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Most women aren't lacking persistence. They're missing the map — who to ask, who to trust, and who actually has the power to move things.

Motorsport doesn't hand you that map. You build it, race by race, setback by setback, until you figure out which rooms matter and which people in those rooms are worth your ask.

Takin' Care of Lady Business Episode 149

In this episode, Susie Wolff — Managing Director of F1 Academy and former professional driver — talks about what two decades in one of the world's most male-dominated industries actually taught her. Not just how to push through. How to find the right people to push with.

This is not a story about one big moment. It's about the long game: staying yourself across years of rooms that didn't expect you, knowing when to ask and — more importantly — who, and why committing fully means letting go of the safety net entirely.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why persistence without the right relationships only gets you so far

• How to identify the people worth asking — and stop wasting your ask on the wrong ones

• Why holding your identity over a 20-year career is harder, and more powerful, than any single negotiation

Highlights:

(00:00) Meet Susie Wolff

(03:53) When gender bias became clear

(08:43) Femininity, image, and being taken seriously

(14:30) How she asked for more

(19:04) When she finally asked for help

(21:21) Mom guilt and making time count

(24:56) What F1 Academy is building
(27:09) Creating the pipeline to Formula One

(29:10) Making the business case

(33:07) Why she rejected the backup plan

About Our Guest:

Susie Wolff is the Managing Director of F1 Academy and a former professional racing driver who has spent her career challenging what power and performance look like in motorsport. After competing in karting, Formula Renault, Formula 3, and DTM with Mercedes Benz, she became the first woman in 22 years to take part in a Formula 1 race weekend at the 2014 British Grand Prix. Today, she leads F1 Academy’s mission to develop young female driving talent and expand women’s access to the sport, on track and off. 

Susie Wolff’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susiewolff/ 

Explore F1 Academy: https://www.f1academy.com/ 

Pre-order Driven: https://a.co/d/0gDnIpus 

About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept.

JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99

The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/

JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ 

Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/

The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰.

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For decades, women have been told their symptoms are “normal” like sleep disruption, brain fog, anxiety. What that really means? The system was never built to help them. Instead of answers, they’re dismissed or misdiagnosed and left on their own to figure it out. It’s a system failure costing women time, money, and agency.

Takin’ Care of Lady Business Episode 148

In this episode, Anne Fulenwider, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Alloy, joins JJ to talk about what it actually takes to build in a category that has been ignored for decades – and why that creates both massive risk and massive opportunity.

Anne left a top role in media to build Alloy, a telehealth company focused on menopause care, in a space most people weren’t paying attention to and many investors didn’t understand. What started as personal frustration turned into a business built around one simple idea: women deserve real information, real treatment, and access to the right expertise.

This conversation breaks down why menopause symptoms are still so widely misread, how fear around estrogen shaped an entire generation of under-treatment, and what it looks like to build inside a system filled with outdated assumptions, regulatory friction, and skepticism.

It’s also about the bigger shift: not just asking for help – but knowing who actually has the power, knowledge, and incentive to give you the right answers.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why women are losing years before getting the care they actually need 

• How asking the wrong people keeps women stuck – and what to do instead

• How misinformation around estrogen shaped a generation of confusion and undertreatment  

  
  

Highlights:

(00:00) Meet Anne Fulenwider

(02:04) What Alloy Health actually does

(02:49) Why she started Alloy

(04:54) Leaving Marie Claire behind

(08:32) The healthcare system is not built for this

(09:49) Why menopause care needs deeper expertise

(11:17) Meeting Monica and finding early backing

(13:46) Building a telehealth and pharmacy company

(17:10) Raising money in a misunderstood category

(19:28) Unlearning competition

(21:32) Rebuilding trust in estrogen

(33:23) The worst advice she got

About Our Guest:

Anne Fulenwider is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Alloy, a digital healthcare company focused on helping women in midlife, perimenopause, and menopause get access to expert care, evidence based treatment, and better information. Before launching Alloy, Anne was the Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire, where she spent years covering ambitious women, cultural shifts, and the systems that influence how women live and work. Today, she is helping drive a broader conversation around menopause, estrogen, and the need for healthcare that takes women’s lives seriously.

Anne Fulenwider’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-fulenwider-b367181b7/ 

Explore Alloy: https://www.myalloy.com/ 

About Jennifer Justice and The Justice Dept.

JJ’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-justice-354a0b99

The Justice Dept: https://www.thejusticedept.com/

JJ’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjusticel/ 

Newsletter: https://tkolb-newsletter-a50814.beehiiv.com/

The Justice Dept. is a female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰.

If you love what you hear, please subscribe and share with a friend.

This is a Lady Business LLC Production.

Erin Gallagher spent fifteen years doing everything right. Working hard, staying grateful, keeping her head down. But “doing everything right” almost cost her everything. When she became a mother, the illusion of safety in corporate America shattered. She realized she had been abandoning herself in service to everyone else. Her job, her bosses, her expectations.

So she walked away.

What started as a bold leap turned into a revolution. Erin launched companies built to empower women, led equity work for major brands, and created Hype Women, a global reminder of what happens when women celebrate each other without competition, apology, or restraint.

Key Takeaways:

- The patriarchy thrives when women compete; it crumbles when we collaborate.

- The “mean girl” inside you is learned behavior that you get to unlearn.

- You don’t need permission to take up space.

- Real power comes from connection, not competition.

- Burn the bridge if it keeps you small.

Learn More About Erin:

Website: hypewomen.com

Instagram: @erin.gallag.her

Book: Hype Women

About Our Guest:

Erin Gallagher is the CEO and Founder of HYPE WOMEN, an inclusive ecosystem hyping women to remember who the f*ck they are; author of Hype Women: Breaking Free from Mean Girls, Patriarchy and Systems Silencing You; host and co-producer of the Hype Women Podcast; and creator of the global Hype Women Movement and “The Fairway” - a dinner series and membership invested in networthing for women. She began her career at Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a non-profit legal services watchdog dedicated to ending the ban on LGBTQAI+ in the military (which they ultimately achieved). A two-time founder, Erin has spent her 20+ year career creating movements and leading global marketing, branding, communications, strategy and PR for agencies and global brands. She has counseled The White House, Fortune 100 C-suite and senior leaders at some of the world’s biggest and best brands and companies.

About Our Company, The Justice Dept.

A female-focused advisory, consulting, and law firm advocating for female founders, talent, execs, and brands. We represent bo$$ ladies to make them 💰💰.

Website:  https://www.thejusticedept.com/

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@jenniferjustice6653

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Henley Vasquez is a travel expert, seasoned travel advisor and co-founder of a tech-forward travel agency, Fora. In August 2021, Henley co-founded Fora to create a new type of travel agency that welcomes everyone with the interest or passion — the go-to person for travel tips in their networks — to sell travel in a way that was previously reserved for pro travel agents. Henley’s mission is to build the next generation brand in travel and is looking to empower entrepreneurs to transform their passion for travel into revenue, and to do it by curating the most incredible experiences for travelers. Henley lives in New York with her three children and a Costa Rican rescue dog.   Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Henley Vasquez about having the best vacation and being a travel agent is a great skill for women. Here is what to expect on this week’s show: Henley talks about how Fora is helping women make money doing what they do already. Henley talks about the benefits of being a travel agent are much like real estate. How FORA uses the collective personal experience to find the ideal vacation experience. Why this travel agency business model needed VC money to strengthen the experience and tech. Why women should get paid for the work and connections they provide.   Connect with Henley: Links Mentioned: https://www.foratravel.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rachel Katzman is the Co-Founder of P.volve and Co-Founder and former CEO of Cuvée Beauty, a hair care line that she sold in 2019. Katzman launched the company in 2017 with co-founder, Stephen Pasterino. She’s known for her customer-centric approach to leadership and always challenging her team to “be the customer.” Day to day, she focuses on driving the creative vision of the company forward, growing the digital platform and looking to establish P.volve's footing in the fitness space. All of this, she believes, can be done successfully in sweatpants. Katzman is still as obsessed with the method today as she was four years ago and can often be found taking classes (these days, virtually!) right alongside the P.volve community.  Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Rachel Katzman about starting and running a business centered around health. Here is what to expect on this week’s show: Why she created a business around a personal issue to be more purposeful. How Rachel’s past failures became her best teacher. How creating her digital business BEFORE Covid became a great advantage. Why she created P.volve as three different businesses combined into one. Reasons why Rachel decided to franchise the business and the advantages and growth therefrom.   Connect with Rachel: https://www.pvolve.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sophie Holm and Nicole Kyle are co-hosts and co-creators of I Also Want Money podcast, a movement to democratize, demystify, and demasculinize wealth. In their exploration of women's emotional, social, and psychological relationship to money, their conversations explore investing, the creator economy, crypto & Web3, and more. Nicole Kyle is a researcher, storyteller, gender equity advocate, and crypto & Web3 educator exploring the intersection of money, equality, creativity and technology. Nicole was named a 2022 LinkedIn Top Voice in Gender Equity and is a member of LinkedIn's inaugural Creator Accelerator. A former journalist, Nicole spent eight years as a future of work researcher and consultant. Sophie Holm is co-founder of DAM Finance, a Web 3.0 DeFi project. DAM creates Dotsama purchasing power through dPRIME, a stable Dotsama currency on Moonbeam. dPRIME is backed by Dotsama portfolios on GLMR.    Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode with Nicole Kyle and Sophie Holm about investing options for women and in future. Here is what to expect on this week’s show: -Women are socialized to be consumers and not investors -Alternative asset investments -Why are women traditionally involved with philanthropy and not investing -Web3, blockchain and other future alternative investments -Nicole’s gender equity publications on LinkedIn and newsletter -Get comfortable enough to make a move -Worst advice they’ve received   Connect with Nicole Kyle and Sophie Holm: Twitter https://twitter.com/ialsopodcast Instagram @ialsopodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashley Lynn Priore is an American chess player & coach, entrepreneur, democratic strategist, author and contributor, and media personality currently serving as the founder, inaugural president, & CEO of Queens Gambit, a national nonprofit using chess to teach strategic leadership, and in turn, give youth the tools they need to change the world. Ashley has been featured and recognized for her work using chess to combat society's biggest issues in Elite Daily, Katie Couric Media, Forbes, and USA Today. An awarded chess player in her own right, Ashley is known for her fierce leadership in creating gender equity in chess education. Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Ashley breaks down what it takes to win in chess, business, and life. Here is what to expect on this week’s show: How sexism has kept women out of chess throughout history, and how modern, entrepreneurial women are changing that How the Queen’s Gambit is using chess as a stepping stool into a new world for future female leaders Anticipating and preparing for the obstacles between you and your goal Breaking into different white male dominated spaces, from chess to business and politics   Connect with Ashley: WEBSITE: https://www.ashleylynnpriore.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ashleylynnpriore/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/priore_ashley LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-lynn-priore/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ashleylynnpriore/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbgR89t74eiroUosTX0PjOw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Emmerich is a visionary media executive with a track record of Emmy-winning original content across multiple platforms. She is currently the CEO of the Miss Universe Organization. Her vision is to personify all women who participate in the competition and to elevate the conversation around the social good this organization brings to the world. She was most recently the Global President & Chief Content Officer at Refinery29, the leading digital lifestyle media company for women. She crafted a powerful vision for the brand; then diversified it across multiple new business lines resulting in a successful acquisition for the company by Vice Media. Over her more than 25-year career, she’s been a champion for underrepresented voices, including spearheading Refinery29’s Shatterbox short-film series for women filmmakers. She has experience developing content and programming for brands including HBO, MTV Networks, Travel Channel, and Vice Media. An award-winning producer, she has a full spectrum of production and development experience across platforms, including linear television, digital video, short film and emerging social media. Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Amy takes gives us a “behind the scenes” look at her career, and gives valuable advice for yours. Here is what to expect on this week’s show: How women entrepreneurs are creating a more supportive, less exploitative “feminist capitalism” Pivoting in your career, breaking into different fields, learning new skills, and doing what’s right for you How Amy and her team are reconceptualizing the Miss Universe Organization as a force towards a more equitable world Challenging yourself to go bigger and better, especially when you might be second guessing yourself   Connect with Amy: WEBSITE: https://www.amyemmerich.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Emmerschmidt LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyemmerich/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/amyemmerich/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Takin’ Care of Lady Business with Jennifer Justice Episode 043: She Did It Her Way: Making a Name for Yourself Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Elyce tells us how she carved out her own name in the fashion world with Frances Valentine. Here is what to expect on this week’s show: Learning what your strengths are as you go along, and tailoring your role in your business accordingly The importance of choosing co-founders who compliment each other’s strengths and specialties, and how to continue hiring after establishing that team Recognizing the signs that you’ve grown and learned enough from being in a collaborative, team-driven environment to go out and start a business on your own Realizing that you can make the world a better place by holding on to your money and investing it, rather than giving it all away, as women with wealth are often pressured to Conceptualizing “growth” and “expansion” in measurable terms Acknowledging when a certain product or effort may not be growing or expanding, and how to dial it back   Connect with Elyce: WEBSITE: https://francesvalentine.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/fvalentineny FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/FValentineNY/ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elyce-arons-544a69108/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/elyce_arons/ PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com/fvalentineny/     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Takin’ Care of Lady Business with Jennifer Justice Episode 042: Trust Your Process: Gen Z, College, and Opportunity Julia Haber is the Co-Founder & CEO of Home From College, a nationwide platform for students to build better resumes and get flexible work experience at an early stage in their career. Previously, she founded WAYV, an experiential agency bringing Fortune 500 brands like Shopify, Refinery 29 and Google to college students for on campus activations. At the start of her career, Julia spent time at Snapchat and Spotify. She is a thought leader in the Gen Z consumer tech space and resides in Los Angeles, CA. Listen to this Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode where Julia explores the modern job landscape for recent college graduates. Here is what to expect on this week’s show: Authentically reaching younger client bases by positioning yourself as someone who not only understands them, but can help them Why returning to an organic, word-of-mouth marketing approach may be the breath of fresh air your business needs Why utilizing LinkedIn may not be enough to find a competitive and fulfilling job, especially for young people just out of college  Why Gen Z values transparency What you can learn from Julia’s career pivot, and how she made her career work for her   Connect with Julia: WEBSITE: https://homefromcollege.com/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@homefromcollege TWITTER: https://twitter.com/homefromcollege LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliahaber/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/homefromcollege Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices