Iman Ibrahim, divorce strategist, accredited mediator, and founder of Over It Club, joins Unpolished Wisdom to unpack what it actually takes to end a marriage without losing yourself in it. After 19 years inside the legal machinery of divorce as a family lawyer in Singapore and England, Iman walked away from the courtroom to help people navigate the end of a marriage with clarity instead of chaos.

She and host Dr. Katrina Gisbert-Tay go straight into what Iman can't unsee after two decades of high-conflict cases: brilliant, high-functioning people who fall apart the moment it becomes personal, and the children who quietly absorb the fallout. They break down what it actually looks like when kids get weaponized in a divorce, often unconsciously, and the exact language parents use without realizing the damage it does.

The conversation makes the case for something most people don't believe is possible: a boring and amicable divorce. Not painless, but not weaponized either, a divorce where the ending doesn't cost you everything else.

Unpolished Wisdom is hosted by Dr. Katrina Gisbert-Tay, a medical doctor, executive wellbeing coach, and somatic practitioner based in Singapore. Each episode stays inside the messy, unfinished middle of a life transition, the part most people never talk about while they're living it, in conversation with guests who are either navigating it themselves or guiding others through it.

Guest: Iman Ibrahim, divorce strategist, accredited mediator, and coach; founder of Over It Club.

Host: Dr. Katrina Gisbert-Tay, medical doctor, executive wellbeing coach, and host of Unpolished Wisdom.

Angela Cusack, Master Certified Coach and author of Discover the Matrix, joins Unpolished Wisdom to unpack self-leadership, alignment, and how to lead others through real uncertainty.

After 25 years in a successful corporate career, Angela walked away with no plan — driven by one question she couldn't outrun: "Who do I claim to be, in contrast to who everybody else wants me to be?"

She and host Dr. Katrina Gisbert-Tay break down the physical signals of misalignment — the nervous-system "nerve endings on fire" feeling — and the practice of naming it out loud before it costs you your voice.

The conversation also goes inside Angela's executive coaching work, exploring how leaders stay grounded and lead effectively when uncertainty, not certainty, is the only constant.

Marcus Marsden is Managing Partner of The Works Partnership and author of Start With Who. He'd built a career helping leaders ask the hard questions — until life asked them of him.

In 2019, Marcus unexpectedly found himself leading a company he'd never planned to run. Four months later, COVID shut the world down.

In this conversation, Marcus opens up about the difference between change and range, why going against his gut became his greatest leadership tool, and what he learned about comfort zones when crisis takes that option off the table.

This is the Season 1 Finale of Unpolished Wisdom — and there's no one I'd rather close this season with.

🔑 In this episode:

- Identity range vs identity change in leadership

- Leading through crisis and uncertainty

- Stepping outside your comfort zone as a leader

- The power of difficult conversations

- Executive coaching and self-leadership

- Building resilience after loss in business

🎙️ Unpolished Wisdom is a podcast hosted by Dr. Katrina Gisbert-Tay, executive wellbeing coach and somatic practitioner, exploring burnout, identity, leadership transitions, and the messy middle of personal growth.

Dr. Loo Hui Voon is the doctor people find when they've already seen everyone else. An integrative and functional medicine physician, she's built a practice around seeing the whole person — the body, the gut, the trauma, the invisible threads connecting it all. But for a long time, nobody was applying that same lens to her.

In this quietly powerful conversation, Dr. Loo and Dr. Kat explore the exhaustion of being the person everyone leans on, the grief medical practice asks you to witness and never process, and the small rituals that make it possible to keep showing up with an open heart.

For anyone who holds space for others — and has quietly wondered who holds space for them.

In this episode of Unpolished Wisdom, Dr. Katrina Gisbert Tay speaks to Siva Shanker Jayaraj. Siva grew up in a kampong in Malacca with no address and no plan — just an unshakeable belief that having nothing to lose was its own kind of freedom. That belief carried him to Nike, where he spent 11 years building some of the boldest brand experiences in Southeast Asia. Then one night, watching The Greatest Showman on a long-haul flight, he asked himself the question that changed everything: was Nike the circus, or was I?

This is a conversation about walking away from the rocket, betting on yourself with no safety net, and what it really means to build a life on your own terms.

Dr. Suhina Singh grew up in apartheid South Africa where danger wasn't an exception — it was the baseline. Hypervigilance became her identity. Competence became survival. And for decades, her body absorbed everything her mind refused to feel.

Then the pandemic hit. Chronic inflammation, unexplainable pain, and a nervous system finally at its limit forced her into what she calls her first emotional education — a journey that revealed Complex PTSD, possible neurodivergence, and a lifetime of suppressed grief.

In this episode, Suhina opens up about forgiveness as physical medicine, learning to name emotions she didn't know she had, and what it finally feels like to stop performing and simply be.

What happens when life doesn’t follow the timeline you thought you had to keep?

In this conversation, Bianca Yuzon Henares, multidisciplinary artist, dream pop musician, and mother - shares her journey of creative reinvention, identity, and learning to begin again in unfamiliar spaces. From moving countries to stepping into motherhood she never planned for, Bianca opens up about the belief that once shaped her choices, that time was running out, and how letting that go changed everything.

We explore what it means to rebuild a sense of self in the midst of transition. The tension between ambition and presence. The quiet shift from measuring worth through output to finding wholeness in who you are now.

This is a conversation about starting over, about motherhood and identity, about the courage to stay with the unknown long enough for something new to emerge.

Key themes: creative reinvention, motherhood and identity, starting over, self-worth, artist life, personal transformation

Jessica Nomi Spain, board certified nutritionist, health coach, and mother of four, spent decades living without knowing her origins after being adopted at age four following her Korean mother's death. She opens up about the narratives she created to survive—that she was chosen, that everything was fine—and how a DNA test changed everything when she discovered the family who had never stopped searching for her. This conversation explores how our bodies hold our stories, why finding your roots doesn't fix you but frees you, and the moment she realized she'd been rejecting herself all along. From feeling like she had to earn her way into every space to finally settling into belonging.

Terrie Lupberger, ICF Master Certified Coach and author of "Uncommon Wisdom at Work," spent seven years writing a book that kept teaching her what she wasn't ready to learn in year one. She opens up about the collective myths we live by—that more is better, that separation protects us, that our worth equals what we produce—and how these invisible stories create endless suffering at work.

This conversation explores why we over-effort instead of asking for help, how to hold the paradox of wanting boldness while needing grace, and what it means to declare satisfaction without giving up on growth. From toxic positivity to fundamental well-being, Terrie reveals why bringing our whole humanity to work isn't soft—it's the hardest skill there is.

Dani Van de Velde, meditation teacher, intuitive healer, and author of Spirited, reveals that sometimes the whisper you keep ignoring isn't doubt—it's your soul asking for attention. She opens up about walking away from a successful finance career spanning continents when the dissonance became unbearable, navigating spiritual awakening when the people around you don't understand, and discovering that meditation isn't just wellness—it's the shift from living reactively to living responsively.

This conversation explores the space between imagination and psychic perception, why our sensitivity gets shut down and how to reopen it, and the courage it takes to trust what you're feeling even when it doesn't make rational sense.