Women's Well-Being Movement: Leading Ladies Leaving Legacies with Carole Jean Whittington

Have you ever felt the urge to "up-level," yet found yourself pausing at the edge of the spotlight, gathering the courage to be truly bold? In this special introductory episode to our Visibility in Leadership series, your host, Carole Jean Whittington, peels back the layers of what it really means for a woman to be seen. We aren’t just talking about a great outfit (though we love those, too!); we are diving into the "integrity gap," the science of unspoken communication, and the power of being unapologetically authentic.

Join us as we share previews of the four powerhouse conversations in this series—featuring Lindsay Harle-Kadatz, Christina Vidovich, Bria Johnson, and Yvonne Alston—to help you build a foundation of visibility that is aligned, sustainable, and uniquely yours. It’s time to stop making yourself "palatable" and start making an indelible impression.

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It’s your first board meeting as a Senior Vice President—and you’re mistaken for the person taking lunch orders.

What do you do next?

In this powerful episode of the Women’s Well-Being Movement: Leading Ladies Leaving Legacies, Carole Jean Whittington sits down with Kara Bunde-Dunn, former Senior VP of Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success, to unpack what moments like this reveal about power, identity, and self-abandonment in women’s leadership.

Together, they explore the unspoken pressures women face as they rise—especially the subtle ways we shrink, perform, or disconnect from ourselves in order to belong. Kara shares her lived experience navigating executive leadership and boardroom dynamics, and how those moments became the foundation for her transformational work through Becoming HER.

This episode is for women leaders who are ready to succeed without self-sacrifice—and who are willing to lead with clarity, presence, and integrity at the highest levels.

• What Kara did in that pivotal boardroom moment—and why it mattered

• Five common ways women abandon themselves on the path to leadership

• How presence, identity, and inner alignment shape influence at the top

• Why well-being is not optional for sustainable leadership• What it truly means to become HER—without losing yourself along the way

Women’s Well-Being Movement: Leading Ladies Leaving Legacies

Sustainable leadership. Multi-generational impact. Well-being that lasts.

Are you a woman in leadership ready to build more than a career—ready to build a life you love and a legacy?

Each week, Carole Jean Whittington brings research-backed strategies, real-world stories, and visionary conversations for women who refuse to lead at the cost of themselves. Together, we are reshaping leadership for the next 7–9 generations.

Your well-being is the foundation. Your legacy is the future.

Join Becoming HER with Kara Bunde-Dunn:👉 https://www.karmicleader.com/becomingher

Becoming HER is a powerful invitation for women leaders ready to reclaim identity, presence, and wholeness as they move from the C-suite to the boardroom—and beyond.

This is more than a podcast—it’s a movement.

👉 Join the Women’s Well-Being Movement and read our manifesto to redefine success without self-sacrifice:https://energize.whittingtonwellbeing.com/womenswellbeingmovement

Leading ladies. Leaving legacies.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear: About the Podcast Connect with Kara & Becoming HER Listen & Subscribe Join the Women’s Well-Being Movement

What does it really mean to lead first—especially when the work is hard, the systems are flawed, and the responsibility is heavy?

In this episode of the Women’s Well-Being Movement, I sit down with Tiffany Castagno, CEO & Founder of CEPHR, LLC, to explore legacy leadership, emotional intelligence, and what it takes to build workplaces where people feel safe, seen, and supported. We talk about leadership that outlives titles, the courage to create equitable cultures, and why success doesn’t have to require self-sacrifice.

This is a powerful conversation for women leaders who are ready to lead with heart, build systems that endure, and leave a legacy that makes the path easier for those who come next.

 ✨ Leading ladies. Leaving legacies.

✨ Success without self-sacrifice.

🎧 Listen in and reflect on how you’re willing to lead first—for yourself, your teams, and future generations.

 Join the Women’s Well-Being Movement and read our manifesto—where leading ladies come together to redefine success without self-sacrifice.

https://energize.whittingtonwellbeing.com/womenswellbeingmovement

Many women in senior leadership have mastered executive presence — but few realize the hidden cost of maintaining it.

In this episode of The Women’s Legacy Movement Podcast, host Carole Jean Whittington unpacks the concept of Leadership Masking — the unconscious adaptations women make to fit traditional leadership norms — and how those same behaviors quietly drain influence, energy, and long-term potential.

You’ll learn:

The 5 Leadership Masking Styles and how they develop

Why “performing” leadership undermines true gravitas

The invisible impact of masking on influence, innovation, and well-being

How to identify your masking style and begin reclaiming authentic power

Whether you’re a CEO, senior executive, or emerging leader, this conversation will help you shift from performance-based leadership to presence-based influence — and redefine what authentic executive presence looks like in today’s world.

🎧 Take the next step:

🔹 Discover your Leadership Masking Style 

🔹 Download the Leadership Masking Insider’s Guide

The Women’s Legacy Movement Podcast is where women leaders, visionaries, and changemakers come to redefine success beyond burnout. Hosted by Carole Jean Whittington—influence and burnout researcher, author, and founder of the Women’s Legacy Leadership Movement—this show explores how sustainable well-being, energy intelligence, and legacy-centered leadership create lasting impact across generations.

Through powerful conversations and reflective solo episodes, Carole Jean helps women stop “powering through” and start leading with clarity, harmony, and joy. If you’re ready to build influence that lasts and a legacy that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside, you’re in the right place.

✨ Together we rise. Together we rest. Together we lead.

5 Hidden Influence Blocks Silently Sabotaging Your Leadership Presence

Before you invest time, money, and energy into your next leadership program — know exactly what’s standing between you and your full potential.

This concise, research-based guide reveals the five unseen influence blocks that quietly drain your energy, clarity, and leadership presence. You’ll uncover what’s been limiting your performance and learn simple, strategic ways to reset your energy and amplify your influence before stepping into your next professional growth opportunity.

Download your free guide below:
https://energize.whittingtonwellbeing.com/products/courses/view/1188561

We’ve all heard the story: men rise faster because they’re confident. Women hold back because of self-doubt. But what if that narrative is completely backwards?

Self-doubt isn’t a weakness. It’s a gateway—a spark that fuels inquiry, creativity, and innovation. Every breakthrough, every lasting solution, every legacy worth remembering began with someone willing to question the way things had always been done.

Here’s the truth no one talks about: confidence alone can push you forward, but women leaders bring something more. The courage to question. The willingness to sit in the unknown. The vision to ask, “What if there’s a better way?” That spark—your self-doubt—is the superpower that will ripple forward, shaping leadership for generations to come.

This is why I created the Women’s Legacy Movement. Because our influence matters. Our well-being matters. Our leadership isn’t just about climbing a career ladder—it’s about building a legacy of women leaders, sustainable impact, and systems that will outlast us.

Here, we reject the myths that leadership must come at the cost of yourself. We reject the idea that exhaustion and masking are the price of success. Instead, we rise, we rest, and we lead—with presence, clarity, and joy.

The Women’s Legacy Movement podcast is your space to explore research-backed strategies, visionary insights, and real-world stories from women leading with influence and purpose. It’s where women ready to reclaim their energy, step into their full presence, and leave a legacy beyond themselves find each other.

I’m Carole Jean Whittington, founder of the Women’s Legacy Movement and Chief Well-Being Officer of Whittington Well-Being. I help women leaders—and the professionals who support them—step into sustainable energy, joy, and legacy. As the creator of The UnVeiling Method and author of Unleashing Sustainable Energy and Living Unmasked, I combine research, lived experience, science and a dash of Human Design to guide women into their most aligned, authentic selves—proving that well-being isn’t a luxury, it’s the foundation of leadership and lasting influence.

Subscribe to the podcast and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode. Join a community of women leaders who are stepping fully into their influence, building more than a career, and creating legacies with energy, joy, and purpose.

Together, we rise. Together, we rest. Together, we lead. Welcome to the Women’s Legacy Movement.