Lemonade Leaders

After reaching breaking point, Becci McEvoy rebuilt her life and business from the ground up. In this episode, she shares how leaving a 13-year career, navigating her husband’s mental health crisis, and being diagnosed with PMDD led her to create Be Heard Socials - a business that champions balance over burnout.

Becci opens up about redefining success, building flexibility into her work, and helping other women show up online in a way that actually feels good. It’s an honest conversation about resilience, wellbeing, and finding your voice - even when life feels too loud.

Find Becci here.

In this episode, we speak with Soni Panda, founder of By Soni Panda x, an inclusive hosiery brand. We explore what really happens when the plan falls apart, and how the unexpected detour can lead to something far better. From the heartbreak of a dream that didn’t launch to the joy of building a purpose-led fashion brand from the ground up, this conversation is all about resilience, reinvention and rediscovering your confidence.

We dive into:
 • The moment everything didn’t go to plan, and why that became the turning point
• How imposter syndrome can knock you flat… and still become fuel for growth
• Why purpose matters more than perfection when building a brand
• The power of dopamine dressing and showing up for yourself
• Creating a space where everyone feels confident, comfortable and seen

If you’ve ever doubted yourself, pivoted unexpectedly or questioned your place in the room, this episode will remind you that the most meaningful journeys often begin when Plan A falls apart.

Find Soni on LinkedIn, YouTube, X, Instagram, TikTok and By Soni Panda x on Instagram and their website.

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When a Cancer Diagnosis Interrupts Your First Year of Business

Starting a business is challenging enough, but what happens when life throws you a diagnosis that changes everything? In this episode, Riannon speaks to Tom Pratt, a founder who discovered he had cancer just six months after launching his company, Albert Road Consulting. He shares how facing illness reshaped his perspective on work, success, and resilience, and why the experience ultimately confirmed that self-employment was the right path.

They also discuss navigating recovery, finding focus after a late ADHD diagnosis, and how volunteering became a cornerstone of a more purposeful life and business.

Find Tom and Albert Road Consulting online and on LinkedIn.

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From Anxiety to Awareness: The Mindful Generation Story

When Laura became a mum, she expected sleepless nights, but not the wave of anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and overwhelm that followed.
 What started as a personal struggle soon became her purpose.

In this episode, Laura shares how she turned her own experience of postnatal anxiety into The Mindful Generation, a business helping parents understand their minds, break generational patterns, and raise emotionally aware children.

From rewiring subconscious habits to teaching nervous system safety in schools, Laura is redefining what it means to be a mindful parent.

Learn more about Laura on her website, Instagram and LinkedIn.

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From Honeymoon to Haircare Hero: A Journey from Redundancy to Curly Success

When a dream honeymoon ended with redundancy, most people would have taken time to recover — but for this week’s Lemonade Leaders guest, it became the catalyst for change.

In this episode, Riannon chats with the founder of a feel-good haircare brand reshaping the curly hair industry. She shares how being laid off days after her honeymoon pushed her to build something better, creating inclusive products that empower people to embrace their natural hair.

Expect an honest conversation about resilience, inclusivity in beauty, and why rejection really can be redirection.

Find Gaia and Tootilab on their website, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.

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After years of juggling a high-pressure marketing career and family life, Gemma Sewell hit breaking point. What followed, panic attacks, anxiety, and a powerful wake-up call, became the catalyst for a complete life shift. Now a transformational coach, Gemma helps others move away from burnout and towards a life that feels free, balanced, and true to who they are. In this episode, we talk about redefining success, letting go of toxic productivity, and rebuilding from rock bottom with purpose. 

Find Gemma on her website and Instagram.

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After losing her grandmother, Brynn O’Connell channelled her grief into creating Dauntless - a hosiery brand designed to finally fit tall women. Drawing on her background in data science, Brynn rebuilt the traditional sizing system to celebrate real bodies and redefine what comfort looks like.

In this episode of Lemonade Leaders, Brynn shares how loss inspired her to start again, the lessons she’s learned about resilience and self-acceptance, and why there’s never a perfect time to turn an idea into reality.

Find Brynn chatting on Instagram, and you can find more about Dauntless on their website and Instagram.

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What if the thing you thought made you different was actually something almost every woman experiences?

In this episode of Lemonade Leaders, we explore how one founder turned a common yet unspoken issue, breast asymmetry, which affects 94% of women, into a purpose-led business transforming women’s confidence. Kate Taylor is the founder of Evenly, a supportive community that unites women and provides effective, non-surgical solutions for breast asymmetry.

From engineering innovative bra inserts to creating a supportive community, this conversation dives into:

•  Turning lived experience into a brand with purpose
•  Why women’s health conversations still face stigma
•  The realities of building a business as a mother
•  Finding fulfilment through helping others

A powerful reminder that the best ideas often start with solving your own problem, and helping others along the way.

Learn more about Kate and Evenly on the website and Instagram.

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What happens when life throws you two huge curveballs - redundancy on maternity leave and a late ADHD diagnosis?

In this episode of Lemonade Leaders, Riannon Palmer sits down with marketing strategist Sophie Griffiths, who shares how these moments shaped her journey from corporate life to building a thriving business on her own terms.

Sophie opens up about:

• The shock of being made redundant while on maternity leave.
• The trial-and-error of testing business ideas while raising two young children.
• How an ADHD diagnosis reframed the way she works, and why working with her brain, not against it, became the turning point.
• The lessons she now shares with other women on creating businesses that give freedom, not burnout.

This is a story about resilience, self-trust, and finding the right way forward when the path ahead looks uncertain.

Find Sophie via her website, LinkedIn or Instagram.

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In this episode of Lemonade Leaders, I’m joined by Tamryn Dicks, founder of Pharsyde Solutions, a company on a mission to stop burnout from destroying small businesses.

Tamryn’s story is raw and real. Her own brutal burnout cost her health, happiness, and almost her marriage and business. But it also sparked the mindset shifts that rebuilt her life and shaped her mission: helping business owners create thriving companies without sacrificing themselves.

We talk about:

• Why 80% of small businesses fail before year five
• The dangers of hustle culture (and how to escape it)
• The difference between stress and burnout
• How Tamryn rebuilt her business, doubled her income, and cut her hours in half
• Why protecting your wellbeing is the smartest business move you can make

Find out more about Tamryn and Pharsyde Solutions here: www.pharsyde.co.uk.

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