Female Founder Unplugged

Lindsay White
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Welcome to Female Founder Unplugged, the podcast for ambitious female entrepreneurs who are scaling businesses, leading teams, and navigating the highs and lows of entrepreneurship—all while trying to keep their sanity intact. Hosted by Lindsay White, a people & culture strategist, leadership coach, speaker and best-selling author, this show dives deep into the unfiltered realities of growing and leading a successful business. We’re talking about the messy middle—hiring struggles, leadership challenges, burnout, and the moments no one posts about on Instagram. Each episode features honest, no-BS conversations with powerhouse female founders who share their wins, their failures, and the hard-earned lessons they’ve learned along the way. If you’ve ever wondered how to scale without losing yourself in the process, how to build a high-performing team without the hiring headaches, or how to stay connected to your vision when the pressure is on—this is the show for you. So, if you’re ready to unplug from the noise, the self-doubt, and the unrealistic highlight reels, hit subscribe and let’s get real about what it actually takes to grow and lead with confidence. 🎧 New episodes go live every Thursday! Subscribe now and let’s get unplugged.

  1. 4D AGO

    [S5 Ep48] The Real Entrepreneur Journey: Chaos, Growth & Figuring It Out with CEO Taunya Woods Richardon

    Send us Fan Mail Entrepreneurship isn't a straight line. It's messy, unpredictable, and sometimes a complete sh*t show. This week, I sat down with Taunya Woods Richardson, founder of Nail the Numbers, with 30 years of entrepreneurial experience. We went everywhere. From the peaks and valleys of building something from scratch to losing $250,000 and rebuilding from the ground up, to the financial empowerment work she's been doing ever since to make sure no other founder has to go through what she went through alone. Buckle up. This one is a ride. ✨ Episode Highlights 💸 The difference between delegating your numbers and abdicating them — and why handing your books to a bookkeeper does not mean you get to stop paying attention. 💰 Why net profit is the number that actually matters, and why 89% of business owners are generating less than 3% return on their business investment, while a high-interest savings account gets you 4.5 to 6%. 👑 The three Ps holding female founders back: underpricing, underpaying ourselves and under-profiting.  🤖 Glinda — the free, non-judgmental AI financial guide that takes founders through building their first financial plan in under three hours.  Connect with Taunya:  nailethenumbers.com  cashflowcanvas.com Ready to do the leadership work alongside the financial work? Owning your numbers is a leadership move. The LPC Accelerator is where the rest of that work gets done. There's a spot for you if it's the right  time:https://highvoltageleadership.ca/lpc-accelerator/ Support the show Our mission for Female Founder Unplugged is to impact 1000 female entrepreneurs every season, and we need your help to do that.  Please subscribe to the show, and share your favorite episodes with anyone you feel could benefit. We are growing a powerful community here, and everyone is welcome. Together, we can pave a path to giving more women a seat at the table, and providing opportunities for financial independence.

    41 min

  2. MAY 7

    [S5, Ep47] Why Ignoring Your Mental Health Is Hurting Your Business with Shulamit Ber Levtov

    Send us Fan Mail Your business is only as healthy as you are. Which is exactly why founder mental health isn't a nice to have, a soft skill or something to get to when things slow down. It's a core business strategy, with data to back it up. And this week's guest Shulamit Ber Levtov is the Entrepreneur's Therapist — a therapist who specializes in supporting women founders, business owners and entrepreneurs with the emotional and mental health demands of running a business. ✨ Episode Highlights 🧠 The research is in, and the data is clear: poor founder mental health puts your business at risk. 🚗 The difference between therapy and coaching — and why you might need both. Shulamit uses the most brilliant metaphor for this. 'Coaching is riding shotgun, looking through the windshield, figuring out where you're going and how to get there. Sometimes you need to check the rear view mirror. Sometimes there's junk in the trunk that needs to come out. That's where therapy comes in. Both are valid. Both have a role. And neither replaces the other.' 🔧 Why you are your business's most precious asset — and the only piece of machinery in your entire operation that doesn't have scheduled maintenance.  A manufacturing company would never let its most critical equipment run without regular upkeep. And yet we run ourselves into the ground and wonder why the quality of our decisions starts to slip.  Shulamit said it best — working with a mental health professional is a strategic investment in your business.  And the LPC Accelerator is where the leadership and strategy work gets done alongside that. Because being a well oiled machine in your brain space, in your identity, in how you show up for your team, is not separate from building a great business. It is the business. There's a spot for you if it's the right time:   Connect with Shulamit: https://shula.ca/ https://shula.ca/newsletter Support the show Our mission for Female Founder Unplugged is to impact 1000 female entrepreneurs every season, and we need your help to do that.  Please subscribe to the show, and share your favorite episodes with anyone you feel could benefit. We are growing a powerful community here, and everyone is welcome. Together, we can pave a path to giving more women a seat at the table, and providing opportunities for financial independence.

    38 min

  3. APR 30

    [S5, Ep46] No Ego, No Power Struggles: Inside a High-Trust Leadership Model With The Team from Artemis Factor

    Send us Fan Mail Three co-founders. Seven years in. But every expert told them it would never work... When Shannon, Katrina, and Tara started Artemis Factor, the advice was unanimous:  "Three founders is too many!"  They were told that someone needs to be at the top. That two is already hard so three is a disaster waiting to happen. And yet here they are, seven years later, leading a thriving consultancy in the pharmaceutical space with a model built on high trust, shared leadership, and a genuinely radical commitment to putting the human back into how we build businesses! ✨ Episode Highlights 🤝 Why the "one person at the top" model isn't the only way, and what shared leadership actually looks like when it's working beautifully 🔥 The difference between productive tension and conflict, and why healthy debate, contradiction, and disagreement can actually be the thing that moves a business forward 🪞 What it really means to drop the ego as a daily practice inside a leadership team 😊 The PERMA happiness model and how Artemis Factor has built a data-driven culture of joy that ripples from their team to their clients to their patients You are going to love this high-performing team, and their insight about building enough trust, that when someone says I need to tap out this week, the answer is always "we've got you." 🔗 Connect with The Artemis Factor Find Shannon, Katrina and Tara and learn more about their work at Artemis Factor. https://artemisfactor.com/about/ And the trust, the culture, the people strategy behind a team like this? That's what we build inside the LPC Accelerator. https://highvoltageleadership.ca/lpc-accelerator/ Support the show Our mission for Female Founder Unplugged is to impact 1000 female entrepreneurs every season, and we need your help to do that.  Please subscribe to the show, and share your favorite episodes with anyone you feel could benefit. We are growing a powerful community here, and everyone is welcome. Together, we can pave a path to giving more women a seat at the table, and providing opportunities for financial independence.

    31 min

  4. APR 23

    [S5, Ep45] The Hidden Factor Behind Female Founder Burnout (It’s Not What You Think) with CEO Angela Johnson

    Send us Fan Mail I'll be honest, this episode is deeply personal for me.  In 2024 I went through a period where I genuinely couldn't figure out what was happening to my body. Memory fog. Digestion issues. No sleep. Some days it was hard to work because my eyeballs hurt. Literally. And I kept pushing through because that's what we do — until I couldn't anymore. And we get into all of that and more in this episode with Angela Johnson, CEO of sanoLiving, a women's digital health platform reimagining midlife care for female leaders.  If you're waking up at 3am these days, you're going to want to hear this one (and I'll venture that you're going to want a coffee to go with it too! ☕) ✨ Episode Highlights 🧬 Why your hormones might be quietly sabotaging your business  💰 The real wealth impact of perimenopause on female founders, including the data that shows women are leaving the workforce at 44 while men don't hit the same point until 55, and what that means for our net worth 👑 How Angela leads a rapidly growing organization with an inverted triangle model — putting the people closest to the customer at the top and herself at the bottom 💬 Why the 'shame can't live when we share', and why this is the conversation women need to be having out loud It is not okay that you feel shitty. If you don't feel right and you know something is wrong, keep looking until you find someone who says — I believe you and I'm listening. No one knows your body better than you do. Connect with Angela and sanoLiving: sanoliving.ai.com Connect with Lindsay: @highvoltleadership | highvoltageleadership.ca Support the show Our mission for Female Founder Unplugged is to impact 1000 female entrepreneurs every season, and we need your help to do that.  Please subscribe to the show, and share your favorite episodes with anyone you feel could benefit. We are growing a powerful community here, and everyone is welcome. Together, we can pave a path to giving more women a seat at the table, and providing opportunities for financial independence.

    45 min

  5. APR 16

    [S5, Ep44] Scaling a Startup Fast: Lessons from a Female Founder in Health Tech, CEO Aja Beckett

    Send us Fan Mail Are you being too hard on yourself? The problem you've been trying to fix might need something other than the discipline. In this episode of Female Founder Unplugged, Lindsay sits down with Aja Beckett — app developer, GLP-1 user, and accidental CEO — who built her app Shotsy from a nights-and-weekends side project into the #1 GLP-1 tracking app in the Health & Fitness category. "Her story is as much about reclaiming her health as it is about building a business from scratch." ✨ Episode Highlights 💉 How Aja's own weight loss journey became the blueprint for her app, and why lived experience builds better products 🧠 Why what looks like a discipline problem is almost always a systems problem (in health and in business) 🌍 Leading a fully distributed team from across the world — and why intentional culture isn't optional when you're remote 💼 How to choose investors who bring more than money to the table Because the practices that got you here won't get you to the next level — and the real scaling challenge is always internal. About Aja Beckett Aja is the founder and CEO of Shotsy, bringing a rare dual perspective as both an iOS engineer and a GLP-1 user. Her tech career spans Apple, CNN, TED, and The New York Times/The Athletic. Find Shotsy on iOS & Android at shotsyapp.com Ready to scale without losing yourself in the process? The LPC Accelerator is coaching and mastermind for female founders. It's where scaling meets visionary leadership, empowered people strategy, and a thriving culture. There's a spot for you if you're ready: https://highvoltageleadership.ca/lpc-accelerator Support the show Our mission for Female Founder Unplugged is to impact 1000 female entrepreneurs every season, and we need your help to do that.  Please subscribe to the show, and share your favorite episodes with anyone you feel could benefit. We are growing a powerful community here, and everyone is welcome. Together, we can pave a path to giving more women a seat at the table, and providing opportunities for financial independence.

    52 min

  6. APR 9

    [S5, Ep43] Stop Building in the Dark: Community, Connection and Leading Without Loneliness (with Kristina Bartold-Sorgota)

    Send us Fan Mail You can have a successful business and still feel completely alone. A lot of founders I know are building in the dark and making decisions in isolation, without a real space to let out their thoughts (that have turned into secrets at this point) and be supported.  This episode is about what changes when you get out of that loneliness.  It features the wonderful Kristina Bartold-Sorgota, co-founder of The Social Snippet, a social media and podcasting agency, and the co-creator of High Vibe Women — a community bringing Canadian female entrepreneurs together to make magic in their businesses. ✨  She's genuine, warm, and honest. Episode Highlights 🤝 Why the women who scale fastest are the ones who build the most intentional communities around them 🧠 How to start managing the head trash that gets loudest when things get hard 🪞 What it means to be a culture champion as a leader, and why your team is always watching how you show up  💬 The difference between wanting your team to love your business the way you do, and what actually motivates people to deliver their best 👑 Why leadership in your own business feels so different from leadership inside an organization — and the identity shift that comes with running the whole thing yourself Come listen, and start finding community right here in this conversation.  🫶 You can connect with Kristina on IG @kristina.bartold And if you're ready to stop building alone: The LPC Accelerator is where we do the real work. It has the leadership, the people strategy, the culture, and the community that holds it all together when things get hard. One-on-one coaching, a mastermind of women who are building right alongside you, and a space where you don't have to carry any of this alone.  Learn more and book a call: https://highvoltageleadership.ca/lpc-accelerator/ Support the show Our mission for Female Founder Unplugged is to impact 1000 female entrepreneurs every season, and we need your help to do that.  Please subscribe to the show, and share your favorite episodes with anyone you feel could benefit. We are growing a powerful community here, and everyone is welcome. Together, we can pave a path to giving more women a seat at the table, and providing opportunities for financial independence.

    50 min

  7. APR 2

    [S5, Ep42] The Messy Middle Isn’t Just Structural — It’s Lonely (Why LPC Works Together)

    Send us Fan Mail "I don't really have anyone I can talk to who understands the business and isn't a stakeholder. It's really lonely." A founder said that to me recently, and I've been thinking of it ever since. Because it's true! And it's one of the most important things we're not talking about honestly enough in the entrepreneurship space. This episode is that conversation. Episode Highlights 📍 What makes the messy middle feel so uniquely lonely, and how founder isolation happens 🧠 Why high-achieving women are especially prone to turning inward when the isolation hits, and what that inner critic sounds like when it does ⚡ Why leadership, people strategy and culture have to work together — and what happens when you only focus on one 🤲 Why Lindsay intentionally built a mastermind into the LPC Accelerator (and why community is a MUST have) The messy middle is hard, because there are a lot of things happening at the same time: you're evolving as a leader, your team is growing and needs structure, your culture needs to be nurtured, and you're carrying all of it without a real space to share the weight. That's the reality of building something real. And you were never meant to do it alone. 📝 Reflection Question from this Episode: Do you currently have anyone who understands you and your business — and isn't directly connected to any of the daily decisions or the strategic outcomes? If your answer is no, that's a gap worth closing. If this episode landed somewhere specific for you, the LPC Accelerator is where the leadership, the people strategy, the culture work and the community all come together, so you don't have to keep carrying this in isolation. Learn more and book time with Lindsay directly at the link below. Learn more about the LPC Accelerator: https://highvoltageleadership.ca/lpc-accelerator/ Support the show Our mission for Female Founder Unplugged is to impact 1000 female entrepreneurs every season, and we need your help to do that.  Please subscribe to the show, and share your favorite episodes with anyone you feel could benefit. We are growing a powerful community here, and everyone is welcome. Together, we can pave a path to giving more women a seat at the table, and providing opportunities for financial independence.

    17 min

  8. MAR 26

    [S5, Ep41] The People Strategy You’re Avoiding (And Why It’s Making Scaling Messy)

    Send us Fan Mail There's no shame in the game, but if you've thought at least one of these thoughts very recently... "I just need one more person." "If we just hire someone who's good, this will all come together." "I don't know if we can afford to hire, but I don't know what else to do." ...Then it sounds like you're in the messy middle of your business. And like most founders in this stage, you don't have a people strategy at all — yet! And that's what this episode is all about.  ✨ Episode Highlights: 😰 Why reactive hiring gets you into trouble, and what happens when you hit that tipping point 💸 The real cost of waiting too long to hire, or hiring without structure 🗺️ How to reverse engineer your vision into a people strategy that actually connects your team to your business goals 📋 The difference between hiring from fear and hiring from strategy — and how one of the LPC Accelerator clients turned her people strategy into a living roadmap that now drives every hire, every decision and every stage of growth A people strategy that connects every role in your business directly to the vision you're actually trying to build means the decisions get clearer, the team understands what they own, and you stop asking "can we afford this?" and start asking "does this drive our next stage of growth?" ✨ That's the CEO move I hope you begin to make.  If you're already feeling the burn, running flat out, and you know a people strategy is what's been missing, the LPC Accelerator is where that work gets done. We build your talent roadmap, connect every role to the outcomes, clarify ownership and accountability, and design a structure that supports your culture so that when the growth really starts to come, you're ready. ⚡Check out the LPC Accelerator here: https://highvoltageleadership.ca/lpc-accelerator/ Support the show Our mission for Female Founder Unplugged is to impact 1000 female entrepreneurs every season, and we need your help to do that.  Please subscribe to the show, and share your favorite episodes with anyone you feel could benefit. We are growing a powerful community here, and everyone is welcome. Together, we can pave a path to giving more women a seat at the table, and providing opportunities for financial independence.

    25 min
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Welcome to Female Founder Unplugged, the podcast for ambitious female entrepreneurs who are scaling businesses, leading teams, and navigating the highs and lows of entrepreneurship—all while trying to keep their sanity intact. Hosted by Lindsay White, a people & culture strategist, leadership coach, speaker and best-selling author, this show dives deep into the unfiltered realities of growing and leading a successful business. We’re talking about the messy middle—hiring struggles, leadership challenges, burnout, and the moments no one posts about on Instagram. Each episode features honest, no-BS conversations with powerhouse female founders who share their wins, their failures, and the hard-earned lessons they’ve learned along the way. If you’ve ever wondered how to scale without losing yourself in the process, how to build a high-performing team without the hiring headaches, or how to stay connected to your vision when the pressure is on—this is the show for you. So, if you’re ready to unplug from the noise, the self-doubt, and the unrealistic highlight reels, hit subscribe and let’s get real about what it actually takes to grow and lead with confidence. 🎧 New episodes go live every Thursday! Subscribe now and let’s get unplugged.

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  • Creator
    Lindsay White
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    236
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 727676
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    Female Founder Unplugged