Dare to be Ambitious: Redefine, Hold Joy, and Build Self-Trust

When “Good Enough” Isn’t Enough Anymore

In this season-opening reflection, Rohene Bouajram invites us into a personal exploration of what happens after we cross the line. Through stories of immigration, identity, and the emotional cost of shrinking, she reveals how survival can become a thermostat that limits what many women of colour believe they are allowed to have. Rohene reflects on inherited ceilings, inherited definitions of success, and the dreams we silence to appear humble or grateful. She shares the moment she realized that good enough was no longer enough and what it means to desire a life that feels expansive, aligned, abundant, and self-authored. This episode invites listeners to question the lives they inherited before they could consciously choose them, reconnect with the desires they whisper only in private, and begin imagining arenas built on truth rather than fear. Rohene closes with four powerful questions designed to help us move toward clarity, courage, and honest self-trust. This opener sets the tone for a season rooted in expansion, honesty, and the freedom to build a life that reflects who we truly are. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Newsletter sign-up: https://www.rohenebouajram.com [https://www.rohenebouajram.com] CONNECT WITH ROHENE: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/] Book me to speak: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/speaking [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/speaking] Website: https://www.rohenebouajram.com [https://www.rohenebouajram.com] Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources] Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BtJQZDpTJL4 [https://youtu.be/BtJQZDpTJL4 ]

I Am Not the Problem, Neither Are You.

In this season-closing reflection, Rohene Bouajram invites us to release one of the most persistent lies many of us carry: that who we are is something to fix. Through stories, letters, and the wisdom gathered from this season’s guests, she explores the living practices of radical self-acceptance and radical self-trust as pathways back to ourselves. We hear what it truly means to stop rehearsing smaller versions of who we are and start choosing the line to cross next, thought by thought, memory by memory, step by step. Rohene shares pieces of her own journey, including the grief of staying too long, the courage to leave, and the sacred act of devoting herself to truth, joy, and alignment. This finale reminds us that desires are data, our bodies are an archive of wisdom, and our individual becoming is right on time. Resources mentioned in this episode: Letter to my future self: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W50R91BWtk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W50R91BWtk] Letter to my younger self: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rohenebouajram_letterstolilly-activity-7389650833426116608-jZbr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAA3_LxMBYpNXcEAOCEyDg5fooYqV0LJc-UU [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rohenebouajram_letterstolilly-activity-7389650833426116608-jZbr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAA3_LxMBYpNXcEAOCEyDg5fooYqV0LJc-UU]   Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/] Book me to speak: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/speaking [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/speaking] Website www.rohenebouajram.com [http://www.rohenebouajram.com]   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources]   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HGDNXxPfj0c?si=OiJVxlqFfTiX58v8 [https://youtu.be/HGDNXxPfj0c?si=OiJVxlqFfTiX58v8]

Decolonizing Mental Health By Returning to Your Body

The answers you’ve been searching for have been living in your body all along. In this conversation with Kay Thellot, an ethnotherapist and founder of Prensip Minokan, we explore what it means to decolonize mental health and its role in our leadership journey. Remembering that our healing isn’t something we have to earn, it’s something we return to. Kay shares with Rohene Bouajram how reconnecting with ancestral practices, movement, and the quiet wisdom of the body helps us reclaim the parts of ourselves that colonial systems taught us to silence. We talk about how fear can look like excitement, what it means to cross the line back to your true self, and why the body is both archive and compass for women of colour reclaiming their power in leadership roles.   Connect with Kay: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kay-thellot-0300aa251](http://linkedin.com/in/kay-thellot-0300aa251) [http://linkedin.com/in/kay-thellot-0300aa251%5D(http:/linkedin.com/in/kay-thellot-0300aa251)] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prensip.minokan/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/prensip.minokan/?hl=en] Website: https://www.prensipminokan.com/ [https://www.prensipminokan.com/]   Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/] Website www.rohenebouajram.com [http://www.rohenebouajram.com]   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources]   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OyBTHVaCa2o?si=FclnHElQovw5YCUG [https://youtu.be/OyBTHVaCa2o?si=FclnHElQovw5YCUG]

Dare to be Ambitious: Redefine, Hold Joy, and Build Self-Trust

Ambition, radical self-trust, and intentional joy. This conversation between Rohene Bouajram and Bianca B. King explores what it means for women of colour to redefine ambition on our own terms.  Leaving home at 13, later walking away from a successful corporate real estate career, and rebuilding from her “$38 moment” are all experiences that Bianca points back to as a series of catalysts to cross her line into the next version of herself. That experience fueled her mission to help women pursue success with joy, rather than burnout. Rohene and Bianca unpack the difference between ambition and perfectionism, and how women can reframe ambition as a source of self-liberation rather than pressure.  This episode reminds us that success and joy can coexist, and radical self-trust is the bridge between ambition and peace.   Connect with Bianca: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/biancahenryking/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/biancahenryking/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pdambitious/ [https://www.instagram.com/pdambitious/] Website: https://www.biancabking.com/ [https://www.biancabking.com/]    Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/] Website www.rohenebouajram.com [http://www.rohenebouajram.com]   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources]   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NQwe3WUayMY?si=x949JvLHmJFYQKp5 [https://youtu.be/NQwe3WUayMY?si=x949JvLHmJFYQKp5]

Ancient Intelligence for Women Leaders in the AI Era

Ancient wisdom, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, and shamanic healing can help women lead with clarity and confidence in the age of AI. Guest Leslie Ann Keeler shares how her journey through loss, cultural identity, and motherhood has shaped her leadership philosophy, integrating spirituality, neuroscience, and presence. Rohene and Leslie discuss what it means to balance technological innovation with grounded humanity and how community can serve as a stabilizing force in an AI-driven world. Listen for how practices like breathwork and nervous system regulation restore balance, deepen self-trust, and reconnect leaders to purpose. This episode invites you to reflect on the divine preparation behind every calling. It reminds us that ancient intelligence is the wisdom that keeps us whole and grounded as the world accelerates forward. Connect with Leslie: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslieannkeeler/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslieannkeeler/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leslieannkeeler/ [https://www.instagram.com/leslieannkeeler/]   Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/] Website www.rohenebouajram.com [http://www.rohenebouajram.com]   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources] Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X_U2hmT6LaQ?si=f6DoB0Q8uwPt1Hca [https://youtu.be/X_U2hmT6LaQ?si=f6DoB0Q8uwPt1Hca]