where boundaries dissolve

Helena Arjuna Suter
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where boundaries dissolve is a podcast for entrepreneurs, innovators, business owners who are constantly disrupting and reinventing themselves and their business. We find beauty and meaning in doing extremely hard things as we create the future.

  1. Sep 20

    turn your life into a work of art, and reach goals you didn't know you had, #92

    I used to say: "I'm never going to dance, move abroad, do sales, build a business or travel." I've done it all. The bigger my goals get the closer I get to feeling like myself and to leading my most ecstatic, creative life. That life lies on the other side of that which you've silenced, sacrificed in order to fit some mold. A mold that blinds you to the opportunities that you actually want to pursue.  If you too want to turn your life into a work of art, unleash your potential and feel so excited about what you're doing, this is for you. 33 I share a proven framework that was taught to me by leadership executive coaches to transform teams and help leaders, creatives and innovators improve their careers and lives.  Chapters 00:00 "I'm Living the Life I Said Would Never Be Me" 02:00 Fantasies, Not Dreams: Why You Don't Know What You Want 04:00 The LUMAN Framework: Awareness, Identity, Action 08:00 Step 1 Awareness and the science11:00 Step 2 Identity and the science 17:00 Step 3 Action and the science19:00 Why You Need Mentors Two Steps Ahead, Not Light-Years Ahead 21:00 Your Biggest Blocker to Your Wildest Self 24:00 Building Self-Trust: Proof, Not Promises  have fun 3 Connect with me: IG: https://www.instagram.com/whereboundariesdissolvepodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@helena.arjuna?_t=8oSbtTilPSQ&_r=1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenasuter/ Support the show🎙 If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend, DM me to chat on IG, LinkedIn or comment on YouTube or on Spotify in the podcast Q&A section! Head over to Apple and leave a written review, or to the top of Spotify and leave a lil rating. Ty 3

  2. Sep 7

    3 Step Reset When You're A Business Owner Going Through A Big Life Change Without Falling Back Into Toxic Coping Habits #91

    "I really thought I'd healed my relationship to food but and then the breakup dragged me back into toxic numbing cycles I swore I was done with..but I was overwhelmed because I was also trying to grow my business."  We unpack why the number one rule of any transition is refusing to judge yourself for relapsing into old coping patterns. We talk about the numbing, toxic coping mechanisms, the imposters, and how to navigate the messiness of it while being a busy business owner.  This episode's framework is pulled from the leadership coaching tool by LUMAN, called ARO/IAO, a specialized cognitive framework utilized in ontological coaching and corporate leadership training.  Put simply, ARO/IAO in life helps you reset in 3 steps through: Awareness: Accepting and Integrating FearOwnership & Identity: Creating Who You Want to BecomeAction: Turning Vision Into RealityChapters 0:00 Intro: Facing a turning point 1:29 The breakup & falling into old patterns 3:29 The epiphany: naming fear 7:10 Leaning on community 8:09 Step-by-step & trusting yourself 11:56 Closing & sign-off Connect with me: IG: https://www.instagram.com/whereboundariesdissolvepodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@helena.arjuna?_t=8oSbtTilPSQ&_r=1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenasuter/ Support the show🎙 If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend, DM me to chat on IG, LinkedIn or comment on YouTube or on Spotify in the podcast Q&A section! Head over to Apple and leave a written review, or to the top of Spotify and leave a lil rating. Ty 3

  3. Jul 20

    How To Ask for Money and Capital With Confidence (For Female Founders Ready to Stop Shrinking) #90

    As women we want our "work to speak for itself", but that strategy doesn't work when you're asking for money. When you're asking for money or raising capital, you have to be comfortable putting yourself out there and speaking about yourself, your strategy, and vision with conviction, confidence, and inner authority that this will work even when you don't have the evidence (yet) or very little thereof.  Here's how to cultivate that energy, the mental models, and how to overcome common pitfalls that women often fall into. We talk about: the real issue: what destroys confidence during pitch conversations  keeping momentum during uncertainty: toxic grit that create scarcity vs love-driven grit that allows you to spot opportunity the Growth Edge framework: why your discomfort zone is the territory where your nervous system needs training and how to train the neuroscience of abundance vs. scarcity and how it makes you more resilient and a fast learner simple practices to train your confidence and self-belief muscle so you stop shrinking yourself Chapters 00:51 VC Pitch Lessons & Insight for Female Founders 03:22 Giving Pushback to Men and Inner Authority 04:35 Comfort & Self Belief When in the Unknown 06:55 Grit Love vs Fear and Why this Matters to Your Ability To Receiving When You're Trying To Raise Capital 10:58 Practice Your Pitch 12:13 Practices That Will Help You To Stop Shrinking Yourself When It Matters Most 13:32 Permission Slips Framework 15:01 Final Pep Talk Connect with me: IG: https://www.instagram.com/whereboundariesdissolvepodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@helena.arjuna?_t=8oSbtTilPSQ&_r=1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenasuter/ Support the show🎙 If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend, DM me to chat on IG, LinkedIn or comment on YouTube or on Spotify in the podcast Q&A section! Head over to Apple and leave a written review, or to the top of Spotify and leave a lil rating. Ty 3

  4. Jun 8

    The Female Founder Dilemma: Acting Like A Man Will Burn You Out, But Going Soft Will Cost You Everything. What Actually Wins, with Claire Chabaud, CEO braave, #89

    Claire Chavaud is a French entrepreneur, former national swimmer, and CEO of braave, building the world's first real-time hormone database  in a smart bra. And in this episode, Helena is also joined by her business partner, Kristina, UXD Lab founder. Together,  they dig into a question every ambitious woman has to face: How do you reclaim the drive, assertiveness, and obsession you need to break through to win the race in this male dominated world without burning out or becoming too soft?    What you'll learn from this episode: - Going from "acting like a man" to losing your grit--how to reclaim the right balance for your founder journey - How to think about glass ceilings in an empowering way - Why you should practice *obsession* over motivation, and why knowing the difference matters to winning the race  - Why self-loathing is a form of procrastination, how to keep it real with yourself  - Why being athletic is a secret women to founders -- it allows you to be confident, and win the race as a feminine founder    chapters 0:00 Introduction & Reclaiming the Masculine 0:33 Claire's Journey: From Masculine CEO to Finding Balance 3:43 Navigating Injustice Without Disempowering Yourself 5:08 Feminism, Individual Paths & Respecting All Voices 7:31 Capital, Fundraising & Being Valued Equally 11:10 Claire's New Company: Real-Time Hormone Tracking 13:59 Athlete Mindsets, Self-Worth & Surrendering Control 15:23 Reconnecting with Childhood Dreams & Confidence 17:46 Masculine vs. Feminine Energy in UX & Curiosity 21:19 Advice to Younger Self: Self-Loathing as Procrastination 24:27 Therapy, Softness & Making Peace with the Past 26:06 Recognizing Imbalance in the Body 28:23 Practice: Obsession Over Motivation 30:53 Self-Worth, Selling Yourself & Wrap-Up   Follow their journey: Connect with Claire Connect with Kristina Connect with me: IG: https://www.instagram.com/whereboundariesdissolvepodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@helena.arjuna?_t=8oSbtTilPSQ&_r=1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenasuter/ Support the show🎙 If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend, DM me to chat on IG, LinkedIn or comment on YouTube or on Spotify in the podcast Q&A section! Head over to Apple and leave a written review, or to the top of Spotify and leave a lil rating. Ty 3

  5. May 15

    The 2% Venture Funding Problem: "Lead With Money. Put The Empathy In The Appendix." with Naseem Sayani, Venture Investor, On The Pitching Mistake Costing Female Founders Millions, 88

    Women raise just 2% of venture capital. Naseem is on a mission to move that number and she has some uncomfortable truths about why women keep losing the room before they've even pitched. Naseem spent years at BCG Digital Ventures as one of just two female partners out of forty-five worldwide, sitting in boardrooms where capital flowed freely everywhere except towards women. She left to co-found Emmeline Ventures, a seed-stage fund backing female founders in health tech, financial services, and sustainability, and now works with female founders to fundraise and scale innovation. We explore: - Why women still get called "abrasive" while men get called "proactive", and the BCG experiment that proved the bias was real - The pitching reframe that rewires your brain so you can tell the story investors need to hear: "Lead with money. Put the empathy in the appendix." - Why picking up the coffee cups, taking the notes, and finishing sentences with an upward inflection is costing women deals, and promotions - The IVF journey that reshaped Naseem's career, purpose, and view on health tech for women (female founders in healthcare knew more about her body than her doctor did) - How to build investor relationships to fundraise successfully (how men raise $10M over a weekend, and why you aren't) - Why "abundance" is a strategy, not a vibe  Chapters 00:00  The 2% problem: why women still aren't getting the capital 02:00  Inside BCG: politics, lobbying for promotions, and life as the lone female partner 05:00  The newborn moment that ended her consulting career 07:30  Job descriptions, performance reviews, and the experiments that actually moved the needle 10:30  Confidence, the cups, and the notebook trap 14:00  Why women don't talk about money — and the deconditioning we owe ourselves 16:30  "Lead with money. Put the empathy in the appendix." 22:00  IVF, female health, and the capital disparity she couldn't unsee 27:00  Building Emmeline Ventures and changing where capital flows 31:00  Building investor trust before you need it. Living in abundance. Connect with Naseem: Her Linkedin Her Podcast "The Capital Flex Podcast" Connect with me: IG: https://www.instagram.com/whereboundariesdissolvepodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@helena.arjuna?_t=8oSbtTilPSQ&_r=1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenasuter/ Support the show🎙 If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend, DM me to chat on IG, LinkedIn or comment on YouTube or on Spotify in the podcast Q&A section! Head over to Apple and leave a written review, or to the top of Spotify and leave a lil rating. Ty 3

  6. May 4

    Are You Trying To Pivot In Your Career, But Feel Paralyzed ? 68% of Women Are Blocked, Because of Fear & Here's How To Change That, 86

    What if the reason you're not pivoting and spoting good career-opportunities has nothing to do with opportunity but everything to do with fear disguising itself a “your rational brain”? Helena gets raw about her own resistance to returning to entrepreneurship after a hard first attempt, and what finally broke through it. We explore: Why 68% of women in leadership (KPMG, 2023) cite fear of public failure as their #1 barrier to taking risks and what that means for the opportunities we're denying ourselves access to The perfection paralysis keeping women from applying for roles, pivoting into new industries, and betting on themselves — even when all the evidence says they should The concept of "misplaced loyalty" (McKinsey Women in the Workplace, 2023) and why staying loyal is costing women their careers How shadow work and one powerful journaling question helped Helena dismantle her limiting beliefs about sales, entrepreneurship, and what she was actually capable of The clenched fist metaphor: why trying to control every outcome is blocking the very opportunities you're looking for Why your network is your greatest asset (more than a degree, more than capital) and how to lean into community when uncertainty feels overwhelming Timestamp, Chapter Title | 00:00:00 | When Fear Almost Stopped Farrah, Irvine's First Brown, Muslim Mayor, From Running Again  | 00:02:00 | The Stats: How Fear Shows Up In Women's Careers  | 00:04:30 | Our Limiting Beliefs Cause: Perfection Paralysis, Misplaced Loyalty, And Obeying Rules We Didn't Make  | 00:05:00 | Why I Almost Said No To Entrepreneurship & Almost Missed The Opportunity of A lifetime Because of It | 00:07:00 | F.E.A.R.: False Evidence Appearing Real  | 00:08:30 | The Shadow Work Question During Journaling That Changed Everything  | 00:11:00 | How To Get Honest About Your Belief System (Without Gaslighting Yourself)  | 00:13:00 | The Open Palm Visualization Method To Releasing Control In order To Receive New Opportunities | | 00:15:30 | Community As Your Greatest Investment  Connect with me: IG: https://www.instagram.com/whereboundariesdissolvepodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@helena.arjuna?_t=8oSbtTilPSQ&_r=1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenasuter/ Support the show🎙 If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend, DM me to chat on IG, LinkedIn or comment on YouTube or on Spotify in the podcast Q&A section! Head over to Apple and leave a written review, or to the top of Spotify and leave a lil rating. Ty 3

  7. Apr 19

    Constructive Adrenaline: How Impact Leaders Turn Urgency Into Action (Without Burning Out), with Lia Carlucci, CEO Food Campus Berlin, Serial Entrepreneur, TedX Speaker, Mother, Mentor, & Badass Foodtechie, 86

    It's easy to mistake awareness for action and anxiety for accountability. Even when we take action, it's easy to spiral into "this alone will not solve the problem." This episode is for the fighters. The ones who feel the weight of what's happening in the world and refuse to look away, whether you're building a company, working in foodtech, healthtech, femmetech, media, or simply trying to live in a way that reflects what you believe to lead systemic change. Lia Carlucci, a serial entrepreneur + founder of Food Campus Berlin, shares what systemic change looks like in foodtech / innovation. She grounds us in the science about what moves the needle on our food system. She'll spark a conversation at your dinner table about the habits around consumption we've normalized, and what they're costing us, not just environmentally, but energetically.  This episode will show you >how to hold the urgency without drowning in it. >climate anxiety → climate action >anti-hustle but pro-impact, (how to actually be in your impact-era !) >how to build community, over competition, and actually have values-led impact >how to convert what feels like helplessness into what Lia calls constructive adrenaline–turning the problem you care most about into the thing you choose to build toward. We face daunting challenges as a collective. But the path through them is not heroic isolation, it's intersection between the scientist, the corporate innovator, the entrepreneur, the policymaker and investors. That starts much closer to home than we think: Our mindset and ability to widen our circle of influence. We increase our circle of influence by collaborating with others. With those who will meet your urgency with their own, and help you make an impact in the way that is most authentic to you. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome to the Pod 01:36 Everyone loves food, it connects everyone 03:58 Abandoning Medical Studies: "I left my medical studies, even though everyone was a doctor in my family, to work in food" 07:16 Building and Selling Lia's Supplement Brand, Nori 08:39 Lia's sprint in Corporate Innovation at Jaegermeister 10:57 Systemic Change Happens at Intersections 15:12 Collaboration Toolbox 17:53 Policy x Food Innovation: Policy First, or Innovation First? 22:25 Consumerism + Overconsumption: Shall We Talk About Our Coping Mechanisms? 25:58 Reducing Food Waste Habits 27:17 Abundance Over Scarcity With Consumerism: Is that even possible ? 28:33 No New Clothes Challenge for 1 Year? 30:00 Secondhand First Mindset 30:44 Tools For Impact Leaders 33:47 Motherhood And Efficiency 35:10 Food Climate Connection 38:10 Promising European Food Innovations 42:22 Dinner Table Objections: Debunking Common Beliefs around Food 45:43 Europe’s Pivotal Role 47:41 Empowerment + Pace: Are we Moving Fast Enough?! 51:02 Redefining Success as An Impact Leader To Stay Motivated Connect with me: IG: https://www.instagram.com/whereboundariesdissolvepodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@helena.arjuna?_t=8oSbtTilPSQ&_r=1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenasuter/ Support the show🎙 If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend, DM me to chat on IG, LinkedIn or comment on YouTube or on Spotify in the podcast Q&A section! Head over to Apple and leave a written review, or to the top of Spotify and leave a lil rating. Ty 3

  8. Apr 6

    Tune Your Frequency In Business: An Underleveraged Asset That Can Change Your Whole Trajectory, And Make Investors and Clients Say Yes, #85

    We have been taught that authority in business is earned through credentials, strategy, and relentless execution. It is. But why do women still earn less, raise less funds (2% of funding goes to women), and get overlooked, constantly?! Some say, it's about knowing how to speak to the hard facts, the KPIs, yes, but also: What's your body language, energy and frequency telling others?  Is it conveying that they'd be silly if they didn't invest in you? Or is your energy telling them that you're not good enough and thus a bad investment decision.  In this solo episode, Helena breaks down the one thing no one in business really talks about: how your energy helps determine your business outcomes. After nearly losing everything following her move to LA, Helena discovered that the only tool that saved her wasn't a better business plan, a better pitch, it was learning how to tune herself from the inside out (which then influenced how she tackled her work!)  This episode covers the exact principles and daily practices Helena uses to lead from a place of inner authority, and why that inner authority is what high-performing women must build first — before they can be trusted with rooms, capital, and clients. You'll learn: why your inner state is your most underleveraged business asset, how to stop seeking external validation and start radiating self-created authority, and also how to spot — and protect yourself from — the spiritual gaslighting that happens in entrepreneurial circles, and a real daily practice that rewires limiting beliefs at the neurological level. This one is for the woman who is brilliant, capable, and doing the work, but still walking into rooms braced to prove herself.  It's time to stop asking to be seen and start being undeniable. Chapters: 00:00 From Skeptic To Seeker 01:10 Frequency As Business Edge 02:26 Why Business Needs Spirit 03:08 Astrology And Inner Growth 05:22 Integrity And Gaslighting 08:05 Trust-Energy In Sales 12:04 Daily Energy Hygiene 12:51 Three Core Principles 16:01 Co Creating With Reality 18:41 Science Behind Mantras 20:57 My Personal Mantras 22:44 Rooted Closing Message Connect with me: IG: https://www.instagram.com/whereboundariesdissolvepodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@helena.arjuna?_t=8oSbtTilPSQ&_r=1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenasuter/ Support the show🎙 If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend, DM me to chat on IG, LinkedIn or comment on YouTube or on Spotify in the podcast Q&A section! Head over to Apple and leave a written review, or to the top of Spotify and leave a lil rating. Ty 3

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where boundaries dissolve is a podcast for entrepreneurs, innovators, business owners who are constantly disrupting and reinventing themselves and their business. We find beauty and meaning in doing extremely hard things as we create the future.

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  • Creator
    Helena Arjuna Suter
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    92
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2020 - where boundaries dissolve
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