Join Leslie Gaudet and Carolyn Jahnke, Founding Attorney and CEO of Athena Legal Solutions, for a refreshingly honest and empowering conversation about what it truly means to build a woman-owned business on a foundation that is not just successful but genuinely protected, sustainable, and built to last. With more than 20 years of experience inside nonprofits, startups, and corporate organizations, Carolyn brings a perspective to legal strategy that most attorneys simply cannot offer — one that is grounded in the real-world realities of running and growing a business rather than the fear-based messaging that keeps so many women entrepreneurs avoiding legal conversations altogether. In this episode, Carolyn opens up about what led her to found Athena Legal Solutions and why she built it specifically for women entrepreneurs, what it truly means to have a long-term legal partner rather than a reactive one, and why she believes strong legal foundations are not about restriction or perfection but about creating freedom and real options for the future. If you have been building something meaningful but have been avoiding the legal side of your business because it feels overwhelming or not urgent enough yet — this conversation is going to change the way you think about what it means to truly protect what you are creating. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign [email protected] ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I built the space I have been sitting on for a while now — a place where women can show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation. We are having our first gathering on Thursday, July 23rd, 2026 at 12 pm EDT and have a few spots still open if you’d like to join us. Send me a quick email and I’ll send you the link to register. If you can’t make it this time and you want to join us for future gatherings, send me an email with the words "I'm in for Monthly Gathering" and I will make sure to reach out to you for the next one. Email: [email protected] ******************************************************************** Here’s how you can connect with Carolyn Jahnke. https://athenalegalsolutionsllc.com/ Schedule a Consult: https://cozycal.com/athena-legal-solutions/f/initial-consultations Phone Number: (608) 293-4574 Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AthenaLegalSolutions Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athena_legal/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/athena-legal-solutions-llc/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when a capable woman can tell the truth only after removing her name? In this episode, Leslie reflects on the growing number of intelligent, accomplished women using the anonymous filter to share what they’re carrying. Not because they don’t know how to speak, lead, or make decisions, but because they understand exactly what their name, role, reputation, and relationships may ask them to consider before they say what is true. This conversation explores the tension between being known and being honest, why a written post can’t always carry what a human voice can, and why Leslie created the Faceless and Nameless Gatherings as a space where your voice can enter before your title does. No face. No name. No title. Just you. If you’ve ever needed to remove your identity before you could say what was true, this conversation is for you. Your voice deserves somewhere to land before your name, role, or reputation decides how much of it is safe to share. something — this conversation is going to show you there is another way. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign [email protected] ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I built the space I have been sitting on for a while now — a place where women can show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation. We are having our first gathering on Thursday, July 23rd, 2026 at 12 pm EDT. If you want to join us for future gatherings, send me an email with the words "I'm in for Monthly Gathering" and I will make sure to reach out to you for the next one. Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Leslie Gaudet and Tina Hughes, immigration attorney, law firm owner, and business coach, for a straight-talking and deeply empowering conversation about what it truly means to build a law firm (and a life) that doesn’t require you to sacrifice one for the other. Tina spent years doing everything herself, feeling the relentless pressure of constant growth and the weight of a business that depended entirely on her. And then she made a bold, deliberate decision to change everything. By implementing strong systems, restructuring her pricing and workflow, and making the identity shift from attorney to CEO, she built a multi-seven-figure firm while working a fraction of the hours she once did. In this episode, Tina opens up about what that strategic shift actually required of her, why so many talented women attorneys struggle to step into their CEO role even when they know it’s necessary, and what gets in the way of women charging what their work is truly worth. You’ll also hear what her life actually looks like now compared to where she was, and what she wants every exhausted, overwhelmed woman in professional practice to know about what’s truly possible. If you’ve been building a successful business but somewhere along the way you’ve lost yourself in it, this conversation is going to remind you that you were never meant to choose between the two. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign [email protected] ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I've been sitting on an idea for how to create a space where women can finally show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. A monthly gathering. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be a woman navigating this profession. If I built it — would you come? Send me an email with the words “I’m in for Monthly Gathering” and that will be enough for me to know that you’re interested. Email: [email protected] ***FYI: First Gathering is July 23rd, 2026. If you want in, email me asap! ******************************************************************** Here’s how you can connect with Tina Hughes. https://cristinahughes.com/services/coaching-program/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristinahughes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Leslie Gaudet explores the moment when a request sounds reasonable, your calendar can technically make room, and yet something in you already knows the yes is going to cost more than anyone else can see. For the woman who knows how to adjust, rearrange, compress, and make things work, capability can become hard to question. The work gets done. The deadline is met. The people around you are supported. But somewhere in the middle of making room for everything and everyone else, the things that mattered to you may have quietly been moved again. Leslie invites you into a deeper conversation about energy, alignment, and the private math behind the yeses that look simple from the outside. This isn’t about becoming unavailable or saying no to everything. It’s about noticing the moment before your ability to make it work becomes the reason you keep moving yourself out of the way. If you have ever agreed before your energy had a chance to speak, this episode will meet you there. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign [email protected] ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I've been sitting on an idea for how to create a space where women can finally show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. A monthly gathering. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be a woman navigating this profession. And the first one is happening on July 23rd at 12 pm EST. I'm keeping it small and intimate (10 women). If you'd like to be a part of it, let me know. Just send me an email and I'll send you the link to register. And just know that if the spots are gone, I'll add you to the spreadsheet for the next one. Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Leslie Gaudet and Angela Conway, attorney, social entrepreneur, and founder of the Lady Justice Initiative, for a bold and inspiring conversation about what it truly means to build something from nothing — and dedicate your career to changing systems that were never designed to work for everyone. Angela has spent decades leading initiatives across more than 30 countries, advising cabinet-level government officials, and championing women in law at every level. Before founding the Lady Justice Initiative, she turned a single idea at the American Bar Association into a 19-country operation across the Middle East and North Africa — and today she is leading systems change at the cutting edge of AI and law. In this episode, Angela opens up about the journey that led her to create the Lady Justice Initiative, what it truly takes to build bold visionary change at scale, and what the greatest opportunities and risks are as AI reshapes legal systems and gender equality around the world. You will also hear what she believes still needs to change for women in law — and why more women entering the profession is only the beginning. If you have ever felt called to something bigger than yourself but were not sure where to begin — this conversation will remind you that willingness is where everything starts. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign [email protected] ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I've been sitting on an idea for how to create a space where women can finally show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. A monthly gathering. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be a woman navigating this profession. If I built it — would you come? Send me an email with the words “I’m in for Monthly Gathering” and that will be enough for me to know that you’re interested. Email: [email protected] ******************************************************************** Here’s how you can connect with Angela Conway. https://www.ladyjusticeinitiative.org linkedin.com/in/angelakconway   https://www.linkedin.com/company/lady-justice-initiative/ Lady Justice Initiative - YouTube Instagram @ladyjusticeinitiativ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Leslie Gaudet for a reflective solo episode about the moment you realize the way you learned to succeed may no longer be the way forward. In this episode, Leslie explores the old rules many women carry in professional and entrepreneurial spaces. Be dependable. Be prepared. Be easy to count on. Say yes when you’re needed. Prove you can handle the room. Prove you deserve the seat. Those rules may have helped you build credibility, trust, opportunity, and success. But there may come a point when the same rules that helped you rise begin asking for more access to your energy than you want to keep giving. Leslie also shares why energy has to come before time, how your yes can reveal what you’ve been overriding, and how this connects to her Resilience and Energy Mastery work, including The YES Reset Method™. This conversation is for the woman standing at the edge of a new season, wondering what old rule she has outgrown but is still obeying because it once helped her succeed. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign [email protected]  ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I've been sitting on an idea for how to create a space where women can finally show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. A monthly gathering. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be a woman navigating this profession. If I built it — would you come? Send me an email with the words “I’m in for Monthly Gathering” and that will be enough for me to know that you’re interested. Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Leslie Gaudet and Sacha Hughes, author and storyteller, for a raw, honest, and deeply human conversation about what it truly looks like to find your way back to yourself after life has taken you completely apart. Sacha's journey is not a polished success story. It is something far more real. After losing her mother, navigating a high-pressure career in London recruitment, divorce, and single parenting, she spent years lost in grief, self-sabotage, and the desperate search for love in all the wrong places. And then, slowly and imperfectly, she began to choose herself. In this episode, Sacha opens up about what self-sabotage actually looks like from the inside and what it finally took to recognize the patterns she had been living, how grief unravels everything we think we know about ourselves and the unexpected gifts it can leave behind, and why humor has been one of her most powerful tools for opening doors that shame tends to keep firmly closed. If you have ever found yourself somewhere in the middle of a messy, unfinished chapter and wondered if you will ever find your way through — this conversation is your reminder that you will. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign [email protected] ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I've been sitting on an idea for how to create a space where women can finally show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. A monthly gathering. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be a woman navigating this profession. If I built it — would you come? Send me an email with the words “I’m in for Monthly Gathering” and that will be enough for me to know that you’re interested. ******************************************************************** Here’s how you can connect with Sacha Hughes. www.sachahughes.com https://www.facebook.com/SachaHughesAuthor https://www.instagram.com/sachahughes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Leslie Gaudet for a reflective conversation about the moment when the life you built still works on paper, but something in you begins asking whether it still fits the life you want to live. In this episode, Leslie closes out the June series on Building an Extraordinary Life by exploring why extraordinary can’t be reduced to one image of success. Through her guest conversations around career, home, support, business, service, freedom, and quality of life, she looks at the tension between admiring someone else’s version of success and telling the truth about what would actually feel true for you. Leslie also shares the question this series brought up in her own life as she continues building her coaching business, her podcast, The Faceless and Nameless Gatherings, her collaborations, and the work she feels called to do: not only what am I building, but what is this building making room for? This conversation is for the woman whose life still makes sense, whose responsibilities are real, and whose accomplishments matter, but who has started noticing that functioning is not the same as fit. Nothing has to be falling apart for her to realize that the life she has built may be asking for more of her than she wants to keep giving. If you have ever wondered whether the life that once supported you is still meant to stay at the center, this episode invites you to ask a different question: What does an extraordinary life mean to you when no one else is defining it? ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign [email protected]  ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I've been sitting on an idea for how to create a space where women can finally show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. A monthly gathering. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be a woman navigating this profession. If I built it — would you come? Send me an email with the words “I’m in for Monthly Gathering” and that will be enough for me to know that you’re interested. Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Leslie Gaudet and Kirsten Graham, business strategist and outsourcing expert, for an honest and empowering conversation about what it truly means to stop surviving your business and start building the extraordinary life you actually envisioned when you started it. With a decade of experience helping entrepreneurs build businesses that work for their lives — not against them — Kirsten has guided countless women through the process of putting the right systems, support, and foundations in place so they can finally grow with confidence and clarity.  In this episode, Kirsten opens up about the why behind her mission, why delegating does not mean giving up control but rather leaning into someone else's expertise while you remain firmly in charge, and why so many entrepreneurs try to scale before their foundation is actually ready to hold the weight of their vision. You will hear why women often believe the lie that they have to know how to do everything in their business before they can let go of it, what becomes possible when a woman finally builds the right support team around her, and a beautiful story about one virtual assistant whose life changed because of the work Kirsten and her business partner do.   If you have been running your business on sheer determination and wondering why it still does not feel like freedom — this conversation will show you exactly what has been missing and what becomes possible when you finally build it right. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign [email protected]  ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I've been sitting on an idea for how to create a space where women can finally show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. A monthly gathering. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be a woman navigating this profession. If I built it — would you come? Send me an email with the words “I’m in for Monthly Gathering” and that will be enough for me to know that you’re interested. ******************************************************************** Here’s how you can connect with Kirsten Graham.  YouTube: https://youtube.com/@sixfigurebusinesscoaching Website: https://sixfigurebusinesscoaching.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SixFigureBusinessCoachingFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/kirsten.graham.3517 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirstengrahamsfbc/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sfbizcoaching/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sfbizcoaching?_t=ZS-90tUPiAZqvl&_r=1 Profit Clarity Masterclass (twice a month for business owners ready to build a scalable business on a solid financial foundation). Learn more or apply to be an affiliate here: http://lessmathmoremoney.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Leslie Gaudet for a deeply honest conversation about the kind of decision that feels hard not because you do not know what you want, but because what you want and what feels safe are both true. In this episode, Leslie shares the tension she has been sitting with as she continues building her coaching business, her podcast, the Gatherings, and the work she feels called to do, while still holding onto the legal work that provides dependable income, predictability, and stability. Through her own experience of living in beautiful Playa del Carmen while realizing that many of her days still happen from the same chair, in front of the same screen, Leslie opens up about the quiet ache of creating a life that supports you, only to realize it may no longer leave enough room for you to fully live it. This conversation explores what happens when there is no obvious villain, no dramatic collapse, and nothing you can point to as proof that something has to change. Just the honest recognition that what once worked may have done its job, and the life you want now may be asking for something different. If you have ever known what you wanted and still found yourself hesitating because the safe choice still mattered, this conversation will help you stop turning the pause into evidence against yourself. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign [email protected]  ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I've been sitting on an idea for how to create a space where women can finally show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. A monthly gathering. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be a woman navigating this profession. If I built it — would you come? Send me an email with the words “I’m in for Monthly Gathering” and that will be enough for me to know that you’re interested. Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices