The Belinda Esterhammer Show Belinda Esterhammer

Meet Julia Broad - a 5"1 hurricane of a photographer that swears a lot and is brutally honest.
We cover all the buzzwords (and then some) in this episode: imposter syndrome, burnout, her photography, how 2020 changed her life and how she copes with the current pandemic, female empowerment and what it takes to support other women including her most recent 20 WOMEN OF 2020, integrity and we also took a detour to The Philippines, Balut, and its resilient people. Head over to www.belindaesterhammer.com/podcast for more and follow me on instagram www.instagram.com/belindaesterhammer 

I met this week's guest - fitness entrepreneur Madeleine Chu - in my gym and she quickly became a favourite trainer of mine and we discovered that we share many similarities - from both being mixed Cantonese-Caucasians to our entrepreneurial spirit and to us both having lost our dad.
Tune in to the episode and learn…
How an injury became her lucky escape from her dream of becoming a ballerina
Her journey to becoming a sports entrepreneur
What it felt like growing up in a small town in the UK as mixed Caucasian and Cantonese
The turnover time of baking organic doughnuts
How there’s a lesson in every moment of sadness
How she took time out for herself and received bad news which put her on a completely different path in life
How her dad’s death changed her life and perspective
Lessons from dealing with loss
Head over to www.belindaesterhammer.com/podcast for more.

I always said that getting a divorce is easier than splitting up from a startup cofounder. My podcast guest Enkhe confirmed my hypothesis.
Learn from my guest Enkhbolor Gantulga what a previous startup split and her own divorce have in common; how she co-parents her daughter across different countries, especially now during COVID-19 and how before 2011 Mongolia didn't even have a word for startup.
Find out more about the Mongolian startup ecosystem and how she worked on building a startup ecosystem in 2011 with the godfather of the Mongolian startups Oko D.
For the show notes visit www.belindaesterhammer.com/podcast

I get it. Starting a business in the midst of a global economic crisis is the last thing on your lockdown to-do list. But maybe you've watched all there is that Netflix has to offer, baked all the banana bread you can bake and you've run out of dance moves to share on TikTok.
Successful businesses were often born in challenging times. The likes of Airbnb, Disney, IBM, HP, Microsoft, Slack, Pinterest, Uber, and Venmo are just a few that were established during or right after recessions.
For the show notes visit www.belindaesterhammer.com/podcast

Learn how Riya left her office job to become a full-time artist. Why we should stop feeling unworthy and punish ourselves. How she overcame anorexia and how that led to breaking shame and taboos becoming a massive part of her life. How that ties in with gender equality and taking up space. How cereal boxes can be complex and the epitome of capitalism. Why female bodies are fucking magical and males should stop sexualizing them. How she reclaims women’s role in history and portraits them in all glory inspired by Indo-Persian Miniature paintings.

Role models are nice to have but problematic. In this episode, I talk about role models, how I never had one when growing up, and why it's ok to be your own role model... Or how to DIY your role model.
It's much better to admire someone’s journey and path in life rather than the person they then become once they are successful. I am fascinated by rags to riches stories as that really shows the true character of a person and those stories are packed with learnings and resilience.