BEYOND BARRIERS

Leadership isn't a destination, it's a continual act of becoming.

In this episode, Janet Foutty, former CEO of Deloitte Consulting and U.S. Board Chair, shares how her three-decade career shaped her understanding of courage, authenticity, and reinvention. From leading one of the world's largest consulting firms through transformation and crisis to redefining her own path after corporate life, Janet's story proves that growth doesn't end when you reach the top, it begins when you choose to evolve.

You'll discover how surrounding yourself with diverse thinkers strengthens leadership, why courage is often just doing the thing that scares you, and how purpose, not position, defines real impact.

Tune in to hear how bold decisions, diverse voices, and purpose-driven choices can transform your leadership at every stage of your career.

True balance isn't found. It's designed, line by line, through faith and focus.

In this episode, luxury calligrapher and engraver Kristin Andrews shares how she transformed a creative spark into a thriving business built on faith, discipline, and intention. From her start sketching rainbows on her mother's walls to founding Kreative Blends Calligraphy Studio, Kristin's story is one of balance and belief.

You'll hear how she manages a full-time career in tech, raises a family, and still creates elegant, meaningful experiences for brands like Nordstrom, Meta, Swarovski, and Tory Burch. Through courage and consistency, she's learned that boundaries don't limit creativity, they protect it.

Tune in to learn how to build confidence through structure, how faith fuels ambition, and how devotion turns passion into purpose.

The most powerful innovations often begin with a personal struggle, a moment when the system fails you, and you decide to build something better.

In this episode, Dr. Amy Divaraniya, Founder & CEO of Oova, shares how she transformed her own challenges into a platform redefining women's health. With a Ph.D. in genetics and genomics and years in data science, she built Oova to give women the data they need to make confident, informed choices about their health.

Her journey from scientist to CEO is a story of courage, innovation, and purpose proving that leadership isn't about having all the answers, but about building what's missing.

Tune in to learn how purpose drives innovation, why belief is a founder's best strategy, and what it takes to change systems from the inside out.

Resilience isn't built in moments of ease, it's forged through challenge, curiosity, and the courage to grow.

In this episode, Heather Brilliant, CEO of Diamond Hill Capital Management, shares how 38 rejection letters early in her career became the foundation for a life of resilience, curiosity, and courageous leadership. With experience spanning Bank of America, Morningstar, and now Diamond Hill, she reveals how staying open to feedback, to failure, and to change has fueled her growth as a leader and innovator in investment management.

Her journey from aspiring lawyer to CEO is a story of perseverance and adaptability, proving that leadership isn't about following a straight path, it's about learning, evolving, and leading with both humility and conviction.

Tune in to learn how resilience is built through feedback, why curiosity drives clarity, and what it means to lead with openness in a world that never stops changing.

Leadership doesn't come with instructions, it's created piece by piece.

In this episode, Chastity Lord, President & CEO of the Jeremiah Program, reveals how she has built a career by embracing uncertainty, dismantling inequities, and leading with courage.

From her early years as a first-generation college graduate raised by a single mom, to leadership roles at The Posse Foundation, Achievement First, and Color of Change, Chastity has shaped opportunity at every level. Today, she leads Jeremiah Program, one of the most impactful organizations for single mothers and their children, growing it by more than 300% in just five years.

Tune in to learn how to lead when no roadmap exists, why storytelling is a powerful lever for systems change, and what it takes to design leadership that thrives in a world without blueprints.