What if the brain fog, the mood swings, and the exhaustion you're dismissing as "just stress" is actually perimenopause... and you're only 37?

This is a conversation from our full length episode with Dr. Amandeep Hansra on Female Startup Club, where she's getting brutally honest about the thing most doctors still won't tell you: perimenopause can start in your 30s. And the tests we're using to diagnose it? They're basically useless.

In this conversation, Dr. Amandeep opens up about why a single blood test won't tell you if you're perimenopausal (your hormones fluctuate minute to minute), why she had to see three doctors before getting HRT prescribed (as a doctor herself), and the 2000s study that created a generation of women too scared to take hormones that could actually help them live longer.

I wanted to know:

• Why we can't diagnose perimenopause with a blood test (and what we actually need)
• What the HRT scare of the early 2000s got wrong and why doctors are still scared to prescribe it
• How to find a doctor who won't dismiss your symptoms as anxiety

This one is for the woman who's been told "it's just stress" or "maybe it's anxiety" when she knows something deeper is going on in her body.

Let us know what you think of this episode by leaving a review or commenting on our video wherever you’re tuning in from (we reply!) :)

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What does an NFL sports agent have in common with a Taylor Swift fitness community?

Alexy Posner has spent 10 years building the personal brands of top NFL players. She's also the founder of Swiftie Liftie Club, a Taylor Swift-themed fitness community that now draws 400+ people per event. And the thing she wants every founder to know? Saying no is where the leverage actually lives...

In this episode:

• Why your follower count matters less than your audience clarity when pitching brand deals
• How to use the "so what" question to cut through trend-chasing and build a community brands actually want
• What the Caitlin Clark effect has actually done to money flowing into women's sport

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Dr. Amandeep Hansra is a practicing GP, co-founder of Medical Angels (34 investments and counting), and one of Australia's most vocal advocates for closing the gender gap in medicine and health investment. But what she really wants you to know about women's health surprised me.. because the biggest breakthroughs aren't coming from billion-dollar labs. They're coming from women who got fed up and built something.

In this chat with Female Startup Club, Dr. Amandeep gets refreshingly honest about why medicine still gets women wrong, what the HRT scare of the early 2000s actually showed us, and how she ended up with insulin resistance despite doing "all the right things."

I wanted to know:

• Why she had to see three doctors before getting HRT prescribed (as a doctor herself)
• What GLP-1s like Ozempic actually do to muscle and bone in women
• The free tool she recommends for researching your own health (not ChatGPT!)

This one is for the woman who's ever left a doctor's appointment feeling dismissed, and is ready to advocate harder for herself.

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This is an interview originally published on the Unstoppable Podcast by Jess Williamson.

I'm chatting with her about how you can build real influence and a network that opens doors to bigger opportunities, partnerships and income. And how I did it with Female Startup Club, one of the world’s leading female founder podcasts and communities. "Doone has interviewed hundreds of founders, built a global network, landed major opportunities through relationships and turned conversations into real influence, access, and income."

Every topic we yap about in this conversation:

Here's the list reframed so every bullet answers "what do I get from this?":

• Why most big opportunities come from who you know (and how to become that person)
• How to show up unapologetically (and why it attracts the right people)
• How to know when it's time to pivot your business
• How to do the thing you're terrified of — even when you feel allergic to it
• How to land sponsors and paid deals with a tiny audience (the exact pitch strategy behind a $25K deal at 2,000 downloads)
• The "minimum audience size" myths to ignore before you monetize
• How to turn conversations into a business model
• How to reverse-engineer any opportunity — Forbes lists, TED talks, grants, speaking gigs
• Why you should pitch the person, not the company (and how to find their KPIs)
• The exact question to ask when you don't know what value you can offer
• How to pitch without desperate energy — the seagull & the chip mindset shift
• What founders with $650M and $1.2B exits have in common
• The mindset pattern that separates women who make it from women who stay stuck
• How rooms like Davos actually work — and how to get into rooms like them
• The #1 strategy for building a powerful network when you don't know anyone
• Why partnering with brands at your level beats chasing the big ones
• How to build influence and authority without a huge following
• Where to find other women operating at your level

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Rose Donald just broke the Guinness World Record as the youngest female pilot to fly solo around Australia. She started the trip at 17, turned 18 mid-route, and raised over $82,000 for Little Wings, a children's charity that flies seriously ill kids from rural Australia to specialist hospitals in the cities.

But the part she really opened up about, what it actually cost her to get there, is the message she most wants other young women to hear.

In this conversation with Female Startup Club, Rose gets refreshingly honest about chasing big goals at a young age. We get into how she planned a year-long solo flight around Australia from her bedroom in Melbourne, the patchwork of sponsorship and charity money that made a $40k+ flight possible at 17, and the anxiety and self-sacrifice that nobody saw behind the headlines. Her message at the end of this one (about why she doesn't want young women comparing themselves to her) genuinely stopped me in my tracks.

I wanted to know:

• how she funded a $40k+ solo flight around Australia at 17
• what's actually going through your head 8 hours alone in a cockpit
• why she doesn't want young women comparing themselves to her

⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 - Introduction

01:35 - Why she flew solo around Australia at 17

02:45 - The 17 year old boy who sparked the idea at 14

03:30 - Finding Little Wings and raising $80,000+

05:07 - Funding a $40k flight at 17

06:26 - Three months without sleep planning the trip

07:44 - Tapping the Australian Women's Pilots Association

09:49 - Five Melbourne charity rejections before Little Wings

13:20 - How the Guinness World Record application works

15:24 - What you actually think about up in the clouds

18:36 - Calling dad as a last resort during scary moments

19:24 - Horn Island and the two hour weather window

22:48 - Perspective from above on school stress

25:10 - The aviation community she didn't know she needed

27:43 - Anxiety, fear of failure and a permanently injured knee

30:48 - Please don't compare yourself to me

32:28 - The $100k donation goal for Little Wings

🔗 LINKS

→ Rose Donald on Instagram: www.instagram.com/pilotrose.au

→ Donate to Pilot Rose x Little Wings campaign: https://www.givenow.com.au/girls-can-fly

#FemaleStartupClub #WomenInAviation #GuinnessWorldRecord #LittleWings #RoseDonald

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Lauren Meisner built Centennial World, a Gen-Z media business covering internet culture, from just $5,000. It launched in 2019 as a beauty publication and today it's an independent podcast network running a daily show plus weekly deep dives, with most of its audience on YouTube. She's also just launched Spon Studio, a marketplace built to connect independent podcasters with brands.

But the part she really opened up about... the actual numbers behind creator brand deals and how to monetise in the creator economy for 2026.

In this juicy episode Lauren gets properly honest about the money side of the creator economy. We get into what brands are actually paying right now, the mini series she sold for $20k before finding out it was worth five times that (ouch), payment terms that somehow stretch to nine months, and how on earth you price yourself when the whole industry still feels like the Wild West. If you've ever stared at a brand's email with no clue what number to send back, this one is for you.

I wanted to know:

• what brands are actually paying podcasters and creators in 2026
• how she went from a $9k first deal to multi six-figure partnerships
• how to set your payment terms and stop chasing late invoices

This one is for the woman who is building something in the creator economy (or wants to) and is done leaving money on the table.

⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 - Introduction

01:30 - The creator economy is still the Wild West

04:00 - Building Centennial World from $5,000

07:30 - From beauty publisher to internet culture

11:00 - Why they killed the website and went all in on podcasting

15:00 - Going solo after her co-founder exited

19:00 - Scaling too fast and burning out

24:00 - Building shows that don't rely on her face

28:00 - The first brand deal: $9,000 from MAC

33:00 - The mini series she undercharged by 5x

38:00 - Building a real sales process and cold outreach

44:00 - The 2026 wildcard opportunity for creators

49:00 - What brands actually want now

54:00 - The dark side of being chronically online

58:00 - Term sheet red flags and saying no to free work

01:03:00 - Payment terms and getting paid up front

01:08:00 - Why she built Spon Studio

01:14:00 - Advice for starting a podcast in 2026

🔗 LINKS

→ Lauren Meisner on Instagram: @laurenmeisner_

→ Centennial World on TikTok: @centennialworld

→ Spon Studio: www.sponstudio.com

#FemaleStartupClub #CreatorEconomy #Podcasting #BrandDeals #CentennialWorld

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This episode is for women who have a busy brain, feel misunderstood, or want to understand themselves better!

I've invited my husband, P-A, back on the show (you heard from him a few episodes ago!) to walk through something I sent him recently that genuinely felt like a breakthrough. I called it 'My Brain Operating Manual'.

Quick context.. I've been on this big journey of understanding my ADHD. Why some things feel impossibly hard for me and others come so easily, and what is actually happening inside my brain when I spiral (which is daily, lol). So I sat in the bath one night, went down a massive rabbit hole, and put together a document explaining exactly how my brain works, so PA could finally understand me properly.

This episode is the two of us going through it together. No structure, no script, just talking it out:

→ why an ADHD brain never has a true "off" mode

→ why I'm completely depleted by the end of every week (and why it's not normal tiredness)

→ the masking thing that nobody else can see

→ why a tiny "can you pass me a pen" interruption is genuinely painful

→ why empty, unscheduled days are a neurological requirement, not a luxury

→ why new ideas land as extra weight instead of swaps

→ the book that completely changed how we communicate (The Course of Love by Alain de Botton, read it!)

It's a conversation about understanding yourself, being a good partner to someone whose brain works differently, and why depth beats width every single time.

If you've got a busy brain, whether you have ADHD or you're just burnt out and stretched and running on empty, this one is for you.

We're also kicking off a listener series on busy brains, so if you want to email in your questions, all the details are below.

⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 – Introduction

02:00 – Why I made a Brain Operating Manual for my husband

06:30 – The daily spiral (and why it gets worse by Friday)

12:00 – The book that changed how we communicate

17:30 – Bucket 1: an ADHD brain is always running

24:00 – Masking, and why it's invisible exhaustion

30:00 – Why high inbound volume drains the tank

36:00 – Scheduled plans cost energy before they happen

42:00 – Unscheduled time is a neurological requirement

48:30 – Too many roles fragment focus and output

55:00 – Why new suggestions land as additions, not swaps

1:02:00 – The practical fixes that actually changed our lives

1:08:30 – Advice for partners of neurodivergent people

1:13:00 – Depth over width, and our new listener series

🔗 LINKS

#FemaleStartupClub #ADHD #Neurodivergent #ADHDinWomen #BurnoutRecovery

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Queenie Tan went from working at McDonald's at 14, to earning $400 a week renting a share house at 19, to buying her first home at 23, to a $1 million net worth before 30. She's now one of Australia's most followed personal finance creators, the founder of a budgeting app with a 50% conversion rate, and the author of The Fun Finance Formula.

But what she really wants you to know about how she actually got here might surprise you...

In this conversation with Female Startup Club, Queenie gets refreshingly honest about why her parents divorced over money, the embarrassing teenage near-death moment that completely flipped her relationship with cash, and the exact framework she used to go from $0 to $100,000 (which took her 40 months) and then from $900,000 to $1 million (which took just 3 months).

We dig into investing, pre-nups, divorce, property... There's a lot packed in here!

I wanted to know:

* Is buying your first home at 23 still possible in 2026?

* The exact percentage of every paycheck Queenie automates into investments

* And what she did when her budgeting app made just $50 in its first month of revenue

This one is for the woman who is tired of feeling stressed about money and ready to actually do something about it.

⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 – Introduction

01:30 – The teenage near-death moment that changed everything

05:45 – Why her parents divorced over money (and what it taught her)

11:20 – Working at McDonald's at 14 & finally understanding her dad

16:40 – Moving out at 19 on $400 a week & dropping out of law school

22:15 – The $100,000 milestone framework: 40 months vs 3 months

28:30 – Is buying a house at 23 still possible in 2026?

34:00 – Why you need more than one source of income

38:45 – What's the salary you actually need to live a good life?

44:20 – Pay yourself first: the 20% rule that changed her finances

49:50 – Queenie's full breakdown: investments, Bitcoin, property, emergency fund

55:15 – Living below your means & the trap most content creators fall into

1:00:30 – The annual CFO meeting every couple should run

1:06:00 – The $40,000 takeaway bill one user discovered using her app

1:11:20 – Bootstrapping a budgeting app & making $50 in month one

1:17:45 – From 1% to 50% conversion rate: how Queenie fixed the funnel

1:23:00 – The crypto mistake she made in 2017 (& what she does now)

1:28:15 – Money lenses: which one are you?

1:34:00 – The financial red flags & green flags in a relationship

1:40:30 – Why you should consider a prenup (& what they actually cost)

1:46:00 – University, weddings, credit cards: the cons that keep us broke

1:52:15 – Investing for her daughter & the $1k-a-year compound effect

1:57:30 – The best way to become a millionaire in 2026

🔗 LINKS

→ Queenie Tan's Instagram: www.instagram.com/investwithqueenie

→ The Fun Finance Formula book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fun-Finance-Formula-Unlock-Growing/dp/1394346107

→ Queenie's app: https://billroo.com/

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Use code 'FSC50' to get $50 off Bronte's sportswear brand Earthletica

Bronte Campbell competed at 4x Olympic Games before the age of 30, won 3x gold medals, 1x bronze, set a world record, and became world champion in both the 50m and 100m freestyle. She's now the co-founder of athletic sportswear brand Earthletica and just closed a crowdsourced raise of $1.2M.

But what she really wants you to know about elite performance and what it actually takes to win surprised me...

In this conversation with Female Startup Club, Bronte gets refreshingly honest about why she's "not the most talented swimmer", what it's like training every single day next to your older sister who is faster than you, and the inner dialogue she had to learn to perform when it mattered.

I wanted to know:

* How Olympians actually make money (and why her first sponsorship deal was $500 A YEAR!)

* The 3 traits every Olympic athlete has in common

* And what really happened with the brother who went into life-saving surgery during her first Olympics

This one is for the woman who has ever felt like the underdog in her own life or industry and wants the real playbook for showing up anyway.

⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 – Introduction

02:30 – Growing up barefoot in Malawi & deciding at 7 to be an Olympic swimmer

08:15 – The grade-3 weirdo who timed herself running laps around the school

13:40 – "98% luck": the coach, the pool at the end of the street, the genetic gift

19:20 – The 3 traits every Olympic athlete has (it's not what you think)

24:50 – Hip surgery, glandular fever & nearly losing it all at 14

30:15 – Competing against your own sister every single training session

36:00 – "I'm not the most talented swimmer in my squad. Not one time."

41:30 – The inner dialogue: positive self-talk, karaoke delusion & crying into goggles

47:10 – London 2012: qualifying at 17 & not knowing how to "look like an Olympian"

52:45 – The phone call about her brother during the closing ceremony

58:00 – Rio 2016: getting injured 4 months out & how she rebuilt her race

1:04:20 – Pain meditation & the 5-year-old left behind on a hike

1:11:00 – Periods, vomiting after races & the pill at 14

1:16:30 – The first ever pregnancy policy for Australian swimming

1:22:00 – How Olympians actually make money (& the $500 sponsorship deal)

1:29:15 – Signing your image rights to the IOC & the 6-week blackout

1:35:00 – The Raygun moment & what it was like in the village

1:41:30 – Retiring, building Earthletica & the $800k raise

1:48:00 – Sport vs business: which is actually harder

1:54:20 – Her husband Benfield refusing to weigh in on Paris

1:58:00 – Advice to young women who want to dream big

🔗 LINKS

→ Bronte Campbell's Instagram: www.instagram.com/brontecampbell

→ Earthletica: www.instagram.com/earthletica

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Jemma Sbeg built one of the world's most recognisable psychology podcasts at 21, hit 100 million downloads, and landed a Netflix deal by 26.

But what she really wants you to know about your 20s and what happens when you find success surprised me...

In this conversation with Female Startup Club, Jemma gets radically honest about the loneliness that comes with rapid success, why high-achieving women are the least likely to talk about it, and what she actually did when the numbers stopped feeling like enough.

I wanted to know: 

• The real psychology of high-achieving brains
• The exact decision-making frameworks Jemma uses to stop spiralling 
• And what exactly happened with the Netflix deal

This one is for women who are building something real and wondering why it feels lonelier at the top.

This one is for the woman who is building something real and wondering why it feels lonelier the further she climbs.

⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 – Introduction

02:15 – From heartbreak & corporate job to 100M+ downloads

07:40 – The loneliness of success no one talks about

13:20 – What happened after the Netflix deal

19:05 – The worst case scenario decision framework

26:30 – Hard work as emotional avoidance

33:10 – The comparison circle reframe

39:45 – The 5 whys technique

46:00 – Building a Gen Z company culture

52:20 – How the Netflix deal was negotiated

58:30 – Why strangers celebrate you louder than people who know you

1:04:00 – Journaling, voice notes & managing anxiety

1:10:15 – The psychology of your 20s

🔗 LINKS

→ Jemma Sbeg's Instagram: www.instagram.com/jemmasbeg

→ Jemma's podcast: www.instagram.com/thatpsychologypodcast/

#FemaleStartupClub #JemmaSbeg #WomenInBusiness #PsychologyPodcast #NetflixDeal

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