Female Founder Unplugged
Welcome to Female Founder Unplugged, the podcast for ambitious female entrepreneurs who are scaling businesses, leading teams, and navigating the highs and lows of entrepreneurship—all while trying to keep their sanity intact.Hosted by Lindsay White, a people & culture strategist, leadership coach, speaker and best-selling author, this show dives deep into the unfiltered realities of growing and leading a successful business. We’re talking about the messy middle—hiring struggles, leadership challenges, burnout, and the moments no one posts about on Instagram.Each episode features honest, no-BS conversations with powerhouse female founders who share their wins, their failures, and the ha...
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[S5, Ep42] The Messy Middle Isn’t Just Structural — It’s Lonely (Why LPC Works Together)
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>"I don't really have anyone I can talk to who understands the business and isn't a stakeholder. It's really lonely."</p><p>A founder said that to me recently, and I've been thinking of it ever since. Because it's true! And it's one of the most important things we're not talking about honestly enough in the entrepreneurship space.</p><p>This episode is that conversation.</p><p><b>Episode Highlights</b></p><p>📍 What makes the messy middle feel so uniquely lonely, and how founder isolation happens</p><p>🧠 Why high-achieving women are especi...
[S5, Ep41] The People Strategy You’re Avoiding (And Why It’s Making Scaling Messy)
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>There's no shame in the game, but if you've thought at least one of these thoughts very recently...</p><p>"I just need one more person." </p><p>"If we just hire someone who's good, this will all come together."</p><p>"I don't know if we can afford to hire, but I don't know what else to do."</p><p>...Then it sounds like you're in the messy middle of your business. And like most founders in this stage, <b>you don't have a people strategy</b> at all — yet! And that's wh...
[S5, Ep 40] The ‘Nice Girl’ Trap: Why Female Founders Struggle With Leadership Boundaries (with Sarah Khan)
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This conversation is a direct challenge to the nice girl trap, and is fire from start to finish. 🔥 <br/><br/>In this episode, Lindsay sits down with Sarah Khan — leadership strategist, empowerment coach, and the woman who has built a career out of turning quiet excellence into out loud power. If you've ever found yourself shrinking to keep the peace, leading from a place of people-pleasing, it's the hot conversation you need to hear today, my friend. <br/><br/><b>✨ Episode Highlights</b></p><p>🎙️ Why "if you argue with reality, you're always going to hav...
[S5, Ep 39] The Leadership Shift in the Messy Middle
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What do you do when your own wiring (your 'get $h*t done' attitude) starts to work against you?</p><p>Until you directly look at the hyper achiever energy that got you to this point in your business, and<b> do the internal work to separate your identity from your output</b>, no amount of hiring, restructuring or strategic planning is going to move the needle the way you need it to. </p><p>That's what this episode is really about: The internal work that actually has to happen first.</p><p><b...
[S5, Ep 38] The Messy Middle: The Stage No One Warned You About
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Let me paint you a picture.</p><p>Your revenue is solid, your calendar is full, your inbox is buzzing, and even your accountant is happy. And yet you're lying awake at 3am thinking — how does this feel successful and like it's flying apart at the same time?</p><p>My friend, welcome to the messy middle. And if that question feels uncomfortably familiar, this episode was made for you.</p><p><b>✨ Episode Highlights:</b></p><p>📍 What the messy middle actually is, and the five questions that will tell you whether you're...
[S5, Ep37] The Most Underrated Growth Strategy? Your People Strategy
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>You have a marketing plan. A financial plan. Maybe even a product roadmap.</p><p>But a people strategy?</p><p>That's the one most founders skip — until things start falling apart.</p><p>In this episode, Lindsay is calling out one of the most damaging myths in business: that you can figure out your team later, once you've grown. Because <b>your people </b><b>are</b><b> your growth strategy. </b>And waiting until you have 15 or 50 people isn't strategic. It's just reactive.</p><p>If you've ever felt your shoulders ti...
[S5, Ep36] The Courage to Lead With Your Whole Story - A Conversation with Fallon Farinacci
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>There are moments when someone’s story doesn’t just move you, it changes you. </p><p>This episode is about leadership, but not the kind you’ll find in a business course or book. It’s about the courage to lead with your whole story.</p><p>Fallon Farinacci is a proud Red River Métis woman, mom of three, speaker, survivor, and advocate. Through unimaginable grief, she chose to speak and to call people in with her story. </p><p>This conversation is about truth, the power of personal experiences, and impact. </p...
[S5, Ep35] The CEO Dilemma: Why Growth Feels So Lonely (And What to Do About It)
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>You’ve built the business. Your team is growing, and opportunities are expanding! Your success means more visibility, more responsibility, and more people depending on you.</p><p>But all of this happening can actually make you feel quite lonely and unsupported...</p><p>You can’t vent down, and you don't want to worry your team, your family. Because everyone assumes you’ve figured it out by now.</p><p>In this episode of Female Founder Unplugged, I’m talking about this stage of growth — when your business has evolved, but your leadership...
[S5, Ep34] Redesigning Your CEO Role for Real Growth
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>So… your business is growing, your team’s stronger than ever, and for the first time, things are running without you in every detail. That should feel like freedom, right?</p><p>But instead, you’re feeling lost. Maybe a little guilty. Maybe even… useless.</p><p>In this episode, I’m getting real about the identity shift that happens when you finally move out of operator mode and into your CEO seat. The weird in-between, the grief, the guilt, the “who even am I now?” moments.</p><p>I’ll walk you through the four...
[S5, Ep33] The Leadership Shift You Need to Scale
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>You’re not new to running a business—but lately, it feels like the weight of every decision, deadline, and deliverable is landing on your shoulders. Even with a solid team, you’re still stuck in the middle of it all. But that can change!</p><p>In this episode, I’m walking you through what I call the invisible architecture—the behind-the-scenes systems that keep your business moving without burning you out. We’ll talk about what’s missing in most growing businesses, and how to finally shift out of overwhelm and into your role...
