What happens when you sell your $12 million business, leave your marriage, and are left standing with nothing but yourself?

For Tanya Kazeminy, it was the beginning of the real work.

In this conversation, Leonora and Tanya go deep into what it actually means to return to yourself — not the Instagram version, but the raw, uncomfortable, life-changing kind. We talk about why perfectionism is quietly destroying women, how to rebuild a relationship with your own inner voice, the power of self-pleasure as a practice, and why menopause is not the beginning of the end — it's the beginning of your most powerful chapter.

Tanya is an entrepreneur, author of GASP!, and founder of Wisdom Women. She teaches love, self-relationship, and the intersection of spirituality and sexuality.

This episode will stay with you.

Tune in, then close your eyes and ask yourself: Can I love myself exactly as I am right now?

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What if the version of you that is most exhausted, most full, most "in control" is actually the version furthest from yourself?

In this episode of Now Be You, Leonora sits with Mirjam Gaggl — medium, energy worker, and founder of the School of Silence — for a conversation that begins in grief and ends in one single breath that has the power to reset a whole life.

Mirjam shares the moment everything she built collapsed: a corporate career as a lawyer, a marriage to a soulmate, a "9 to 5" life — and then her husband's transition, eight years ago, which opened her to a different room. She talks about the alchemical process that no one signs up for but everyone goes through, about hearing a voice under an olive tree in Croatia that gave her the entire structure of the School of Silence, and about why silence is not a technique you need to learn but a vibration that is already here.

Together they explore: how to feel held when you feel lost, why the most successful women in leadership are often the most disconnected from themselves, what divine transmission actually feels like in the body, and — most powerfully — Mirjam guides Leonora (and you) through the Quantum Stillness Drop, a single-exhale practice that takes ten seconds and can be done while driving, in a meeting, brushing your teeth, or sitting on the toilet.

This is an episode for the woman who is exhausted by her own pace. For the one who has read the books and still hasn't felt it. For the one quietly grieving someone, or some version of herself she used to be.

Less is more. And with that — life becomes more, and more, and more.

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What does it really take to stay yourself in a body, and a life, that keeps asking more of you?

In this conversation, Leonora sits with Dr. Tamsin Lewis — a medical doctor with a BSc in Neuroscience & the Biology of Ageing and performance expert — to explore what science and lived experience can teach women leaders about resilience, hormones and the quiet signals our body sends long before we burn out.

Tam shares her own turning points: years as an Ironman triathlete, a traumatic brain injury, a health crisis at the start of the pandemic — and what they revealed about the limits of pushing harder. Together they explore why high-intensity training can keep us stuck in stress, how the adrenal glands buffer the hormonal shifts of midlife, and why scheduling yourself like a board meeting may be one of the most generous things you can do for your nervous system.

A slow, honest conversation about energy — physical, hormonal, energetic — and a reminder that sustainable health begins with understanding your why.

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In this episode of Now Be You, Leonora Be You sits with Deborah Sass — visionary CEO of Spacevrse, activist, art philanthropist, and one of the most fire-driven women you'll meet.

Deborah's path has no roadmap. She left Los Angeles for Bali after reading Eat Pray Love, fell in love, moved to Ibiza, and somewhere along the way found herself at the centre of the space industry — building a global community of over 60 million people, without a formal education and without permission.

This is a conversation about what it really costs to stay yourself while building something the world hasn't seen before. About the difference between passion and burnout. About giving back from a full cup, not a cup that is leaking. And about one of the most quietly radical reframes a woman can make — to stop being the supporting act in her own life.

If you are a woman carrying a vision, walking through a season of doubt, or wondering how to keep moving when the no's keep coming — this one is for you.

Press play. Stay yourself.

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What does it actually cost you to stay yourself in a world that keeps asking you to be someone else?

In this episode, I sit down with Sanny Van Heteren — actress, producer, entrepreneur, and mother — a woman who has lived multiple lives and chosen herself every single time. From being a child star navigating the glamour and toxicity of Hollywood, to becoming a mother at 40 and rebuilding everything from the ground up — Sanny's story is not about success. It's about alignment.

We talk honestly about what it's like to watch famous, wealthy people and realize they are not free. About standing in audition rooms knowing something is fundamentally wrong. About a moment on a beach in Hawaii — a conversation with a stranger — that cracked open a whole new possibility.

And we go deep into something that matters to all of us who lead and carry responsibility: what does authentic leadership actually look like from the inside? Not the version we perform. The version we live.

This conversation is full of real moments, laughter, and the kind of truth that only comes when two women decide to drop the script and speak honestly. You will leave with something — I promise.

In this episode:

• Why success without freedom is not the goal
• The toxicity Sanny witnessed in Hollywood — and how she protected her integrity
• How becoming a mother at 40 changed everything she thought she knew
• What authenticity actually is (and the mistake most women make about it)
• The practice that brings you back to your own inner voice — when you have no time to meditate
• Faith, the quantum field, and why anything is possible when you break the barriers of your belief
• A book recommendation that Sanny says changed her life

Book mentioned: A Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron Gikandi

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She had the life. She had the dream. And then she felt nothing.

In this episode I'm in conversation with Marie Su Loher — multidisciplinary sensory artist, expressive art therapy facilitator, and founder of Inner Vision. Marie's path has moved across countries, cultures, the military, the London fashion world, motherhood — and a full reinvention of herself. Not once. Many times.

We go into the kind of conversations most women keep private: what self-doubt is really telling you, why control makes it worse, and the moment she sat on a sofa in London with a one-month-old baby and told her husband four words: I'm out. I'm done.

We also go into her daily rituals, nervous system regulation, elements, sensory art, playfulness, and why your inner child never actually left you.

This is for the woman who is doing everything right — and still feels like something is missing.

You'll hear:→ Why self-doubt rises loudest when you force control→ Marie's 3 non-negotiable daily rituals (and the real reason they work)→ The turning point that made her leave a thriving fashion brand→ What Inner Vision is and how it brings you home to yourself through the senses→ Working with Earth, Water, Fire and Air as a map back to your soul→ Why playfulness is not a treat — it's your nature→ Somatic dance as medicine — and why Marie recommends it to every woman

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What does it really mean to lead from within?

In this first podcast episode of 2026, Leonora Be You is joined by strategic consultant and Sound Sanctum founder Shani Lehrer for a powerful conversation on inner leadership, authenticity, nervous system balance, and the courage to stop performing strength and start embodying it.

Together they explore the hidden split between outer success and inner truth, why so many leaders stay trapped in cycles of pressure and overdrive, how unhealed patterns shape businesses and relationships, and why real power begins the moment we pause, listen, and choose differently.

This is an episode for women who lead, hold a lot, and are ready to create from clarity rather than survival.

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And a few times each year, we bring this work into real lifethrough carefully curated retreats, where leading women step away from the noise, reflect, and return with clarity and renewed direction.

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Rupi Kaur on Writing as Spiritual Practice, Fear, Burnout & the Courage to Tell the Truth

In this deeply intimate and honest conversation, Leonora sits down with Rupi Kaur — poet, performer, and one of the most influential literary voices of our time — to explore what really lives behind the success, the stage, and the millions of readers around the world.

Recorded after meeting at a transformative festival in the Faroe Islands, this episode is less about achievement and more about truth: how creativity becomes a spiritual practice, how fear appears after success, and why nourishing the inner child is essential for any woman who leads, creates, and gives so much of herself.

Rupi opens up about burnout, taking a full sabbatical from the “machine,” and returning to writing not from pressure — but from love. Together, Leonora and Rupi reflect on the purity of creation when we have nothing to lose, the danger of competing with our past selves, and how reconnecting with presence can bring us back to our deepest power.

This conversation is a gentle pause — a reminder that you are not alone, that doubt is part of the journey, and that creativity can be a pathway home to yourself.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why poetry and writing are spiritual practices — not productivity tools

• What happens when success disconnects us from our inner truth

• Burnout, fear, and the pressure to “repeat” past achievements

• Nourishing the inner child while living in a demanding world

• How presence matters more than destination

• Writing as a healing tool for busy women and leaders

• Letting go of outcomes and returning to purity of expression

• The power of human connection and shared vulnerability

This episode is especially for women who are:

• Holding big responsibilities

• Questioning themselves despite their success

• Craving softness, truth, and creative freedom

• Ready to reconnect with their inner voice

Press play. Take a breath. Let this conversation meet you exactly where you are.

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What does it really mean to be a “dangerous woman” in today’s world? In this intimate conversation, media icon, author and global women’s leadership advocate Pat Mitchell joins Leonora Be You to talk about courage, purpose, and redefining power on our own terms.

From leaving an abusive marriage and pivoting careers, to becoming the first woman president of PBS and co-founding the women-led climate movement Project Dandelion, Pat shares how “falling on your face is still forward movement” – and why these times call for women who are fearless, not feared.

Together, Pat and Leonora explore how feminine and feminist values, elemental energies (earth, water, fire, air), and deep purpose can guide women leaders to create change without burning out.

In this episode, we explore:

• What “becoming a dangerous woman” actually means (and why it’s not about being scary, but being fearless and outspoken).

• Pat’s personal story: leaving an abusive marriage, changing careers, and rising in a male-dominated media world.

• How to turn failure, loss and “falling on your face” into forward movement.

• The birth of Project Dandelion and why women are leading the way in climate and nature solutions.

• Feminine vs. masculine power: how women (and men) can reclaim balance, empathy, and justice-driven leadership.

• Elemental energy types (fire, water, earth, air) and how understanding your dominant energy can change the way you lead.

• Why curiosity and purpose are Pat’s antidotes to aging, apathy, and discouragement.

About Pat Mitchell

Pat Mitchell is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, producer and media executive, the first woman president of PBS and of CNN Productions, and the author of Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World. She is co-founder and curator of TEDWomen and a co-founder of Project Dandelion, a global women-led campaign for climate justice.

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In this episode of Now Be You, Leonora is joined by breathwork pioneer and SOMA Breath founder Niraj Naik to explore how breath, the body and ancient wisdom can awaken leadership, creativity and deep healing — especially for women navigating purpose, business and personal transformation.

Niraj shares how a life-threatening autoimmune disease and a moment of desperation shifted him from pharmacist to breathwork pioneer. What began as his own healing journey became a global movement combining pranayama, music and modern science. As he says, “I didn’t choose this. It chose me.”

Together, they explore how suppressed creative and sexual energy, chronic stress and living disconnected from our true nature lead to burnout and disease — and how rhythmic breathing, breath holds and intermittent hypoxia can reset the nervous system, activate stem cells, support hormonal balance and even help with depression.

They dive into feminine leadership, the importance of honoring women’s cycles, sleep and creativity, and how women leaders can step out of masculine overdrive and back into their natural rhythm through breath, movement and self-awareness.

This episode is for women leaders and visionaries who want to shift from control to embodiment, from stress to flow, and from force to purpose — through the power of breath and body.

Listen and let this conversation be your reminder:

Your body knows.

Your breath heals.

And your purpose doesn’t need to be forced — it chooses you.

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