far to block this abundance.

If you want to get hands-on hints and insights on how to break through your blocks, manifest more money and create a life that you are really passionate about - tune in now!

About Sandy Forster
Sandy Forster is an International Millionaire Mindset Speaker, Mentor, Bestselling Author, and Multi-Award Winning Business Owner. She’s the author of the international bestseller How to Be Wildly Wealthy FAST. She's gone from welfare to millionaire, been featured in 'Oprah's Aussie Secret' alongside Nicole Kidman, and loves empowering women to manifest more money.

If you’re an entrepreneur or want to be one, then Wildly Wealthy is your own personal paradise – a global community and training programs like no other that allows you to align your body, mind and spirit for success. You’ll find ideas, tips and secrets to inspire, empower and transform your mind, business and life.

Learn more and connect with Sandy Forster
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Sandylforster/ 

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Lawofattractionprosperitysecrets

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandylforster/ 

About Sandy: https://www.wildlywealthy.com/about-sandy/ 

Website: https://www.wildlywealthy.com

Free resources: https://www.wildlywealthyfree.com

Learn more about Ulrike Seminati
Learn more about your host Ulrike at https://ulrikeseminati.com

I am very happy if the episode inspires and empowers you and I'd be glad to receive your feedback or wishes for further topics and guests at [email protected]

You have completed an ambitious project with flying colors and after a short period of joy, the feeling of not being good enough comes back. You end up throwing yourself into your next task with the aim to advance your career by showcasing your competencies once more.

That's exactly how it was for me for many years. And while doing this, I fell into the trap of behaving the way I thought a successful leader should behave. In the process, I overlooked the most important criterion for success: The power of having a vision for my career and of living up to this vision in an authentic way.

In this episode, meet Mary McGuire, author of The Female Edge and founder of Agents2Change and get concrete tips and insights around Authentically Growing Your Career.

To get more tools to set yourself up for success and unlock your potential as an ambitious female leader you can get on a unique four-stage journey in Mary's book "The Female Edge".

You can also reach Mary at:
https://findyourjoyfullife.com
www.linkedin.com/in/marymcguire
Twitter: Marytmcguire

Empowering Female Leaders is a community, founded in January 2021. This expert talk is part of a weekly series of interviews with women from all across the globe where we share and exchange inspiring content to empower female leaders to step into their power and to thrive in their careers.

If you want to further engage with us join the discussion in our LinkedIn Group EMPOWERING FEMALE LEADERS at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12486...... or have a look at our free programs at https://empoweringfemaleleaders.com

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

Learn more about your host Ulrike Seminati at https://ulrikeseminati.com​​​​​​

Who says you can't? If you sometimes get in your own way, this interview with Kelly Lewis will deliver an impressive amount of insights to you!

Kelly Lewis, a leader in the area of women’s empowerment and author of the book Tell Her She Can't shares with us key strategies on how to overcome naysayers to achieve "impossible" dreams.

Learn how to reframe life's challenges into unique opportunities and how to boldly turn negativity into fuel!

About Kelly Lewis

Kelly Lewis is an author, entrepreneur, podcaster and the woman behind the Tell Her She Can’t project. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her boyfriend and loves hiking and adventures.

More information about the book at https://tellhershecant.com

Connect with Ulrike!

Website: https://empoweringfemaleleaders.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/empowering-female-leaders/

Email: [email protected]