Female Fridays
On Female Fridays, we go beyond the résumé to reveal the real stories of women leading with courage, complexity, and heart.
Hosted by Rachel Keller — a journalist at heart and a Vice President by trade — this podcast features unfiltered conversations with extraordinary women in healthcare, senior living, entrepreneurship, and beyond.
These are the stories behind the titles: breaking glass ceilings, navigating imposter syndrome, redefining power, and building legacy on their own terms.
If you're craving deeper, more human stories of leadership — the doubt, the pivots, the quiet wins — you’re in the right place.
Because true leadership was never just a title.
Tune in each Friday for real talk, emotional insight, and the truth behind what it really takes to lead.
Episodes
15 episodes
Why High Achievers Stop Listening to Themselves with Life Coach Rachel Zurer
Most high achievers are really good at thinking their way through life.We analyze. We strategize. We push forward.But what happens when success on paper doesn’t feel aligned on the inside?In this episode of Female Frida...
How to Grow a Personal Brand on LinkedIn with Christie Freeze
If you’ve ever wondered how to grow your personal brand on LinkedIn without sounding self-promotional… this episode is for you.In today’s episode of Female Fridays, I’m sitting down with one of my industry besties, Christie Free...
How to Network Inside Your Organization (Without Feeling Awkward) with Author Rachel B Simon
How to Network at Work: Internal Networking Strategies for Career Growth With Rachel Simon | Female FridaysWant to know how to network at work — without feeling fake, pushy, or transactional?In this episode of Femal...
When the Dream Changes: Mimi Godin on Outgrowing Your Plan and Finding a Bigger Purpose
What happens when the dream you’ve been chasing for years no longer fits?After building a career across hundreds of dental practices, Mimi Godin landed the job she’d worked toward for years — only to realize six months later it wasn’t wh...
When Proving Yourself Is Exhausting: How to Reprioritize and Find Peace with Dr. Mariz Tanious
What happens when the drive to prove yourself collides with the pressure to be perfect?In this episode of Female Fridays, I sit down with Dr. Mariz Tanious, Chi...
She Took Care of Everyone Until She Finally Chose Herself: Roxy Couse on Building Half a Million Followers and Finding Freedom
If you’ve ever felt the weight of holding everything together—at work, at home, and in your relationships—this episode is for you.This week on Female Fridays, I sit down with Roxy Couse, the creator known as The Mille...
She Jumped Out of Airplanes and Negotiated Million-Dollar Deals: Then Motherhood Brought Her to Her Knees. The Truth About Ambition & Motherhood with Priya Rednam-Waldo
She jumped out of airplanes. Negotiated million-dollar public health deals. Graduated from Johns Hopkins.But when it came time to start her family, Priya Rednam-Waldo thought: how hard could a baby be?In this episo...
When Life Comes Crashing Down: Katie Grant on Rebuilding After a Traumatic Brain Injury
What happens when the identity you’ve worked your whole life to build disappears in an instant?That’s the story of Katie Grant, VP of Account Management at
She Had the Harvard Degree and Dream Job—Then Walked Away from It All. Learning to Trust Yourself with Tama Kieves
Have you ever done everything “right” — checked every box, landed the dream job, hit the big milestones — but still wondered, Is this really it? That’s exactly where my guest Tama Kieves found herself. She had the Harvard Law degree, t...
How to Lead When You’re the Youngest in the Room with Julianne Fries & Amy Robertson on Managing Older Employees
If you're a younger manager leading older employees — or stepping into a leadership role before you feel ready — this episode is your go-to guide.I sat down with Julianne Fries and Amy Robertson of Cassia Life, two women who sta...
This Is How Smart Women Are Using AI to Win at Work with Rachel Fuld-Cohen
What does it really take to stay relevant in a world run by algorithms?This week on Female Fridays, I sat down with Rachel Fuld-Cohen — a brilliant, future-focused tech COO at Silicon So...
She Was a Dishwasher. Now She Runs the Room. Melissa Evraets on Power, Humility, and the Moment She Stopped Shrinking.
Melissa Evraet’s story reads like a leadership masterclass in grit, humility, and reinvention. From a tiny town in Oklahoma to a high-rise office in Chicago, she rose through the ranks—starting as a dishwasher, becoming a nurse, and now serving...
Pilar Carvajal Didn’t Just Ask for a Seat. She Started Redesigning the System.
In this episode of Female Fridays, I talk with Pilar Carvajal — founder, CEO of Innovation Senior Living, and social impact entrepreneur — about what it really looks like to lead with vision, resilience, and purpose in the senior livin...
Robin Rinke on What Happens When You Stop Pushing and Start Listening
In this episode, I sit down with my friend Robin Rinke — a senior living executive, speaker, and newly published author — for a raw and soulful conversation about what it really means to lead with peace, purpose, and presence.Robin share...
Trailer: Meet Female Fridays 👋 Real Stories. Bold Women. True Leadership.
What Is Female Fridays? A Podcast for Women in Leadership, Healthcare & EntrepreneurshipWelcome to the Female Fridays podcast — your weekly space for real conversations with women in leadership. This 60-second trailer gives ...