Women Like Me Stories & Business
🎧 Introducing "Women Like Me Stories & Business" - The Inspiring Business and Story Podcast by Julie Fairhurst! 🎙️
Julie Fairhurst is a speaker, movement leader, and the force behind Women Like Me. She doesn’t just host conversations, she pulls truth out of the places most people hide it.
As the founder of Women Like Me, she has helped hundreds of women tell the stories they thought they’d take to their grave, and turn them into something powerful. This isn’t about writing. It’s about being seen.
Episodes
216 episodes
How Women Can Thrive in Midlife | Joy Foster on Confidence, Tech & Business
Midlife can feel like the moment the old rules stop working. The commute feels harder, confidence gets shakier, technology has moved on, and you may be carrying more than anyone can see.In this powerful episode of the Women Like Me Stori...
Healing Scars with Ethical Esthetics | Rachel Leoni on Trauma-Informed Beauty Care
“Ethical beauty begins with consent, care, and the courage to see the whole person.” — Rachel Leoni In this episode of Women Like Me Stories & Business, Julie Fairhurst sits down with Rachel Leoni, f...
Why Smart Women Still Under-Earn | Alma Tarelli on Money Patterns & Self-Worth
“Money is not just a math problem. It is often a safety, identity, and self-worth pattern.” — Alma Tarelli Your money habits might look like budgeting problems on the surface, but what if they are really identity and sa...
Healing Shame & Building an Authentic Brand | Elle Jimeno on Story, Marketing & Self-Trust
A single childhood moment can echo for decades, especially when it is tied to belonging.In this episode, Julie Fairhurst speaks with marketing strategist and Elevate Creative founder Elle Jimeno about adoption, bullying, shame, self-trus...
From Teen Mom to Founder | Julie Fairhurst’s Story of Survival, Courage & Purpose
Scroll down to get your free gift!She was pregnant at 14, pushed out of school, and raised three kids as a single mom for 28 years. Julie Fairhurst’s life could have stayed locked inside that story, especially after years s...
You Are Not Your Story | Healing From the Past & Reclaiming Your Identity
You can remember what happened without letting it run your life.In this short but powerful reflection, Julie Fairhurst shares a healing message about identity, emotional freedom, and what it really means to say: " You are not your sto...
Losing Her Salon to Lockdown & Building a Beauty Referral Network | Calli Jensen
She opened her doors, got her license, and then lockdown hit. One month later, the salon dream was gone — and so was the home it lived in.That kind of loss can shrink your world fast, but Calli Jensen chose a different path. Instead of g...
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Women Need Women & Here's Why
Women need women because there is a kind of understanding that happens before the full sentence is even spoken. We need women who can sit beside us in the messy middle, celebrate us without jealousy, tell us the truth without ...
Why Your Website Isn’t Getting Leads | Leesa Blankert
Your website is either working as your storefront or it is sitting online like a locked door. We sit down with Lisa Blankert, founder of Lab Online Agency in Coquitlam, British Columbia, to get brutally clear on what actually makes a small busi...
Life After Mastectomy: Confidence, Healing & Reinvention with Rangoli Gupta
A breast lump is easy to dismiss when life is already full — and that is exactly why this conversation matters.In this powerful episode, Julie Fairhurst speaks with Rangoli Gupta, founder of Inner Beauty Mastectomy Wear, ab...
Zeenat Saloojee | Childhood Trauma, Apartheid & Healing Through Writing
In this powerful interview, author Zee shares the deeply personal story behind her contribution to the Women Like Me book The Space Between Before and After. This is an honest conversation about childhood survival, family secrecy, genera...
She Was Told Woodworking Wasn’t for Girls | Tracy Emanuele on Women in Trades
Tracy Emanuele loved woodworking as a child, but, like so many girls, she was told that working with tools and building with her hands was not meant for her. In this episode of Women Like Me Stories & Business, Tracy shares ho...
Emotional Abuse and Coercive Control: Christina Ditchkofsky on Losing and Rebuilding Self-Trust
What happens when control is disguised as care, concern, or good manners? In this episode, Christina Ditchkofsky joins Julie Fairhurst for a powerful conversation about emotional abuse, coercive control, love bombing, childho...
She Was Told She Had 1 Year to Become a Mother | Kelly-Erin Ketchen’s Fertility Journey
A doctor tells you that you have one year left to become a mother… and you hear it while your marriage is ending.That’s the reality Kelly-Erin Ketchen faced at just 27. In this deeply personal conversation, we explore what it means to st...
Domestic Violence Survivors & The 90-Day Cliff | Kay Bohemier on Homelessness After Abuse
A lot of people think the hardest part of domestic violence is leaving. What if leaving is only the first step… and the next step is a cliff?In this powerful conversation, Kay Bohemier returns to share the reality behind the “90-day clif...
How She Turned Childhood Trauma into Creative Healing | Jenny Siddall
A single moment can shape a lifetime… but it doesn’t have to define it.In this deeply human conversation, I sit down with Jenny Siddall, mom, creative, and performer from Nova Scotia, whose story moves from childhood trauma to a grounded...
Amanda Meggait: 15 Years of Pain to Peace: The Moment She Stopped Fighting Her Body
Your body isn’t broken. It’s speaking. The question is, are you listening?Fifteen years of daily pain changes a person, but what if the turning point isn’t another treatment… It's a new relationship with your body?In this powerful...
Colinda Laviolette - From Survival to Peace: Healing Trauma, Addiction & Breaking Generational Cycles
Peace can feel uncomfortable… even unsafe… when your life has been built in survival mode.In this powerful episode, Julie Fairhurst sits down with Colinda Laviolette, who shares her journey of healing as an Indigenous woman reconnecting ...
Burnout, Anxiety & Starting Over: What Really Matters in Life | Darlena Swan
Ever feel like you’re doing everything “right”… but something still feels off?In this powerful conversation, educator, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker Darlena Swan shares what happens when you stop chasing success and start asking...
The Truth About AI in Business: Why Most Get It Wrong - Michelle Hamilton
What if getting laid off… was the exact moment your next level began? And what if AI isn’t as complicated as you’ve been told? A layoff can feel like the floor disappears. For Michelle Hamilton, it bec...
What Is Prana? Trauma Healing, Nervous System & Breaking Bad Habits | Anya Lewis
What if the patterns you can’t break… aren’t about willpower at all?What if your body is protecting you in ways you don’t even realize?Some conversations don’t just inform you… They slow you down long enough to feel what you’ve been...
“It’s Not Just a Headache” – The Reality of Migraine Disease | Arleen Davis
Migraine disease is not “just a headache.” It can take your vision, your balance, your words, and leave you trying to explain something invisible while the world minimizes what you’re going through.In this powerful and unfiltered convers...
Starting Over at 40 & 50: From Self-Doubt to Purpose | Lisa Huppee
Ever feel like you’re living on the sidelines of your own life?In this powerful episode, Lisa Huppee shares her journey from self-doubt and feeling like the “black sheep” to rebuilding her life after divorce, illness, and unexpected setb...
People Pleasing Isn’t Kindness — It’s Trauma | Nicky Yazbeck
People pleasing and codependency are often trauma responses rooted in nervous system dysregulation, not personality traits. If you’ve built your identity around being “the calm one,” “the helpful one,” or “the strong one,” the...
Doctors Said Anxiety — It Was Lyme Disease | The Truth About Chronic Illness / Allie Chandler
What happens when your body suddenly stops working, and no one believes you?After a tick bite during a dream trip overseas, Allie Chandler’s life changed overnight. Her heart rate spiked to 220, her body felt completely unfamiliar...
