Menopause and Women's Brain Health with Emily Serebryany and host Catherine Gray Ep. 510

Catherine Gray, host of the Invest In Her Podcast, interviews Julie Castro Abrams, founder of How Women Lead and How Women Invest, whose work centers on expanding women's economic power and access to leadership. With a background leading a microfinance and microenterprise organization that supported women business owners, Julie brings a longstanding commitment to economic justice to her work in venture capital. Through her organizations, she helps women become investors, support female founders, and prepare for corporate board service. In this episode, Julie and Catherine explore how women can help shape the future by taking a more active role in where their money is invested. Julie shares how How Women Invest combines investment opportunities with education, founder pitch sessions, and a community where women learn by participating. They discuss supporting innovations in women's health, asking financial advisors meaningful questions about portfolio representation, and bringing diverse perspectives into corporate boardrooms. Their conversation highlights the power of connection and collective action to expand opportunities for women founders, investors, and leaders. Websites Mentioned: How Women Invest: howwomeninvest.com How Women Lead: howwomenlead.com Show Her The Money – https://showherthemoneymovie.com She Angel Investors – https://www.sheangelinvestors.com   Follow Us On Social Facebook @sheangelinvestors Twitter (X) @sheangelsinvest Instagram @sheangelinvestors & @catherinegray_investinher LinkedIn @catherinelgray & @sheangels  

Catherine Gray, host of the Invest In Her Podcast, interviews Emily Serebryany, a healthcare founder, women's health advocate, and creator of Institute FLE. Emily spent more than 20 years building a healthcare staffing company that reached $45 million in annual revenue before a successful exit. Her own experience with burnout and unexplained cognitive changes in her 40s inspired her to become a certified menopause and somatic coach and complete a certification in Applied Neuroscience: Women's Brain Health. Today, she brings together researchers, clinicians, women, and workplace leaders to explore how the menopause transition affects the brain and women's professional lives. In this episode, Emily shares how disrupted sleep, brain fog, and difficulty concentrating shaped her journey from healthcare entrepreneur to advocate for women navigating midlife. Catherine and Emily discuss the stigma surrounding cognitive symptoms, why these experiences can be mistaken for performance issues, and the importance of helping women continue to lead with confidence. Emily introduces Institute FLE's upcoming virtual symposium on October 21–22, which connects emerging brain science with practical strategies for women and employers. They also explore the potential role of AI in connecting fragmented healthcare information and why investing in women's health innovations matters for the future of leadership. Websites mentioned: Institute FLE: www.institutefle.com Purchase the book and explore a discounted book-and-course bundle. Show Her The Money – https://showherthemoneymovie.com She Angel Investors – https://www.sheangelinvestors.com   Follow Us On Social Facebook @sheangelinvestors Twitter (X) @sheangelsinvest Instagram @sheangelinvestors & @catherinegray_investinher LinkedIn @catherinelgray & @sheangels   #InvestInHerPodcast #NikkieKent #RedCloverVC #WomenInVentureCapital #FemaleFounders #WomenInvestors #GenderLensInvesting #VentureCapital #WomenLedStartups #InvestInWomen #WomenInBusiness #FemaleEntrepreneurs #StartupFunding #WomenInFinance #ImpactInvesting #GenerationalWealth #WomensHealthInnovation #SheAngelInvestors #ShowHerTheMoney #EmpoweredWomenEmpowerWomen      

Catherine Gray, host of the Invest In Her Podcast, interviews Beth Mazza and Victoria Sivrais, co-founders of Female Mavericks and co-authors of Entrepreneur Like a Mother. These longtime business partners built and sold successful consulting firms while raising nine children between them, proving that motherhood and entrepreneurship can thrive together. With extensive experience advising public-company executives and boards on investor relations and strategic communications, Beth and Victoria now share practical tools to help women build, scale, and sell businesses that support the lives they want. In this episode, Beth and Victoria discuss building a profitable business from the beginning, understanding your market, and creating systems that allow your company to grow beyond you. They explain why delegation, fractional executives, and AI can help founders make more time for growth and family. The conversation also explores calculating your financial runway, balancing recurring revenue with expenses, and presenting investors with a clear financial story. Through Female Mavericks, their book, courses, and free Founders Files newsletter, they are working toward a goal of helping 10,000 women become seven-figure entrepreneurs. Websites mentioned: Female Mavericks — Book, courses, resources, and Founders Files newsletter. Amazon — Entrepreneur Like a Mother and Show Her the Money. Their book, Entrepreneur Like a Mother, is on sale now on Amazon. Visit FemaleMavericks.com to purchase the book and explore a discounted book-and-course bundle. Show Her The Money – https://showherthemoneymovie.com She Angel Investors – https://www.sheangelinvestors.com   Follow Us On Social Facebook @sheangelinvestors Twitter (X) @sheangelsinvest Instagram @sheangelinvestors & @catherinegray_investinher LinkedIn @catherinelgray & @sheangels   #InvestInHerPodcast #NikkieKent #RedCloverVC #WomenInVentureCapital #FemaleFounders #WomenInvestors #GenderLensInvesting #VentureCapital #WomenLedStartups #InvestInWomen #WomenInBusiness #FemaleEntrepreneurs #StartupFunding #WomenInFinance #ImpactInvesting #GenerationalWealth #WomensHealthInnovation #SheAngelInvestors #ShowHerTheMoney #EmpoweredWomenEmpowerWomen

Today on the Invest In Her Podcast, host Catherine Gray talks with Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson, founder and CEO of Soof Solutions. Dr. Adamson is a clinical professor of neurosurgery at Stanford School of Medicine, a research director for a national women veterans center, and a senior scientist at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System. Originally from Pakistan, she is a neuroscientist, neuromodulation and neuroimaging expert whose work spans traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, depression, and pain. With more than 20 years of experience in research and healthcare leadership, she has authored over 100 publications and is a passionate mentor to emerging scientists, physicians, and entrepreneurs—particularly minority women. In this episode, Dr. Adamson shares how her father's stroke and subsequent loss of speech inspired her to create Soof Solutions, a three-app communication platform that allows patients to express their needs through eye and head movements using familiar devices such as an iPad or iPhone. She and Catherine discuss how this accessible technology could improve communication and quality of life for people affected by stroke, aphasia, multiple sclerosis, developmental conditions, and other challenges that limit speech. Dr. Adamson also explores the connections among brain health, mental health, environment, and social support; her research involving veterans and emerging psychedelic therapies; the growing presence of women in neuroscience; and why experienced researchers need strong networks, commercialization knowledge, and investment to turn promising innovations into solutions that reach the people who need them.   Show Her The Money – https://showherthemoneymovie.com She Angel Investors – https://www.sheangelinvestors.com   Follow Us On Social Facebook @sheangelinvestors Twitter (X) @sheangelsinvest Instagram @sheangelinvestors & @catherinegray_investinher LinkedIn @catherinelgray & @sheangels   #InvestInHerPodcast #NikkieKent #RedCloverVC #WomenInVentureCapital #FemaleFounders #WomenInvestors #GenderLensInvesting #VentureCapital #WomenLedStartups #InvestInWomen #WomenInBusiness #FemaleEntrepreneurs #StartupFunding #WomenInFinance #ImpactInvesting #GenerationalWealth #WomensHealthInnovation #SheAngelInvestors #ShowHerTheMoney #EmpoweredWomenEmpowerWomen      

Catherine Gray, host of the Invest In Her podcast, interviews Jeanne Wang, Founder and Managing Partner of Village Search Partners. Jeanne has more than 15 years of private equity investing experience and focuses on helping women acquire and grow established, profitable businesses. She also co-created the Women Searchers Community, a network where women pursuing business ownership can connect, share knowledge, and support one another. Jeanne explains entrepreneurship through acquisition and why buying an existing business can offer a different path to ownership than starting from scratch. As more longtime owners prepare to retire, she sees an opportunity for women to carry those businesses forward. Jeanne and Catherine discuss what investors look for in an acquisition, how buyers bring together financing, and why the right mentors and board members matter after a deal closes. Jeanne also shares what motivates her work: helping women build wealth as owners and leaders while supporting the employees, families, and communities that depend on their businesses. https://www.villagesearchpartners.com/ Show Her The Money – https://showherthemoneymovie.com She Angel Investors – https://www.sheangelinvestors.com   Follow Us On Social Facebook @sheangelinvestors Twitter (X) @sheangelsinvest Instagram @sheangelinvestors & @catherinegray_investinher LinkedIn @catherinelgray & @sheangels  

Today on the Invest In Her podcast, host Catherine Gray talks with Gabby Gabriel, Founder and CEO of GAB Inc., a cultural strategy studio that shapes narrative, identity, and cultural relevance for entertainment families, luxury founders, and global leaders. Named one of USA Today's Top Entrepreneurs of 2024 and recognized by Northeastern University's Women Who Empower Innovator Awards, Gabby brings extensive international experience to her work. After living in China for ten years and Southeast Asia for two, she developed a rare understanding of both American and Asian markets that helps brands connect with audiences across cultures. In this episode, Gabby shares how she went from teaching English in China to building a successful global marketing agency. She discusses growing an LGBTQ+ community from a small monthly gathering into a network of thousands, learning from an unsuccessful app venture, and turning those experiences into a new entrepreneurial path. Gabby also offers a look at her work advising culutural figures, entertainment families, and high-profile founders on personal branding, business launches, strategic partnerships, and cultural positioning. She explores the differences between relationship-driven and transactional business cultures, what companies should consider before entering the Chinese market, and her vision for expanding GAB INC. through media, cultural intelligence, and AI-powered tools. https://thegabinc.com Show Her The Money – https://showherthemoneymovie.com She Angel Investors – https://www.sheangelinvestors.com   Follow Us On Social Facebook @sheangelinvestors Twitter (X) @sheangelsinvest Instagram @sheangelinvestors & @catherinegray_investinher LinkedIn @catherinelgray & @sheangels    

Today on the Invest In Her podcast, host Catherine Gray talks with Marieme Sané, Founder and Managing Partner of Earthkind Ventures, a pre-seed venture fund investing in biology-first consumer health companies with a particular focus on women's health, longevity, and preventive health. An engineer, scientist, operator, and investor, Marieme brings more than a decade of experience building businesses at the intersection of healthcare, biotechnology, consumer products, and technology. Her background includes global ingredient sourcing, formulation science, manufacturing, health technology, and scaling science-backed consumer products. In this episode, Marieme explains why she launched Earthkind Ventures and how her scientific and operational experience helps her identify innovations capable of improving women's health while becoming scalable, industry-leading companies. She discusses the opportunity for more women to participate as limited partners, the importance of using investment dollars to influence the future of healthcare, and the fund's focus on companies with the potential for billion-dollar outcomes. Marieme also introduces OVUM Intelligence, a platform tracking the research, investment activity, market trends, unmet needs, and emerging opportunities shaping women's and consumer health. Websites Mentioned earthkindventures.com Show Her The Money – https://showherthemoneymovie.com She Angel Investors – https://www.sheangelinvestors.com   Follow Us On Social Facebook @sheangelinvestors Twitter (X) @sheangelsinvest Instagram @sheangelinvestors & @catherinegray_investinher LinkedIn @catherinelgray & @sheangels

Today on the Invest In Her podcast, host Catherine Gray talks with Nikkie Kent, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Red Clover Venture Partners, the first Vermont-based venture capital fund dedicated to investing in female founders across the United States. Nikkie leads the firm's investment strategy, supports its portfolio companies, and helps women-led businesses grow. She brings 20 years of operational experience spanning publicly traded companies, private equity, and venture-backed startups. Before launching Red Clover, Nikkie served as Chief Revenue Officer at Mamava, where she helped grow the female-founded company to profitability and global recognition in women's health and family infrastructure. In this episode, Nikkie shares how her experience as an operator shaped Red Clover's hands-on approach to investing and supporting female founders. She and Catherine discuss the persistent venture capital funding gap, the coming transfer of wealth to women, and how gender-lens investing can create meaningful impact while building generational wealth. Nikkie also explains Red Clover's investment strategy, its focus on sectors including women's health, the care economy, family technology, and sustainable innovation, and the story behind the fund's name. The conversation highlights why more women should consider venture capital as an investment, funding, or career path—and how increasing women's participation can influence which innovations reach the marketplace.   Websites Mentioned https://www.redclovervc.com Show Her The Money – https://showherthemoneymovie.com She Angel Investors – https://www.sheangelinvestors.com   Follow Us On Social Facebook @sheangelinvestors Twitter (X) @sheangelsinvest Instagram @sheangelinvestors & @catherinegray_investinher LinkedIn @catherinelgray & @sheangels    

Today on the Invest In Her podcast, host Catherine Gray talks with Kathy Eldon, an award-winning film and television producer, bestselling author, journalist, and founder of Creative Visions. Inspired by the life and legacy of her son, Reuters photojournalist and creative activist Dan Eldon, Kathy launched the nonprofit with her daughter, Amy. Creative Visions has supported hundreds of creative projects around the world, while Kathy's films, documentaries, and television productions have appeared on Columbia Pictures, Netflix, CNN, PBS, TBS, and OWN. She is also the author of 17 books, including The Journey Is the Destination, Hope Rising, and her forthcoming book, Boundless. In this episode, Kathy shares how she transformed unimaginable loss into a global movement supporting filmmakers, artists, educators, and changemakers who use storytelling to create positive social impact. She explains how Creative Visions provides fiscal sponsorship to mission-driven projects and discusses several initiatives close to her heart, including youth creative-expression programs, women's sports media, impact investing, and her animated project, Harper's Yellow Goggles. Kathy and Catherine also explore the importance of funding women-led innovation, investing with purpose, and using creativity to move through difficult experiences. Kathy reminds listeners that even when the world feels overwhelming, everyone can use their voice, resources, and creative spark to make a meaningful difference. Websites Mentioned www.creativevisions.orgwww.kathyeldon.com Show Her The Money – https://showherthemoneymovie.com She Angel Investors – https://www.sheangelinvestors.com   Follow Us On Social Facebook @sheangelinvestors Twitter (X) @sheangelsinvest Instagram @sheangelinvestors & @catherinegray_investinher LinkedIn @catherinelgray & @sheangels    

In this episode of Invest in Her, host Catherine Gray talks with Christy Brown, CEO of Dr. Noze Best, a pediatric wellness company delivering hospital-grade respiratory care solutions to families at home. Christy shares how she unexpectedly became an entrepreneur while building Mask Digital, an early e-commerce strategy company that helped major brands understand the emerging digital marketplace. What began as a solution to an immediate customer need grew into the first of four successful company exits across both public and private organizations. Christy also discusses her evolution from entrepreneur to angel investor and venture capitalist. Her first angel investment taught her valuable lessons about founder commitment, due diligence, and the realities of investing in early-stage companies. She explains why more women need to become angel investors, limited partners, and general partners—and why teaching young women about venture capital can help change who receives funding and which products and services shape our future. Christy and Catherine also explore the story behind Dr. Noze Best. Founded by pediatric ENT Dr. Steven Goudy, the company created the NozeBot, a hospital-grade nasal aspirator designed to help families manage nasal congestion at home. Christy explains how the company is expanding its pediatric respiratory wellness platform, growing nationally, and introducing additional products focused on breathing, congestion, and symptom relief.   Connect With Christy and Dr. Noze Best Website: www.drnozebest.com Connect with Christy Brown on LinkedIn. https://www.businessofher.com Show Her The Money – https://showherthemoneymovie.com She Angel Investors – https://www.sheangelinvestors.com   Follow Us On Social Facebook @sheangelinvestors Twitter (X) @sheangelsinvest Instagram @sheangelinvestors & @catherinegray_investinher LinkedIn @catherinelgray & @sheangels