Power Of Women Podcast

Di Gillett
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The Power Of Women Podcast taps into the wisdom, experience and hard-won insights of extraordinary women - women who've done the hard yards, lived, struggled, built, rebuilt and are succeeding. Host Di Gillett knows what that looks like firsthand. She spent over 30 years building a career in executive search before walking away from it - by choice, to dedicate herself to championing women through this podcast. At 59 she staged her own reinvention. At 62 she's fitter and stronger than at any point in her life. This isn't a woman who stumbled into a passion project. It's a woman who looked at three decades of success and decided the next chapter mattered more. Through powerful storytelling, we showcase what has shaped us, challenge the narratives that have held us back, and remind every woman that reinvention has no age limit. And if you're a younger woman, this podcast gives you something most of us didn't have at your age… a roadmap. A chance to learn about courage, resilience, self-trust and ambition before life forces you to. A front-row seat to the stories that will one day guide your own. 🎧Listen in, because these are the stories proving women are never to be underestimated. That's the legacy we're building - episode by episode. 🎙️ Follow the podcast, leave a review, and subscribe so you never miss an episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Aug 9

    Janine Allis | The Federal Budget has the Potential to Destroy Business and Aspiration.

    Kudos to Janine Allis for being outspoken on the impact the Federal Budget will have on business and aspiration. Founders are calling it a tax on ambition. The rules changed after the risk was already taken. And the people this reform claims to help will be the ones paying for it. Janine Allis built Boost Juice Bars from a single store into a global retail network, backed founders as an investor, and mentors the next generation through The Business Academy. Whilst she has no doubts as to whether having a go is worth it, she certainly has questions around the fairness of changing the rules, and the viability of pursuing business opportunities is Australia. In this episode, Di and Janine Allis discuss the fallout from the Federal Budget - the CGT changes, negative gearing reforms, and whether the divide between a young founder and one with decades invested is about to get a lot wider. The Budget didn’t kill ambition, but it made it a whole lot more expensive.   We explore: •     Why Janine calls these tax changes a tax on ambition, not a correction. •     What a Budget like this teaches an aspiring entrepreneur before they've even started. •     Why the 25-year-old founder and the 55-year-old founder are not taking the same hit. •     Why Australia's capital gains tax rate is now a signal to build elsewhere. •     Janine's advice for the next female founder considering the leap.   Key takeaways: •     The founders taking the biggest hit are the ones this reform claims to protect. •     Ambition survives bad policy. It just gets more expensive to hold onto. •     Having a go was always a risk. This Budget raised the price of taking it.   Be the first to catch inspiring interviews, empowering stories, and thought-provoking conversations. 🎧 Watch and subscribe to: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts. ✔ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeuAx74qUBrHxaQPEnxRpTw?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hUXLl9Oc8xSSmR652wP3c?si=554c1a25f0e848a8 ✔ Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/power-of-women-podcast/id1735659590 ✔ Follow on the website: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast/   Who is Janine Allis? Janine Allis is one of Australia’s most distinguished entrepreneurs, and stands as a testament to what can be achieved with vision and determination. Her entrepreneurial journey began at the age of 32 from her kitchen bench, while juggling the responsibilities of three children, Janine has since cultivated a global empire rooted in her lived and learned experiences. With over 580 stores worldwide, her businesses serve as a model of global success and expansion and through The Business academy she mentors the next wave of entrepreneurs coming through.   Find Janine at: Websites: https://www.janineallis.com.au/business-academy/ https://thebusinessacademy.com.au/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/janineallis/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/janine_allis   Connect with Di & engage with Power Of Women: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-gillett-power-of-women/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/power_of_women_podcast/ Contact https://powerofwomen.com.au/contact/   💫 If this conversation lit a spark, please share the episode and help spread the stories that validate why women are never to be underestimated. Your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify keeps these stories alive.   Credits: Audio Editing + Sound Design: Daryl Missen – https://vinilo.com.au/ Executive Producer: George Donikian: https://www.donikianmedia.com.au/   Disclaimer: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast-disclaimer/ 💫Subscribe to the Power Of Women Podcast and leave a review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🤝 Interested in collaborating or a sponsorship partnership with Power Of Women Podcast. I’d love to hear from you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Janine Allis | The Federal Budget has the Potential to Destroy Business and Aspiration.

  2. Jul 26

    Jacqueline Freeman | Who Decided Experience Has An Expiry Date?

    When does experience stop being valued? At what age? Experienced women are being systematically sidelined from the workforce from the age of 40. The average unemployment timeline for over-50s in Australia is 86 weeks. Cognitive peak occurs in the late 50s. And the retirement age in Australia is 67. It’s 65 in New Zealand. You do the math. Yet, organisations continue to treat experience as a liability while calling it something more palatable such as restructuring, over-qualified, budget constraints. In this episode, Di Gillett and Jacqueline Freeman get straight to the point. This is not a feel-good episode. It is a thought leadership conversation with real intellectual teeth, and actionable insights for the woman who has ever felt the system beginning to look through her - rather than at her. Your experience isn’t baggage. It’s leverage.   We explore: 💡  Age discrimination in the workplace 💡  Retirement age and employment challenges 💡  Unconscious bias in hiring practices 💡  The mental health impact of age discrimination 💡  The value of older workers 💡  Strategies to combat workplace discrimination 💡  The future of age inclusivity in employment   Be the first to catch inspiring interviews, empowering stories, and thought-provoking conversations. 🎧 Watch and subscribe to: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts. ✔ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeuAx74qUBrHxaQPEnxRpTw?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hUXLl9Oc8xSSmR652wP3c?si=554c1a25f0e848a8 ✔ Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/power-of-women-podcast/id1735659590 ✔ Follow on the website: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast/   Who is Jacqueline Freeman? Jacqueline Freeman has spent three decades at the top of media and advertising. In 2025 she founded 58 & Unapologetic after a LinkedIn post about ageism went viral, making her one of the key authorities on age discrimination in the workforce, in the Southern Hemisphere. She writes and speaks on ageism, visibility and is a passionate advocate for the economic case for experience.   Find Jacqueline at: Website https://58andunapologetic.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelinefreeman-763ab891 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/58andunapologetic/   Connect with Di & engage with Power Of Women: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-gillett-power-of-women/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/power_of_women_podcast/ Contact https://powerofwomen.com.au/contact/   💫 If this conversation lit a spark, please share the episode and help spread the stories that validate why women are never to be underestimated. Your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify keeps these stories alive.   Credits: Audio Editing + Sound Design: Daryl Missen – https://vinilo.com.au/ Executive Producer: George Donikian: https://www.donikianmedia.com.au/   Disclaimer: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast-disclaimer/ 💫Subscribe to the Power Of Women Podcast and leave a review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🤝 Interested in collaborating or a sponsorship partnership with Power Of Women Podcast. I’d love to hear from you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Jacqueline Freeman | Who Decided Experience Has An Expiry Date?

  3. Jul 12

    Kate Save | Ultra-Processed Food Is Poison. Here's What To Do About It

    Ultra-processed food now makes up 40% of the average Australian diet. In America, it's 70%. And we are following that curve. Kate Save has spent 20 years on the front line of what happens to bodies when people eat what the food industry tells them is food. As a clinical dietitian, exercise physiologist, diabetes educator, and founder of Be Fit Food, she has watched chronic disease accelerate, mental health deteriorate, and a healthcare system that responds to illness rather than preventing it. This conversation does not gloss over the impact of; we are what we eat. We interrogate the weight loss drug industry, dismantle the myth of BMI, name the crisis in preventative health, and lay out exactly why ultra-processed food is not a grey area. Kate also delivers three specific, actionable changes every Australian woman can make today. No 12-week program. No sign-up. Just the truth about food, and what to do with it.   Key topics: Why ultra-processed food is not a grey area — and how to identify itThe weight loss drug industry: what no one is telling you about long-term relianceWhy BMI is an unreliable health metric and what to measure insteadThe sick care system versus a genuine healthcare system — and the cost of that gapThe link between diet and mental health, including a 32% remission rate for depression with a Mediterranean diet versus 7% with counselling aloneHow body composition, visceral fat and muscle mass are the real markers of healthThree practical changes every Australian woman can make todayHow to navigate food choices during travel, busy schedules and social eatingThe truth about carbohydrate intake as we age — and why muscle mass is non-negotiable  Be the first to catch inspiring interviews, empowering stories, and thought-provoking conversations. 🎧 Watch and subscribe to: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts. ✔ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeuAx74qUBrHxaQPEnxRpTw?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hUXLl9Oc8xSSmR652wP3c?si=554c1a25f0e848a8 ✔ Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/power-of-women-podcast/id1735659590 ✔ Follow on the website: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast/   Who is Kate Save? Kate Save is a clinical dietitian, exercise physiologist, diabetes educator, and the CEO and Founder of Be Fit Food - Australia's leading doctor and dietitian-designed meal program. With over 20 years on the front line of nutrition and chronic disease, Kate has worked across private hospital bariatric clinics, university nutrition education, and clinical practice before building a product that put whole food where synthetic meal replacements had dominated for decades. Kate is a proud mother of two and has spent her career advocating for food as the first medicine.   Find Kate at: Be Fit Food https://befitfood.com.au/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/katesavebefitfood/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/katesave/   Connect with Di & engage with Power Of Women: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-gillett-power-of-women/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/power_of_women_podcast/ Contact https://powerofwomen.com.au/contact/   💫 If this conversation lit a spark, please share the episode and help spread the stories that validate why women are never to be underestimated. Your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify keeps these stories alive.   Credits: Audio Editing + Sound Design: Daryl Missen – https://vinilo.com.au/ Filming: Chocolate Studios: https://chocolatestudios.com.au Executive Producer: George Donikian: https://www.donikianmedia.com.au/   Disclaimer: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast-disclaimer/ 💫Subscribe to the Power Of Women Podcast and leave a review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🤝 Interested in collaborating or a sponsorship partnership with Power Of Women Podcast. I’d love to hear from you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Kate Save | Ultra-Processed Food Is Poison. Here's What To Do About It

  4. Jun 28

    Anne Michaels | She Built It: How Women Are Breaking Ground in Construction

    Women have made serious inroads into residential property development. But commercial? That is a different game entirely. Larger assets, deeper pockets required, longer timelines, and a network of decision-makers that has, for decades, looked almost exclusively male. In Australia, you can count the women leading commercial development businesses on one hand and still have fingers left over. Anne Michaels is one of them. She didn't just enter this space. She bought a heritage bank on one of South Melbourne's most storied streets, assembled an almost entirely female project team, built a seven-level commercial development through a global pandemic, eleven interest rate rises and a work-from-home policy that threatened to make the entire asset irrelevant - and came out the other side with multiple industry awards and a building she intends to be heritage in its own right one day. Anne is the founder and managing director of sheBuilt, a Melbourne-based commercial property development company she established in 2016 with a single, unapologetic intention: to give women the opportunity to lead, excel, and leave their mark in one of Australia’s most male-dominated industries. In this episode, Anne shares with Di the highs and lows of breaking new ground for women.   Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the Power of Women Podcast 07:19 Transition into the Male-Dominated Construction Sector 13:45 The Meaning Behind the Name She Built 17:30 Industry Response to Women-Led Projects 20:02 The Rarity of Women-Led Construction Businesses in Australia 29:35 Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic 33:55 Lessons Learned and Personal Growth   Be the first to catch inspiring interviews, empowering stories, and thought-provoking conversations. 🎧 Watch and subscribe to: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts. ✔ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeuAx74qUBrHxaQPEnxRpTw?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hUXLl9Oc8xSSmR652wP3c?si=554c1a25f0e848a8 ✔ Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/power-of-women-podcast/id1735659590 ✔ Follow on the website: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast/   Who is Anne Michaels? Anne Michaels is the founder and managing director of sheBuilt, a Melbourne-based commercial property development firm she established to put women at the front of an industry that had kept them hidden - a place where women can support one another creating projects of significance. With more than 25 years' experience across property development, investment and finance, she has built a career defined by transforming under-utilised sites into high-performing assets — with women leading every step of the way. Her most recent and most personal project, BVIA on BANK, has won multiple industry awards Find Anne at: Website https://www.shebuilt.com.au/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-michaels-12a45476/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shebuilt.au/   Connect with Di & engage with Power Of Women: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-gillett-power-of-women/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/power_of_women_podcast/ Contact https://powerofwomen.com.au/contact/   💫 If this conversation lit a spark, please share the episode and help spread the stories that validate why women are never to be underestimated. Your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify keeps these stories alive.   Credits: Audio Editing + Sound Design: Daryl Missen – https://vinilo.com.au/ Filming: Chocolate Studios: https://chocolatestudios.com.au Executive Producer: George Donikian: https://www.donikianmedia.com.au/   Disclaimer: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast-disclaimer/ 💫Subscribe to the Power Of Women Podcast and leave a review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🤝 Interested in collaborating or a sponsorship partnership with Power Of Women Podcast. I’d love to hear from you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Anne Michaels | She Built It: How Women Are Breaking Ground in Construction

  5. Jun 14

    Jas Bedir | Are We Going Backwards? The Impact of Algorithms & Government Inaction

    The question isn't comfortable, but it does need to be asked. Mainstream culture keeps insisting that women have never had it so good. The boardroom diversity reports are framed as wins. The International Women's Day cupcakes are distributed with enthusiasm. And yet something doesn't add up. The data on regression in gender equality is mounting. The algorithmic pipeline from mainstream social media to radicalised misogyny is documented. And governments around the world, despite the evidence, have chosen to look the other way. To put that into context, think about learning framework for AI and what historical narratives are being ingested. In this episode, Di Gillett is joined by Jasmin Bedir, CEO of advertising agency, Innocean Australia and founder Fckthecupcakes (FTC) and her candour is both refreshing and at times, confronting. They interrogate whether women are genuinely going backwards, who is manufacturing the backlash, and what role technology - specifically AI and social media algorithms is playing in cementing discrimination that was supposed to be dismantled. They name the non-negotiables: what governments must mandate, what platforms must be held accountable for, and what women can collectively do right now to force the conversation out of the think-piece and into legislation.   We explore:: AI algorithms are not neutral — they reflect and amplify the biases embedded in the data and the teams that built themThe absence of government regulation on social media and AI is not a failure — it is a deliberate choice, and women need to make that choice politically costlyPerformative corporate activism actively distracts from the structural change that is neededThe manosphere is not a fringe phenomenon — it is algorithmically amplified, and platforms profit from itCollective action by women does not mean waiting for an invitation to the table — it means building a different table entirely  Chapters 05:24 Assessing Progress: Are We Moving Forward or Backward? 10:56 The Role of Men in Gender Equality 16:46 The Intersection of Technology and Gender 20:54 AI and Its Impact on Gender Discrimination 32:22 The Call for Regulation and Action     Be the first to catch inspiring interviews, empowering stories, and thought-provoking conversations. 🎧 Watch and subscribe to: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts. ✔ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeuAx74qUBrHxaQPEnxRpTw?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hUXLl9Oc8xSSmR652wP3c?si=554c1a25f0e848a8 ✔ Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/power-of-women-podcast/id1735659590 ✔ Follow on the website: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast/   Who is Jasmin Bedir? Jas comes with a German/Turkish/Aussie flavour of creative leadership at the helm of Innocean Australia. Known for delivering fearless campaign work for Innocean’s clients, but also fearless opinions on media, marketing, and its impact on popular culture. Jasmin regularly writes about the media’s responsibility to bring us forward as a society. She’s a regular Keynote speaker, occasional Gruen panelist and columnist.   Find Jasmin at: Website https://www.innocean.com.au/ LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminbedir/   Additional resources: Chanel Contos – Fix Our Feeds https://www.teachusconsent.com/fix-our-feeds   Connect with Di & engage with Power Of Women: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-gillett-power-of-women/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/power_of_women_podcast/ Contact https://powerofwomen.com.au/contact/   💫 If this conversation lit a spark, please share the episode and help spread the stories that validate why women are never to be underestimated. Your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify keeps these stories alive.   Credits: Audio Editing + Sound Design: Daryl Missen – https://vinilo.com.au/ Executive Producer: George Donikian: https://www.donikianmedia.com.au/   Disclaimer:  https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast-disclaimer/ 💫Subscribe to the Power Of Women Podcast and leave a review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🤝 Interested in collaborating or a sponsorship partnership with Power Of Women Podcast. I’d love to hear from you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Jas Bedir | Are We Going Backwards? The Impact of Algorithms & Government Inaction

  6. May 31

    Yasmin London | The Power of Identity: This is Me – Take it or Leave it.

    Was there a moment you just thought - this is me, take it or leave it? Yasmin [Yas] London has worn many hats: elite athlete, police officer, cyber safety expert, keynote speaker, founder, author, and now - a woman who has stepped fully into a purpose-led life. In this episode, Yas talks with Di about the identity crisis that followed missing the Sydney 2000 Olympics at eighteen. About coming out and having to earn her place - literally changing how she looked, just to be accepted by the community she was trying to belong to. About thirteen years in the NSW Police Force and what it teaches you about human behaviour when you're standing at the edge of a cliff with someone at 3am. And about why she built First Movers: because women and girls are still being conditioned to wait. She's done waiting. Yas London shares her story – take it or leave it.   We explore/Key takeaways: Resilience and identity and what impacts usCyber safety and online harmsWomen's empowerment and leadershipMental health and well-being in high-pressure rolesThe importance of self-acceptance and authenticityGender bias and online harms faced by womenThe ethos of 'going first' and leadership  Be the first to catch inspiring interviews, empowering stories, and thought-provoking conversations. 🎧 Watch and subscribe to: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts. ✔ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeuAx74qUBrHxaQPEnxRpTw?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hUXLl9Oc8xSSmR652wP3c?si=554c1a25f0e848a8 ✔ Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/power-of-women-podcast/id1735659590 ✔ Follow on the website: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast/   Who is Yasmin London? Yasmin London is the founder of First Movers Co. and a former world champion athlete, police officer, and tech director. She brings rare, real-world insight to the intersection of technology, gender, youth and culture blending powerful storytelling with evidence-based strategy to activate leaders who go first, create momentum, and shape environments where everyone can rise.   Find Yas at: Website https://yasminlondon.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-london/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_yaslondon_/   Connect with Di & engage with Power Of Women: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-gillett-power-of-women/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/power_of_women_podcast/ Contact https://powerofwomen.com.au/contact/   💫 If this conversation lit a spark, please share the episode and help spread the stories that validate why women are never to be underestimated. Your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify keeps these stories alive.   Credits: Audio Editing + Sound Design: Daryl Missen – https://vinilo.com.au/ Executive Producer: George Donikian: https://www.donikianmedia.com.au/   Disclaimer: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast-disclaimer/ 💫Subscribe to the Power Of Women Podcast and leave a review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🤝 Interested in collaborating or a sponsorship partnership with Power Of Women Podcast. I’d love to hear from you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Yasmin London | The Power of Identity: This is Me – Take it or Leave it.

  7. May 17

    Vanessa Bell | Playing It Safe Was Never an Option

    At what point does playing it safe become the greatest risk of all? That's the question sitting at the centre of this conversation. Vanessa Bell has walked runways for global fashion houses. She's led million-dollar media campaigns at one of Australia's most awarded agencies. And then she walked away from all of it to live and work on the land in regional New South Wales and build a luxury fashion brand rooted in Australian Merino wool. This is a story about what happens when a woman stops waiting to be invited and starts laying the foundations herself. We go deep on the proof problem - the additional credibility tax women pay in male-dominated industries, on what it takes to be taken seriously when the room wasn't built for you, and on why perseverance will always outlast passion. If fear has been doing your decision-making, this episode is the interruption it needs.   We explore: Vanessa’s career transition from fashion and media to agribusiness and life in a small country town in rural Australia.The importance of resilience, courage, and community in reinvention.Women in male-dominated industries: Why she chose to create her own table rather than fight for a seat at someone else's.The shift from attention economy to trust economy, and what that means for sustainable fashion.The supply chain from sheep to garment, and what sustainability and full traceability involves.  Be the first to catch inspiring interviews, empowering stories, and thought-provoking conversations. 🎧 Watch and subscribe to: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts. ✔ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeuAx74qUBrHxaQPEnxRpTw?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hUXLl9Oc8xSSmR652wP3c?si=554c1a25f0e848a8 ✔ Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/power-of-women-podcast/id1735659590 ✔ Follow on the website: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast/   Who is Vanessa Bell? Vanessa Bell is the Founder and CEO of Vanessa Bell Luxury Knitwear - a brand built at the powerful intersection of sustainable fashion, regenerative agriculture and Australian Merino wool. A former international model, Vanessa traded the runway for the land and is now building a fully traceable, paddock-to-garment luxury brand from her property at Emu Creek in the New England region of New South Wales.   Find Vanessa Bell at: Website https://vanessa-bell.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/vjbell/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vanessabellofficial/   Connect with Di & engage with Power Of Women: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-gillett-power-of-women/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/power_of_women_podcast/ Contact https://powerofwomen.com.au/contact/   💫 If this conversation lit a spark, please share the episode and help spread the stories that validate why women are never to be underestimated. Your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify keeps these stories alive.   Credits: Audio Editing + Sound Design: Daryl Missen – https://vinilo.com.au/ Executive Producer: George Donikian: https://www.donikianmedia.com.au/   Disclaimer: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast-disclaimer/ 💫Subscribe to the Power Of Women Podcast and leave a review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🤝 Interested in collaborating or a sponsorship partnership with Power Of Women Podcast. I’d love to hear from you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Vanessa Bell | Playing It Safe Was Never an Option

  8. May 3

    Jane Smorodnikova | Stressed? The Data Doesn't Lie - What Your Heart Rate Is Telling You

    Most high-performing women believe they are coping. The data tells a different story. In this episode, Di Gillett sits down with Jane Smorodnikova, founder and CEO of Welltory: the world's first consumer app to use heart rate variability (HRV) to measure stress, energy and recovery in real time - to have the conversation that every woman running on empty needs to hear. From building a 16-million-user global platform without institutional funding, to navigating the physiological cost of chronic stress as a female founder, Jane brings both the science and the lived experience. This is an evidence-based, boundary-pushing conversation about what is really happening inside the female nervous system, and what the data reveals when we stop lying to ourselves.   We explore: •       How Jane built a 16-million-user platform to profitability without Silicon Valley backing •       The personal cost of founder stress and what Jane believes triggered early perimenopause signs •       Why women experience stress differently - the 'tend and befriend' response versus fight or flight •       What signals high-performing women consistently ignore and how long the nervous system can compensate before it forces a reset •       Heart rate variability explained in plain language and why it is a more powerful measure than steps, calories or hours slept •       How HRV shifts during perimenopause and menopause, and why so many women in midlife are misdiagnosed •       The role of AI in personal health - where it genuinely helps and where caution is essential •       Who really owns your biometric data — and what happens to it when investors get involved •       Jane's daily non-negotiables for her nervous system and her one metric every woman should prioritise over productivity and weight New podcast episodes drop every Monday to power your week.   Be the first to catch inspiring interviews, empowering stories, and thought-provoking conversations. 🎧 Watch and subscribe to: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts. ✔ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeuAx74qUBrHxaQPEnxRpTw?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4hUXLl9Oc8xSSmR652wP3c?si=554c1a25f0e848a8 ✔ Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/power-of-women-podcast/id1735659590 ✔ Follow on the website: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast/   Who is Jane Smorodnikova? Jane Smorodnikova is the founder and CEO of Welltory, the world's first consumer app to use heart rate variability to help everyday people understand their stress, energy and recovery in real time. Jane took a clinical metric once reserved for elite athletes and military performance labs and turned it into a daily decision-making tool now used by over 16 million people globally. She built Welltory to profitability without institutional venture capital, navigating Silicon Valley scepticism and the very real physiological cost of high-stakes leadership.   Find Jane at: Website https://welltory.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/smorodnikova/?skipRedirect=true Instagram https://www.instagram.com/welltory/   Connect with Di & engage with Power Of Women: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-gillett-power-of-women/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/power_of_women_podcast/ Contact https://powerofwomen.com.au/contact/   💫 If this conversation lit a spark please share the episode and help spread the stories that prove women are never to be underestimated. Your ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify keeps these stories alive.   Credits: Audio Editing + Sound Design: Daryl Missen – https://vinilo.com.au/ Executive Producer: George Donikian: https://www.donikianmedia.com.au/   Disclaimer: https://powerofwomen.com.au/podcast-disclaimer/ 💫Subscribe to the Power Of Women Podcast and leave a review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🤝 Interested in collaborating or a sponsorship partnership with Power Of Women Podcast. I’d love to hear from you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Power Of Women Podcast taps into the wisdom, experience and hard-won insights of extraordinary women - women who've done the hard yards, lived, struggled, built, rebuilt and are succeeding. Host Di Gillett knows what that looks like firsthand. She spent over 30 years building a career in executive search before walking away from it - by choice, to dedicate herself to championing women through this podcast. At 59 she staged her own reinvention. At 62 she's fitter and stronger than at any point in her life. This isn't a woman who stumbled into a passion project. It's a woman who looked at three decades of success and decided the next chapter mattered more. Through powerful storytelling, we showcase what has shaped us, challenge the narratives that have held us back, and remind every woman that reinvention has no age limit. And if you're a younger woman, this podcast gives you something most of us didn't have at your age… a roadmap. A chance to learn about courage, resilience, self-trust and ambition before life forces you to. A front-row seat to the stories that will one day guide your own. 🎧Listen in, because these are the stories proving women are never to be underestimated. That's the legacy we're building - episode by episode. 🎙️ Follow the podcast, leave a review, and subscribe so you never miss an episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Di Gillett
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    2024 - 2026
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