While She Builds

By Himani Kothari

While She Builds is a podcast for ambitious professionals who want to think like founders and take ownership of their careers, inside or outside corporate.

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June 23, 202680 Percent Of Men Burnout at Age 25
What if the burnout everyone talks about is not about working too hard, but about who you became to keep up? Lucy Scarlett spent years performing a version of herself society approved of, until her body forced her to stop. Founder of Blurred, she now helps high achievers move from pressure to flow using nervous system work and breath. This conversation is about the good girl syndrome, the flower analogy that explains why you are not the problem, and what it actually takes to come home to yourself.
In this episode, we cover:
What burnout actually is and the three symptoms most people miss
How to tell the difference between burnout and being tired
The flower analogy: why the environment matters more than willpower
Lucy's story of being diagnosed with dyslexia at seven and what it shaped
What the good girl syndrome is and why millennials carry it hardest
The Embodied Change Framework
A breathing technique you can use before any high pressure moment
Why breathwork is not meditation rebranded
The one message Lucy would give her fourteen year old self
Chapters
(00:00) Intro
(02:14) What Burnout Actually Is
(03:30) The Three Symptoms Of Burnout
(05:31) Am I Burned Out Or Just Tired
(08:34) The Flower Analogy Explained
(13:19) Lucy's Story: Diagnosed With Dyslexia At Seven
(19:51) What Is The Good Girl Syndrome
(26:25) The Embodied Change Framework
(35:06) The One Thing To Do Before A High Pressure Meeting
(37:10) The Breathwork Reset You Can Do Right Now
(38:03) Why Breathwork Is Like Going To The Gym
(42:14) No Filters
(49:13) Message To Her 14 Year Old Self
(51:10) Wrap Up

Connect with the guest: Lucy Scarlett
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54min
May 26, 2026 I Run 3 Businesses and Nobody Knows How
What if you were told your dream was too big, and you believed it for years? Done Ogretici built a luxury fashion brand, convenes founders and policymakers in parliament, and runs a restaurant. But before any of that, she was a girl who stitched clothes for her Barbie doll and was told she would never make it. This conversation is about reclaiming ambition, finding your superpower, and building rooms for yourself when no one invites you in.
In this episode, we cover:1. Why culture and family can silence ambition before it starts2. How Done went from events to fashion to rooms with high stakes3. The difference between influence and power: and which one gets things done4. Soft power as the most underrated tool5. Building a luxury brand as a one-woman army against fast fashion6. How belief and credibility are built through proximity and consistency7. Why confidence is the outcome, not the prerequisiteChapters(00:00) Intro (01:44) The Girl Who Stitched Clothes For Her Barbie(03:27) When Culture Tells You To Dream Smaller(08:30) The Moment Everything Shifted Five Years Ago(10:51) What She Does In Parliament And Why(13:44) How To Make People Believe In What You Bring(15:04) Finding Your Superpower And Using It(16:52) Building Credibility Through Consistency And Proximity(19:10) Power vs Influence(21:00) Soft Power vs Hard Power(23:24) Inside Done London(25:18) Competing Against Fast Fashion As A One Woman Army(28:54) Why Getting Out There Is Still The Best Strategy(39:04) When You Truly Want It You Find A Way(41:48) Women Who Are Told Their Ambition Is Too Much(43:27) Key Takeaways And ClosingConnect with the guest: Done OgreticiFollow While She Builds:🎧 Spotify: While She Builds📺 YouTube: @whileshebuilds📍 Host: Himani Kothari: Instagram @himanikothari__
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46min
May 07, 2026What No One Tells You About Building a Global Company at 22
What if the system you trusted failed you, and building your own became the only option? At 22, Krish Bajaj turned the chaos of international student migration into a company, leading teams older than him and making decisions without a playbook. This conversation is about ownership, signal vs noise, and building before you feel ready.

In this episode, we cover:
Why international student mobility is structurally broken
How founders often misunderstand the real problem
Leading teams that are older and more experienced
Signal vs noise as a decision-making filter
Why boredom and “doing nothing” unlock clarity
How habits and identity shape resilience
A practical framework to validate ideas early

Chapters
(00:00) Intro
(01:03) What Roam Does and Why It Exists
(06:24) Why Student Migration Is Broken
(08:29) The $500 Billion Market Nobody Talks About
(13:13) The Hidden Cost Of Moving Abroad Alone
(15:32) Leading A Team Older Than You
(17:02) How To Make Experienced People Want To Follow You
(20:19) Signal vs Noise: How To Filter Ideas That Actually Work
(23:31) How To Manage Ideas Across A Team
(27:20) Pattern Recognition and Storytelling As Founder Skills
(29:59) Why Boredom Is A Superpower For Builders
(33:29) Solving Problems In Your Sleep
(35:12) Neuroscience, Habits and Keeping Your Head Straight
(38:26) How To Validate An Idea By Talking To Real People
(40:26) Go To Ground Zero With Your Customer
(42:14) Final Advice: Find Your Interest and Let It Compound
(43:21) Closing Thoughts

Connect with the guest: Krish Bajaj
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45min
April 14, 2026Building Before You're Ready: A Founder's Guide to Leading With Less Certainty
Building does not always start with confidence. Sometimes it starts with energy, curiosity, and a willingness to test before you feel ready. In this episode, Karan Kapoor shares how he thinks about risk, momentum, and taking action without waiting for perfect clarity, and why starting small often tells you more than overthinking ever will.

Karan Kapoor is the Founder of Vividh. In this conversation, Karan talks about early stage decision making, testing ideas through action, and how momentum is built by moving before certainty arrives.

In this episode, we cover:
Why confidence often comes after action
How to think about risk in the early stages
Using energy and curiosity as signals
Avoiding paralysis through overplanning
Why small experiments matter more than big intentions
Learning through movement rather than theory

Chapters
(00:00) Intro
(02:21) Why Success Still Feels Empty
(05:40) The Moment You Realise This Isn’t Enough
(09:12) The Problem With Following The Right Path
(13:55) Why We Ignore Our Gut Instinct
(18:30) How To Start While Working Full-Time
(23:48) Why Playing Safe Is Risky
(29:10) What It Takes To Reinvent Yourself
(34:52) Stability vs Ambition Trade-Off
(40:15) The Identity Shift That Comes With Growth
(47:05) How To Start Before You’re Ready

One idea to try this week
Set a 30 minute decision timer.
Pick one decision you have been thinking about for more than a week.
Set a timer for 30 minutes.
Use that time to write down:
what you know
what you do not know
what would change if you delayed it another month
When the timer ends, decide with the information you have.
No more research and waiting.

Connect with the guest: Karan Kapoor
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54min
March 17, 2026From Corporate to Freelance: Building a Portfolio Career Without Burning Out
What do you do when the safest career move is not the right one? In this episode, Henry Wandsworth shares how being offered a role at Number 10 Downing Street forced him to rethink success, walk away from certainty, and build How Social on his own terms. This conversation explores choosing alignment, trusting your timing, and building something sustainable without burning out.

In this episode, we cover:
Why the safest option is not always the right one
The decision to walk away from a role at Number 10
Moving from corporate structure into self employment
How Henry built How Social step by step
The emotional reality of choosing independence
What early stage founders misunderstand aboufreedom and stability
Building a business that fits your life, not theother way around

Chapters
(00:00) Intro
(02:44) How Henry Built His Career From Scratch
(07:42) The Moment He Knew Freelance Was Next
(10:56) Career Milestones That Changed Everything
(13:08) The 20 Percent Rule For Personal Branding
(14:08) How Henry Built His Personal Brand
(19:25) Going On This Morning Live On TV
(25:00) Juggling Multiple Roles Without Burning Out
(28:29) How To Rest, Recharge And Say No
(30:13) Skills Corporate Taught Him That Freelancing Needs
(32:46) How AI Is Going To Change Social Media
(33:55) Three Ways To Bulletproof Yourself Against AI
(34:45) Closing Thoughts And Final Message
Connect with the guest: Henry Wandsworth
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36min

FAQs about While She Builds:

How many episodes does While She Builds have?

The podcast currently has 5 episodes available.