The Global League of Women

You can’t always control what happens to you, but you can always control how you react to it. This is the power of mental reframing. If you want to change something, be it how you feel, how you do things, or what you believe, begin by intentionally changing your thoughts and choosing to reframe how you see your reality. Your thoughts about any situation that happens to you are always more powerful than the situation itself. Morgan Mercer has been able to reframe her reality in order to stay grounded in the face of sexism, ageism, and racism as a young minority female CEO. After spending years caring too much about external validation and other people’s opinions, Morgan discusses how she built up the confidence within herself by acknowledging her own power, and surrounding herself with other powerful female allies and mentors. Today, she is using her power to help others understand diverse perspectives. She is the Founder and CEO of Vantage Point, an innovative Virtual Reality training platform designed to build empathy and help companies prevent harassment and bullying. We also discuss: How to have productive and open conversations around hard topics like #BlackLivesMatter How to own your mistakes without giving up your power The importance of building powerful female communities Join a tribe of powerful female leaders. Apply to The Global League of Women at TheGLOW.org

Navroop Sahdev is the Founder and CEO of The Digital Economist, a global impact organization with the mission to drive technological convergence for a human-centered Digital Economy. She grew up in India surrounded by poverty wondering how she could help. After studying liberal arts, she transitioned into studying economics because she realized that money makes the world go round, and wanted the tools to affect change. Today, she is a renowned economist and technology futurist. She co-authored “Blockchain Economics” and Hyperledger’s "Blockchain for Business" online course which has trained over 160,000 entrepreneurs globally, and counting. You will learn why constraints are important for innovation, Navroop’s take on COVID-19s impact on our economy, and why it’s more important than ever to focus on building an equitable and sustainable world.

We typically only hear news about startups successfully raising venture capital or getting acquired, but what about the ones that fail? No entrepreneur ever starts a company expecting to fail, yet over 80% of them do. Fear of failure is widespread and causes people a lot of anxiety and stress. But what if we learned to celebrate failure more? On a personal level, failure can be liberating and empowering. A learning experience and a compass for future self-development. Today’s guest Sapna Shah co-founded a startup that ultimately failed in 2013 causing her deep insecurity about her next career steps. After a serendipitous conversation advising a friend about a potential investment, she soon found herself becoming more interested in investing in startups. Today, she is a professional angel investor and founder of Retail X, an event series and community supporting retail founders. Sapna’s journey is a reminder that our failures can result in many unexpected benefits. She now has even more empathy for founders, and knows what it takes to support a successful company.

Modern society has told us to be very selective in seeking romantic partners. We’re told to be our authentic selves, and swipe through quickly until we find someone who will be our perfect fit. As a result, dating apps have grown exponentially over the last few years. Unfortunately, this level of support has not transferred over to our careers even though we spend so much of our lives working. Frida Polli, CEO of pymetrics, is on a mission to help you find your perfect career fit in today’s job market. While getting her MBA at Harvard University, Frida had a front row seat to her peers’ career struggles and her own experiences of hiring bias as a 38-year-old single mother. However, instead of becoming a victim to the system, she decided to do something about it. Using her decades of experience in academic neuroscience, she founded Pymetrics, an artificial-intelligence driven tech platform to match job candidates with their perfect job fit, while removing hiring and career development biases. They currently work with over 100 enterprise clients and job-seekers globally.

For many women, there is a deeply rooted fear of aging and everything that comes with it - wrinkles, grey hair, weight gain. Instead of viewing the aging process as something natural, society's obsession with women’s youth and beauty creates a mindset of scarcity that makes us acutely aware of our body’s ticking time bomb, yet continually afraid to discuss it. Menopause is one such topic that we rarely discuss. The lack of knowledge around the natural evolution of our cycles means that many women are unprepared, both mentally and physically, for the physical change and the ensuing difficulty of adjusting to their body’s new normal. Michelle Aspinwall is a coach who works with women to help them embrace a mindset of “aging timelessly.” She encourages listening to our bodies and using monthly menstrual cycles as an “internal GPS system” to live more authentically. If you are interested in discovering how to truly love your body, this episode is for you. To dive deeper, join The GLOW Self-Love Challenge this month at theglow.org/selflove with code HERLOVE