Unspeakable Leadership

Rohene Bouajram
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Unspeakable Leadership is a global conversation diving deep into the vibrant and dynamic world of women of colour in leadership roles. Join us on a rollercoaster ride where the host, Rohene, and guests share stories of navigating challenges, turning a serious journey into a joyous exploration with laughter, cringe-worthy tales, and empowering moments. Let's take a break in our day and revel in the reminder that the world needs women of color leading authentically. Tune in, buckle up, and embark on this thrilling adventure with us! Rohene Bouajram is an international speaker and 20-year educator and leader in the higher education space. You can learn more of her work on www.rohenebouajram.com.

  1. I Am Not the Problem, Neither Are You.

    11/20/2025

    I Am Not the Problem, Neither Are You.

    In this season-closing reflection, Rohene Bouajram invites us to release one of the most persistent lies many of us carry: that who we are is something to fix. Through stories, letters, and the wisdom gathered from this season’s guests, she explores the living practices of radical self-acceptance and radical self-trust as pathways back to ourselves. We hear what it truly means to stop rehearsing smaller versions of who we are and start choosing the line to cross next, thought by thought, memory by memory, step by step. Rohene shares pieces of her own journey, including the grief of staying too long, the courage to leave, and the sacred act of devoting herself to truth, joy, and alignment. This finale reminds us that desires are data, our bodies are an archive of wisdom, and our individual becoming is right on time. Resources mentioned in this episode: Letter to my future self: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W50R91BWtk Letter to my younger self: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rohenebouajram_letterstolilly-activity-7389650833426116608-jZbr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAA3_LxMBYpNXcEAOCEyDg5fooYqV0LJc-UU   Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ Book me to speak: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/speaking Website www.rohenebouajram.com   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HGDNXxPfj0c?si=OiJVxlqFfTiX58v8

    17 min
  2. Decolonizing Mental Health By Returning to Your Body

    11/13/2025

    Decolonizing Mental Health By Returning to Your Body

    The answers you’ve been searching for have been living in your body all along. In this conversation with Kay Thellot, an ethnotherapist and founder of Prensip Minokan, we explore what it means to decolonize mental health and its role in our leadership journey. Remembering that our healing isn’t something we have to earn, it’s something we return to. Kay shares with Rohene Bouajram how reconnecting with ancestral practices, movement, and the quiet wisdom of the body helps us reclaim the parts of ourselves that colonial systems taught us to silence. We talk about how fear can look like excitement, what it means to cross the line back to your true self, and why the body is both archive and compass for women of colour reclaiming their power in leadership roles.   Connect with Kay: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kay-thellot-0300aa251](http://linkedin.com/in/kay-thellot-0300aa251) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prensip.minokan/?hl=en Website: https://www.prensipminokan.com/   Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ Website www.rohenebouajram.com   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OyBTHVaCa2o?si=FclnHElQovw5YCUG

    52 min
  3. Dare to be Ambitious: Redefine, Hold Joy, and Build Self-Trust

    11/06/2025

    Dare to be Ambitious: Redefine, Hold Joy, and Build Self-Trust

    Ambition, radical self-trust, and intentional joy. This conversation between Rohene Bouajram and Bianca B. King explores what it means for women of colour to redefine ambition on our own terms.  Leaving home at 13, later walking away from a successful corporate real estate career, and rebuilding from her “$38 moment” are all experiences that Bianca points back to as a series of catalysts to cross her line into the next version of herself. That experience fueled her mission to help women pursue success with joy, rather than burnout. Rohene and Bianca unpack the difference between ambition and perfectionism, and how women can reframe ambition as a source of self-liberation rather than pressure.  This episode reminds us that success and joy can coexist, and radical self-trust is the bridge between ambition and peace.   Connect with Bianca: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/biancahenryking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdambitious/ Website: https://www.biancabking.com/    Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ Website www.rohenebouajram.com   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NQwe3WUayMY?si=x949JvLHmJFYQKp5

    39 min
  4. Ancient Intelligence for Women Leaders in the AI Era

    10/30/2025

    Ancient Intelligence for Women Leaders in the AI Era

    Ancient wisdom, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, and shamanic healing can help women lead with clarity and confidence in the age of AI. Guest Leslie Ann Keeler shares how her journey through loss, cultural identity, and motherhood has shaped her leadership philosophy, integrating spirituality, neuroscience, and presence. Rohene and Leslie discuss what it means to balance technological innovation with grounded humanity and how community can serve as a stabilizing force in an AI-driven world. Listen for how practices like breathwork and nervous system regulation restore balance, deepen self-trust, and reconnect leaders to purpose. This episode invites you to reflect on the divine preparation behind every calling. It reminds us that ancient intelligence is the wisdom that keeps us whole and grounded as the world accelerates forward. Connect with Leslie: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslieannkeeler/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslieannkeeler/   Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ Website www.rohenebouajram.com   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X_U2hmT6LaQ?si=f6DoB0Q8uwPt1Hca

    36 min
  5. How Neurodivergent Women Lead Through Radical Acceptance

    10/23/2025

    How Neurodivergent Women Lead Through Radical Acceptance

    In this episode, masking, ADHD, neurodivergent identity, and radical acceptance take center stage as Ammara Wood shares her story of unlearning and rediscovery. She opens up about the years spent hiding her true self to survive in systems that were never built for her, and the liberation that came from choosing authenticity over approval. Through her lens as a late-diagnosed Black woman with ADHD, Ammara explores how neurodivergent women can reclaim their power by embracing self-awareness and self-compassion. Rohene Bouajram and Ammara Wood unpack what it means to “cross the line” from silence to radical self-acceptance and how that act becomes a form of leadership. There is an emotional toll of masking, courage required to stop, and organizational shifts needed to create inclusive workplaces. This episode is a raw, healing dialogue about identity, resilience, and the freedom that follows when we stop performing and start leading from who we truly are.   Connect with Ammara: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ammara-wood/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blissfully_nd Website: https://paperbell.me/blissfullynd  Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ Website www.rohenebouajram.com   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRktD6YQ3cs

    42 min
  6. Comparison: The Thief of Courage + Visualization as a Tool to Overcome

    10/16/2025

    Comparison: The Thief of Courage + Visualization as a Tool to Overcome

    Fear, comparison, and visualization take center stage in this conversation between host Rohene Bouajram and guest Urmi Hossain. Together, they explore how women of colour can break free from the silent race of measuring themselves against others and learn to cross the line into authentic leadership. Urmi shares how she transformed fear into an ally through daily acts of courage, intentional self-reflection, and the power of visualization. She opens up about her journey of unlearning comparison, manifesting purpose, and finding success on her own terms. This episode covers: the inner critic, cultural conditioning, and how fear often disguises itself as protection. Through stories of growth and resilience, Urmi shows that courage isn’t the absence of fear; rather, it’s the decision to keep moving forward anyway.   Connect with Urmi: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/urmihossain/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urmamio/ Website: https://www.womeninleadership.ca/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@urmihossain   Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ Website www.rohenebouajram.com   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2a9cHrf_Xc

    35 min
  7. The Cost of Being The Nice Girl

    10/09/2025

    The Cost of Being The Nice Girl

    What happens when being “nice” stops being a survival tool and starts holding you back? In this conversation, Rohene Bouajram sits down with Amira Barger, award-winning executive and author of The Price of Nice, to unpack the hidden costs of being “the nice girl” in leadership and life. We cover: Why “nice” often means silence, shrinking, or compliance Why the opposite of nice isn’t mean, it’s nerve How crossing the line can look like small, everyday acts of courage The difference between your “authentic self” and your “chosen self” What it really takes to lead with boldness, especially for women of color This episode is both a mirror and a challenge: what’s the cost of your nice and what would it look like to practice more nerve?   Grab Amira's book on her website, which currently has a special discount until October 28, 2025.   Connect with Amira: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirabarger/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amirabarger/?hl=en Website: https://amirabarger.com/   Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ Website www.rohenebouajram.com   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iigMiz6mS5k

    39 min
  8. True Leadership Begins with Crossing the Line

    10/02/2025

    True Leadership Begins with Crossing the Line

    In this opening episode of Unspeakable Leadership Season 4, host Rohene Bouajram introduces the theme: She Crossed the Line. Rohene shares a personal story from her childhood in Zimbabwe—her first race, the struggle of undiagnosed asthma, and the defining moment when her mother’s voice urged her to keep going. From that experience comes a lesson that still echoes today: leadership isn’t about arriving first; it’s about finding the courage to cross the line. This season explores the lines we all face: rules, expectations, ceilings, promises, and invisible barriers. Then we're called to consider what happens when women dare to step beyond them. You’ll hear stories, reflections, and tools to help you redefine leadership on your own terms. In this episode: The origin story behind She Crossed the Line What “the line” means in leadership and life Four grounding prompts to help you reflect and take action An invitation to step into authorship instead of interpretation Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ Website: www.rohenebouajram.com   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3rT517L7N60

    11 min
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Unspeakable Leadership is a global conversation diving deep into the vibrant and dynamic world of women of colour in leadership roles. Join us on a rollercoaster ride where the host, Rohene, and guests share stories of navigating challenges, turning a serious journey into a joyous exploration with laughter, cringe-worthy tales, and empowering moments. Let's take a break in our day and revel in the reminder that the world needs women of color leading authentically. Tune in, buckle up, and embark on this thrilling adventure with us! Rohene Bouajram is an international speaker and 20-year educator and leader in the higher education space. You can learn more of her work on www.rohenebouajram.com.

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  • Creator
    Rohene Bouajram
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 Rohene Bouajram
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    Unspeakable Leadership