This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Vanessa Thompson, who is a sustainability and finance strategist. She has worked everywhere from the United Nations Foundation to Silicon Valley startups. With a background that spans the UN, World Bank, The Nature Conservancy, and JLL Spark Ventures, Vanessa brings a rare blend of strategic insight and boots-on-the-ground experience. Her upcoming book is poised to shift the conversation around sustainable leadership and business innovation. In this episode, she shares what it means to build not just better companies, but smarter, more resilient ones that are designed for the long term. If you care about impact, innovation, and building businesses that matter, this episode is for you!

You can connect with Vanessa Thompson on: LinkedIn at: VanessaThompson5 or on her business page at: The Sustainability Experts or check out her website: www.the-sustainability-experts.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessathompson5

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-sustainability-experts

https://www.the-sustainability-experts.com/

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This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Samantha Ruth, who is a psychologist, speaker, bestselling author, and host of The Be Ruthless Show podcast dedicated to making noise and breaking stigmas. She is the proud founder of Griefhab, an entirely new approach to grief and mental health support services. After unexpectedly losing her husband, Samantha made it her mission to create the kind of real-life support she needed but could not find. Her work is focused on changing the way the world views grief and mental illness, so people can get the help they deserve without fear of judgment or labels.

You can connect with Samantha Ruth on: LinkedIn, check out The Be Ruthless podcast and go to her website at: samantharuth.com. 

Her website:

https://samantharuth.com/

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthamruth/

To Be Ruthless Show:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-be-ruthless-show/id1554585454

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This week on the KORE Women Podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Dora Rankin, who is the author of The Heart Sell, sales strategist, and champion for women’s financial empowerment. Dora shares her deeply personal journey from addiction recovery to caregiving, single motherhood, and walking away from burnout in high-paying jobs. What came next? A mission to get more money in the hands of more women, especially BIPOC entrepreneurs.

In this episode, she breaks down the method behind her six-figure strategies, how she’s helped women move from “no runway” to “sold-out waitlists,” and why selling with heart is the future of business growth. If you want to learn how to grow your revenue without relying on social media or paid ads, this is your moment.

You can connect with Dora Rankin  on: LinkedIn, and Facebook at: DoraLRankin and at: www.DoraRankin.com 

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/doralrankin

facebook.com/DoraLRankin

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This week on The KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Kym Insana, who talks about how she went from being a NYC ad executive to multi-million-dollar agency founder. She has redefined success on her terms and she’s helping others do the same. As the founder of AlwaysOn Digital, Kym works with powerhouse brands like Good American and Enfamil, but her true mission is personal, empowering working parents to thrive in business and life.

In this episode, Kym shares how she built a company that delivers big results without sacrificing flexibility, how she balances motherhood and leadership, and what every brand needs to know to scale sustainably in today’s digital space. If you’re ready to grow with more intention, more strategy, and a whole lot more heart, this one’s for you.

You can connect with Kym Insana on Facebook or at:  GetAlwaysOn.com

LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/KymInsana/ 

Website: GetAlwaysOn.com/ 

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This week on the KORE Women Podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Rhonda Sher, a LinkedIn expert and creator of The Sher Method™, whose proven system has helped thousands turn their LinkedIn presence into a powerful client attraction tool. Rhonda shares her incredible journey from marrying the same man twice to using LinkedIn to retire him and how she helps professionals go from overlooked to in-demand. If LinkedIn feels confusing, overwhelming, or just like one more thing on your to-do list, this episode will change how you think about visibility, value, and virtual relationships.

You can follow Rhonda Sher on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhondalsher/

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This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Felice Upton, who is a transformational systems consultant and organizational strategist who knows how to turn complexity into clarity. With decades of experience leading nonprofits, government agencies, and justice-involved organizations, Felice has seen firsthand how culture, trauma, and leadership shape every system we touch. And she’s not afraid to talk about the hard stuff.

In this episode, we explore what it takes to lead real change, how to build trauma-informed systems that actually serve people, and why avoidance is the enemy of transformation. If you’re ready to lead with vision and create lasting impact, this episode is for you.

You can connect with Felice Upton on: LinkedIn and you can check out her TEDx entitled, “The Hard Stuff” on YouTube

linkedin.com/in/felicedavisupton

TEDx: https://youtu.be/fwm3azuoLr4

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This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson is joined by Tonya Lester, who is an LCSW, Brooklyn-based psychotherapist, New York Times Modern Love essayist, and author of Push Back: Live, Love, and Work with Others Without Losing Yourself to talk about why so many of us stay silent, stretch ourselves too thin, and struggle to ask for what we need. We unpack what it means to be a “shock absorber” in relationships, why perfectionism is really anxiety in disguise, and how women can learn to set boundaries without guilt or apology. If you’ve ever been called “too much,” or felt like you were disappearing in your relationships or job, this episode is for you.

You can connect with Tonya Lester on: LinkedIn, on FB at Tonya.Lester.58 on IG at TonyaLesterPsychotherapy and at: www.TonyaLester.com

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This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson, MHS, PhD does her one solo episode of the year.

Her message: 

How do stories change us when we let them land?

Every year, I sit down and record a New Year’s message for this podcast. It is the only solo podcast that I do each year. And every year, I have to get quiet first.

When I started the KORE Women Podcast, I didn’t know how to produce a show. I didn’t know how to edit. What I did know was that women needed a safe place to talk honestly about their lives and their work.

Eight years later, that’s why I’m still here.

I’ve had the honor of listening to women from all over the world- women who lead, teach, heal, build, question, and create. Women who have lived through hard seasons and kept going anyway. Every conversation has changed me. Every story has reminded me why listening matters.

This New Year’s episode isn’t a highlight reel. It’s a thank you.

I share my gratitude for our guests, our listeners, and the community that continues to carry this work forward. I also reflect on the growth of KORE Women, LLC, and why moving humans forward in business, education, healthcare, and community matters now more than ever.

This episode is personal. It’s reflective. And it’s an invitation to stay connected to the stories, to one another, and to the work of belonging as we step into 2026.

You can also learn more about Dr. Summer Watson, MHS, PhD, KORE Women, LLC, the KORE Women podcast, KORE Business Solutions (a Virtual Assistant service) and Cross-Generational Consultation Services by going to: www.korewomen.com.

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This week on the KORE Women podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Dr. Patricia Timerman Barbosa da Silva, who is psychotherapist, author, and founder of Advocate2Create. Her journey from moving to a new country as a teenager to turning personal loss into purpose reveals how resilience and compassion can transform our most painful moments into growth.

We dive into her IAP Model (Intention, Action, Perception), a practical framework she calls a “Google Translate” for communication and explore how it helps people move from conflict to connection. If you’ve ever struggled to feel heard, misunderstood a loved one, or wanted to heal from grief or trauma, this conversation will give you the tools and hope you need to begin again.

You can follow Dr. Patricia Timerman Barbosa da Silva on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook at: Advocate2Create and at: www.advocate2create.com. You can also find her book:  Why Are We Fighting? on Amazon. 

Thank you for taking the time to listen to the KORE Women podcast and being a part of the KORE Women experience. You can listen to The KORE Women podcast on your favorite podcast directory - Pandora, iHeartRadio, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, JioSaavn, Amazon and at: www.KOREWomen.com/podcast. 

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#ConflictToConnection #RelationshipHealing #GriefJourney #ImmigrationStories #EmotionalResilience 

https://www.advocate2create.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-patricia-timerman-barbosa-da-silva-302084156/

https://www.instagram.com/advocate2create/

https://www.facebook.com/Advocate2Create

Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DH8NF2VG  

This week on the KORE Women Podcast, Dr. Summer Watson welcomes Yvonne McCoy, MBA, who is a Business Strategist and creator of the BE F.O.U.N.D.™ Framework to talk about the real reason so many entrepreneurs are stuck in a cycle of sporadic sales and burnout.

Yvonne’s message is clear: You don’t need to be fixed. You need a better way to guide potential clients through the trust journey, so they can recognize the value you already bring.

In this episode, we explore how to stop chasing the wrong strategies, start leveraging your strengths, and attract clients who are already looking for someone just like you. If you're ready to shift from overwhelmed to aligned, this conversation will give you the clarity and confidence to get FOUND.

You can follow Yvonne McCoy at: ImReady4Me on Facebook and on Instagram at: YvonneBMcCoy and on LinkedIn at: Yvonne-McCoy

Thank you for taking the time to listen to the KORE Women podcast and being a part of the KORE Women experience. You can listen to The KORE Women podcast on your favorite podcast directory - Pandora, iHeartRadio, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, JioSaavn, Amazon and at: www.KOREWomen.com/podcast. Please leave your comments and reviews about the podcast and check out KORE Women on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. 

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