Under the Sisterhood
The Under the Sisterhood Podcast is where women's lived experiences become a catalyst for understanding, connection, and change.
Hosted by Elizabeth Elfenbein, each conversation invites women from around the world to share their stories with honesty, courage, and vulnerability. Together, they explore the moments that shape our lives—from health and mental wellness to leadership, identity, relationships, caregiving, equity, and the many experiences that define what it means to be a woman.
More than a podcast, Under the Sisterhood is a storysharing platform. Every conversation contributes to Women's Lived Experience Intelligence™, helping transform individual stories into insights that can shape healthcare, innovation, research, and culture.
At Under the Sisterhood, we believe every woman's story matters. Through storysharing, we create space for women to be seen, heard, valued, and celebrated—one conversation at a time.
Seasons & Special Editions
Season 1: Being a Woman in Today's World
Season 2: Women's March of Voices
Season 3: Women Making the World Healthier
Season 4: Women's March for Mental Wellness
Season 5: Women's March for Change
Special Editions: Under the Hood Vlogs • Women Investing in Women's Health • Women Making History
Produced by Matt Butler with original music by Ayla Schafer.
Under the Sisterhood
Woman in search of home with Shubhra Sharma.
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Today we’re getting under the hood with Shubhra Sharma a daughter, sister, friend, women’s advocate and the founder of CRIA Hair, a holistic hair wellness startup that champions minimalist, life-affirming products designed for women 40+.
Her 30-year career highlights include empowering girls and women across cultures and economies by implementing literacy programs that increased women's literacy rates from 3% to 80% in some of the most economically depressed and violence-affected regions of India within a decade. Shubhra co-founded Khabar Lahariya, a groundbreaking rural women’s newspaper that became the subject of the OSCAR-nominated documentary Writing with Fire (2022). She has led women and gender studies programs at premier U.S. institutions, including Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.
Shubhra’s life and work are built on four core values: trust, empathy, connection, and community—the same values that strengthen and empower women. At the heart of every project and initiative she undertakes are grit and gumption—powerful qualities that she inherited from my mother and grandmothers.
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