In this episode of Unstoppable Women, Julie Tague sits down with leadership consultant, storyteller and founder of The Growth Hut, Nissi Ozigbu.

Together, they explore leadership, identity, career reinvention and what it means to build something of your own.

From growing up in a vibrant Zambian family in East London to becoming a senior change leader by the age of 30, Nissi shares the mindset shifts, risks and personal evolution that shaped her journey from corporate leadership into entrepreneurship.

This conversation explores:

• leadership through uncertainty and change
• confidence and personal brand
• motherhood and ambition
• taking risks before you feel ready
• emotional resilience during transformation
• creating a life with space for joy and rest
• and learning to trust yourself

Julie and Nissi also dive into the emotional reality behind transformation - personally and professionally - and why the future belongs to leaders who can communicate clearly, connect authentically and evolve continuously.

✨ “Being unstoppable for me means designing for rest and not feeling like you have to earn it.”

About Unstoppable Women:
Unstoppable Women is a podcast hosted by Julie Tague, founder of Unstoppable by Design, sharing honest conversations with women navigating reinvention, leadership, ambition, grief, identity and change.

Each episode is designed to help women at a turning point move from stuck to unstoppable through real stories, practical insight and courageous conversations.

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What happens when you spend years surviving… and suddenly realise you’ve stopped truly living?

In this deeply honest episode of Unstoppable Women, Julie Tague sits down with Deborah McCann - founder of Clear Colours Ltd - to explore resilience, identity, hidden female struggles, motherhood, leadership and rebuilding life after prolonged challenge.

Deborah shares her experience of:

• navigating divorce while sharing a family home
• severe endometriosis and adenomyosis
• balancing motherhood and professional leadership
• redundancy and starting her own business
• quietly functioning while emotionally and physically depleted
• reconnecting with joy after years of survival mode

At one point, Deborah describes herself as:
“My battery was at one bar.”

Yet despite everything, she kept showing up.

This conversation is raw, reflective and full of wisdom for anyone navigating:

• burnout
• life transition
• women’s health challenges
• separation and identity shifts
• leadership under pressure
• rebuilding confidence and energy

But ultimately, this episode asks a bigger question:

What brings you joy?

The Unstoppable Women series shares the real stories behind extraordinary women - not perfection, but honest conversations about change, courage, identity and becoming who you were always meant to be.

If this episode resonates with you, please like, comment and subscribe to support the series.

And if you have a story you feel ready to share, Julie would love to hear from you.

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What happens when life changes in an instant?

In Episode 13 of Unstoppable Women, Julie Tague sits down with Jen Newberg — founder, widow, recovery advocate, and creator of the community platform It’s Lifey.

Jen shares the deeply personal story of losing her husband suddenly while they were on holiday in Greece, and how that experience completely reshaped her life, identity, and purpose.

This is an honest conversation about:

- grief and widowhood

- rebuilding life after loss

- finding peace after trauma

- recovery and alcoholism

- identity shifts

- blended families and relationships

- mental health and panic attacks

- community, connection and healing

- starting a purpose

-led business after personal tragedy.

Together, Julie and Jen explore what it really means to become “unstoppable” after life breaks open.

This episode is for anyone navigating loss, burnout, divorce, grief, reinvention, motherhood, recovery, career pivots, or major life change.

ABOUT UNSTOPPABLE WOMEN

Hosted by Julie Tague, Unstoppable Women is a podcast and live research project exploring the real stories behind resilience, reinvention, leadership, and personal transformation.

Each episode features raw, powerful conversations with women who have faced significant turning points in life and chosen to rebuild with courage, honesty, and agency.

This series forms part of the wider Unstoppable by Design movement and upcoming book project — helping women feel seen, heard, and less alone while sharing practical insight into how people move forward through life’s hardest chapters.

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In this episode of Unstoppable Women, I sit down with Rita Cox – founder of the Be Empowered Method – to explore what happens when life forces you to stop, reassess, and rebuild.

Rita moved to the UK from Hungary in 2009 with what she calls “a lot of hope and a massive suitcase.” She built a successful corporate career with major global brands, climbed the ladder she thought would bring happiness, and then reached the point many women quietly recognise - burnout, misalignment, and the realisation that success on paper doesn’t always feel like success in life.

From leaving corporate and teaching yoga to deep self-development, motherhood, and creating her own method to help other women reconnect with themselves, Rita’s story is one of courage, pivots, and choosing alignment over expectation.

We talk about burnout, self-leadership, small decisions that create big change, and why change is not failure - it’s often the beginning of becoming who you were meant to be.

This episode is for any woman who feels like she’s standing at a crossroads, wondering if she’s gone backwards.

You haven’t.

You’re pivoting.

And sometimes, that changes everything.

In this episode of Unstoppable Women, Julie Tague speaks to Georgie Spurling - founder of Arvra - about resilience, movement, burnout, health, and what it means to build a life that is not defined by the limits you were once given.

Georgie’s story begins with life-changing heart surgery as a child and years of being told to be careful, hold back, and accept a narrower version of what life might look like.

But this conversation is not about turning her into a sob story. It is about something far more interesting - what she chose to do next. She went on to challenge those limits, run the London Marathon, and build Arvra, a wellness platform designed to make support more human, accessible and preventative.

Julie and Georgie talk honestly about how stress and burnout can show up physically, how easy it is to ignore what your body is trying to tell you, and why hustle culture is far less impressive than people like to make out. Georgie shares how her own experiences in her 20s shaped her thinking, and why she is now so passionate about helping people access the right support before they hit crisis point.

Together they explore a more honest definition of being unstoppable - not never falling, not always winning, but having the ability to feel things, regroup, and get back up again. Georgie’s perspective is thoughtful, practical and quietly powerful, and her final reflection on what she would say to her younger self says everything: you did it.

This episode is for anyone who has ever felt shaped by their past, challenged by their body, or forced to rethink what strength really looks like.

What happens when you realise the life you’re living isn’t one you consciously chose?

In this episode of Unstoppable Women, I sit down with Alicia Noble – leadership and career transition coach and founder of Noble Arc – to explore the shift from living on autopilot to intentionally choosing a different path.

Alicia shares her story of growing up in South Africa during apartheid, building a career in the UK, and navigating the quiet but powerful moment of realising something needed to change.

Together, we explore:

✨ What it means to live on autopilot – and how to break out of it
✨ The “messy middle” of transition where real change happens
✨ How limiting beliefs are formed in our early years
✨ The importance of role models and seeing what’s possible
✨ Why being in the right rooms can change everything
✨ Reconnecting with yourself after burnout

This isn’t a conversation about quick fixes.

It’s about awareness.
Identity.
And learning to choose a life that actually feels like yours.

🎥 Watch if you’re:

• Feeling stuck or disconnected from your current path
• Navigating a career or life transition
• Questioning what’s possible for you
• Ready to challenge old beliefs and think differently

🌍 About Alicia Noble
Alicia is the founder of Noble Arc, supporting individuals and organisations to navigate transition with clarity and intention. Her work focuses on the space between change and transformation – where growth really happens.

🔥 About Unstoppable Women
A series sharing real, honest stories from women navigating change, identity, and growth – and redefining what it means to be unstoppable.

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In this episode of Unstoppable Women, Julie Tague speaks with Natalie Montagnani, a business and leadership coach, about career change, burnout, and redefining success.

After building a successful marketing agency, Natalie reached a point where her work no longer felt aligned. What followed was a powerful journey through burnout, identity shift, and ultimately a career pivot into coaching and leadership development for women.

This episode explores key themes including:

• Career pivot and reinvention for women
• Burnout and recovery from high-performance pressure
• Leadership identity and personal growth
• Overcoming self-doubt and “imposter syndrome”
• Building a business aligned with purpose and values

If you’re a female founder, leader, or professional navigating change, questioning your current path, or looking for clarity on your next step, this episode offers practical insight and relatable experience.

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How do you rebuild your self-worth after a toxic relationship?

In this episode of Unstoppable Women, I’m joined by Marcelle Jans, founder of the Self Leadership Academy, who shares her powerful story of losing herself in a relationship that slowly became manipulative - and the long journey back to self-trust and self-worth.

After divorce, Marcelle stepped back into dating feeling hopeful and ready for a new chapter. But what followed was a subtle experience of emotional manipulation that left her questioning her judgment, her decisions, and ultimately… herself.

In this episode, we explore:

• The signs of a toxic or manipulative relationship
• The psychology of emotional manipulation and gaslighting
• Why women often stay silent or ignore red flags
• How to rebuild confidence and trust yourself again
• And the process of self-forgiveness and healing after difficult relationships

Marcelle shares how this experience shaped her work today through the Self Leadership Academy, where she helps women move from self-doubt to self-leadership - rebuilding confidence, setting boundaries, and reclaiming their identity.

If you’ve ever struggled with self-worth, questioned your decisions in relationships, or found it hard to move on from the past, this episode will give you both insight and practical ways to start moving forward.

In this episode of Unstoppable Women, Julie Tague speaks with Linda Johnstone, Head of Investment Proposition in global financial services, about leadership, women’s health and learning to work with the body rather than against it.

Linda shares her personal journey of building a demanding international career in a traditionally male-dominated industry while privately managing severe menstrual health challenges. After years of painful symptoms, medical dismissal and trying to push through, Linda was eventually diagnosed with endometriosis, adenomyosis and polycystic ovaries – conditions that affect millions of women worldwide.

What followed was a powerful shift in how she approached her life and work.

Through discovering menstrual cycle awareness and the concept of the four “seasons” of the female cycle, Linda began to understand how energy, focus, creativity and decision-making change throughout the month. Instead of forcing herself to operate in a constant state of productivity, she learned how to align her work, leadership and wellbeing with her natural rhythms.

Linda now describes this insight with a powerful reframe:

“I’m cyclical, not inconsistent.”

In this honest and thoughtful conversation, Linda and Julie explore:

• The reality of managing chronic women’s health conditions while working in high-pressure professional environments
• Why women’s health is still difficult to talk about in the workplace
• How menstrual cycle awareness can support better leadership, productivity and self-trust
• The “four seasons” framework and how it can help women understand their energy and performance
• Why language and reframing can transform the way women see themselves at work

Linda also shares how she is now helping to break the silence around women’s health by speaking openly about endometriosis and creating support networks for other women in her organisation.

This episode is a powerful conversation about self-awareness, leadership and redefining what it means to perform at work as a woman.

What if the reason you handle change so well… is because you’ve lived it your whole life?

In this episode of Unstoppable Women, Julie Tague sits down with Erica Hodgson – Change Director, creative thinker and global citizen – whose life has been shaped by movement, disruption and reinvention.

Born into a military family in the US, raised in Israel during times of war, living independently as a teenager, and eventually building a life and career in London – Erica’s story is one of identity in motion.

Together, we explore:

• How to flow with change instead of resisting it• Why discomfort is often a growth signal• What it means to belong everywhere – and nowhere• And her powerful metaphor of the snake and the eagle

This episode is for female leaders, founders and anyone navigating transition – personal or professional.

Because unstoppable isn’t about never falling.

It’s about getting back up – wiser, stronger and ready for what’s next.