Fempire Rising: Her Future, Her Voice
Welcome to Fempire Rising, her Future, her voice, the podcast where women in business rise, lead and redefine success on their own terms. I'm Trudy Heins, and I'm the CEO of Fempire. I'm an entrepreneur and a business coach, and I believe when one woman rises, we all rise. Each week we'll dive into real conversations about business, leadership, money and mindset, the highs, the lows, and everything In between, you'll hear stories of women who've turned their fire into focus, their fear into fuel and their purpose into profit.
If you're ready to build a business that gives you freedom, fulfillment, and financial confidence, then you are in the right place. This is where passion meets purpose, and together we rise because the future isn't just bright. The future is female.
Episodes
40 episodes
Season 4 | Episode 1 | The CEO Shift: From Operator to Leader
Season 4 of Fempire Rising begins with a conversation every business owner needs to hear.In this special panel episode, Trudy Heins is joined by Laura Connarty-Duncan, Karen Evans, and Dena Piro, three Fempire Certified Business Coaches...
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Season 4 | Episode 2 | From Adversity to CEO
Today, Trudy Heins sits down with Di Geddes, founder of Exceptional Care For You, a values-led disability and aged care business she started at 54 after rebuilding her life following breast cancer, divorce, workplace bullying, grief and years o...
Season 4 | Episode 3 | Disruption, Delegation and Building a Business That Doesn't Depend on You
Today, Trudy Heins sits down with Dionne Malush, co-owner of Realty ONE Group Gold Standard in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to explore what it really takes to build a business that can grow beyond its founder.After losing her first business...
Season 4 | Episode 4 | Building a Business Bigger Than Yourself
Today, Trudy Heins sits down with Sam Bell, founder of Courageous Girls Club, to explore what it really takes to build a business bigger than yourself.What began with just eight girls gathered around Sam's dining room table has grown int...
Season 4 | Episode 5 | Protecting the Business You've Built
Today, Trudy Heins sits down with Caroline Cavanagh, Director of Jubilee Legal, to explore one of the most overlooked responsibilities of business leadership: protecting the business you've worked so hard to build.Many business owners sp...
Season 4 | Episode 6 | Leading Through Setbacks
Today, Trudy Heins sits down with Samantha Bottegal, founder of PEKO PEKO and a Fempire Certified Business Coach, to explore one of the most difficult parts of business leadership: what happens when things don't go to plan.After building...
Season 4 | Episode 7 | The CEO Shift Starts in Your Brain
Today, Trudy Heins sits down with Hannah Conkey, founder of MindPilot, to explore one of the most overlooked aspects of business leadership: the brain behind the business.As business owners, we spend years learning about marketing, finan...
Season 4 | Episode 8 | Build It to Be Worth Something
Today, Trudy Heins sits down with Jenni Erbel and Nina Forbes, two highly experienced businesswomen whose careers have spanned financial services, leadership, business ownership and ultimately successful business exits.What started as a ...
Season 4 | Episode 9 | From Chief Everything Officer to CEO
In this episode of Fempire Rising: Her Future, Her Voice, Trudy Heins sits down with Moriah Riona, founder of Moriah Riona Branding, to explore what really changes when a business owner stops trying to do everything herself and starts leading l...
Season 3 | Episode 1 | Visibility Is Not a Strategy: What Actually Builds a Business
Host Trudy Heins in season three of Fempire Rising, focused on the women behind business infrastructure, and interviews Michelle O’Hara, founder of Connection Central. Michelle shares her journey from early event management losses in Da...
Season 3 | Episode 2 | Rise & Redefine: Building a Coaching Business That Actually Works
In Season 3, Episode 2, Trudy Heins welcomes Shawna Caderette Fempire’s new US mentor coach, to support women in the US time zone stepping into coaching.Shawna shares her 25-year background in disaster restoration and construction, risi...
Season 3 | Episode 3 | Finance Isn’t the Barrier. Clarity Is.
In this episode of Fempire Rising: Her Voice, Trudy Heins sits down with Jodie Muller, founder of Better Finance Solutions, to unpack how women in business should be thinking about lending and using finance as a strategic growth tool.<...
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Franchising Isn’t Scale. It’s Structure.
In this Fempire Rising Season 3 episode, Trudy Heins interviews Susana Hands, a Certified Fempire Coach becoming known as “the franchise lady”, bestselling author of The Optimal Franchise System, about what it really takes to franchise...
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Your Website Isn’t Marketing. It’s Infrastructure.
In this episode on the Fempire Rising, Her Future Her Voice Podcast, Trudy speaks with Sandy Loudon, founder of Loud and Clear Digital, about treating a website as a strategic business asset rather than a “pretty brochure.”Sandy shares ...
Season 3 | Episode 6 | Underinsured & Unprotected: What Women in Business Are Missing
Host Trudy Heins welcomes award-winning insurance specialist Trish Gregory of Hayes and Co Insurance Services to discuss why women often delay personal insurance and the risks of being underinsured, especially for business owners without sick p...
Season 3 | Episode 7 | If Something Happened to You Tomorrow: Is Your Business Protected
In this episode of Fempire Rising, Trudy Heins sits down with Nicole Myler from Bridge Legal to unpack the critical importance of estate planning for business owners.They break down common misconceptions, including the belief that having...
Season 3 | Episode 8 | Cash Isn't Profit: What Your Numbers Are Really Telling You
If you've been avoiding your numbers, this episode is your wake-up call, and it's a kind one.Trudy sits down with Tina Kirwan, chartered accountant and founder of Running the Numbers, to cut through the overwhelm, fear, and avoidance tha...
Season 3 | Episode 9 | Build the Business Around the Life, Not the Other Way Around
What does it actually take to build a business that works for your life, not against it?Trudy sits down with Joelene Edwards, health and wellness coach and gym founder, for a conversation that bridges business, health, resilience, and th...
Season 3 | Episode 10 | Visibility Doesn't Pay the Bills. Strategy Does
In this episode of Fempire Rising, Trudy Heins sits down with Sarah Walden, Co-owner and Head of Marketing at Kumeū Media, a New Zealand-based marketing, brand and communications agency helping businesses turn visibility into measurable growth....
Season 3 | Bonus Episode 11 | Find Your Voice: Speaking with Confidence and Conviction
In this bonus Season 3 episode of Fempire Rising, host Trudy Heins interviews Erin Daldry of A Simpler Life about public speaking, confidence, and communicating with impact. The episode opens with a welcome and acknowledgement of Te Āti Awa.
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Your Space is Your Strategy: Feng Shui for Women Who Lead
Welcome to Season Two of Fempire Rising: Her future her voice. In this episode Trudy engages in an enlightening conversation with Suzanne Butler, owner of Harmonising Energies and a grounded Feng Shui expert.They discuss the power of Fen...
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Changing your learned Money Mindset
Welcome to Episode One of the Two-Part series of Money mindset shifts. In this episode, Trudy explores how to change a learned money mindset. Trudy goes through the concept of money mindset as an internal operating system formed by beli...
Season 2 | Episode 3 | Money Mindset for Women in Business
Welcome to Episode 2 of the Two-Part series of Money mindset shifts.In this episode of Fempire Rising: Her future her voice, Trudy goes on to address common money mindset issues faced by women in business, such as undercharging, over-de...
Season 2 | Episode 4 | From Overwhelm to Impact: Personal Branding for Women
In this episode of Fempire Rising: Her future her voice, Trudy discusses the essentials of building a personal brand with guest Danielle Appi.They dive into topics such as the power of social media engagement, the importance of scheduli...
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Reinvention & The Ripple Effect – Finding Purpose Beyond the Plan
In this episode of Fempire Rising, host Trudy Heins, CEO of Fempire, explores the concept of reinvention not as a transformation into someone new but as an alignment with one's true self.At 55, rather than retiring, Trudy takes on the e...
