Stories by Career Sistas

Breaking Barriers and Lifting Others: A Story of Power and Purpose

In this episode of Stories by Career Sistas, Avanti Pursell shares her journey from inspired student to resilient professional, navigating identity, bias, and belonging. She opens up about the hidden challenges of adapting her voice, name, and self to succeed.  From motherhood struggles to career pivots, she reveals the raw reality behind professional success. Now a leader, she’s passionate about mentoring others and creating inclusive pathways.  A powerful story of courage, growth, and lifting others as you rise.

Stop Waiting For Permission: How To Take a Calculated Risk on Your Own Career

In this episode of Stories by Career Sistas, Beverly speaks with Dr. Veline L'esperance, a UK Based GP, clinician-scientist, and health economist.   For every woman questioning whether she’s “ready yet,” this conversation is your reminder to take the chance anyway. We talk about owning your value, building meaningful connections, and navigating professional spaces with confidence and purpose.

Crossing Cultures, Creating Success

In this episode of Stories by Career Sisters, Beverly speaks with Heather Krog, a goal attainment coach, educator, and basketball coach with a global career.   Heather shares her journey from New York to Copenhagen, shaped by curiosity, growth, and life across cultures. She reflects on studying abroad as a turning point that transformed her sense of identity, belonging, and freedom.   The conversation explores building a career and businesses abroad, and redefining success through change and experimentation. A powerful discussion on agency, resilience, and using imagination to move from feeling stuck to seeing new possibilities.

Choosing Work with Intention: What are your three I’s?

From her immigrant roots to executive leadership, Abeth reflects on how identity shapes resilience, grit, and a sense of purpose. She introduces her “Three I’s” framework: interest, inspiration, and impact, as a guide to choosing meaningful work, while exploring the vital role of sponsorship, mentorship, and the people who open doors along the way.   In this conversation, we unpack why feedback, failure, and psychological safety are essential to strong leadership, and share practical advice on career growth, self-awareness, and leading with trust in a fast-changing world.

Power & Purpose - The Story behind Build Your Power

In this special solo episode, Beverly steps behind the microphone to share the story, purpose and vision behind Build Your Power—the free digital careers magazine created to expand the impact of Career Sistas. Reflecting on one year of community building through the book Build Your Table and the Stories by Career Sisters podcast, she explains why the magazine is the natural next step in widening access to career tools, inspiration and representation. Drawing on insights from nearly 50 podcast conversations, Beverly explores the recurring themes that have shaped the magazine’s direction—community, intentionality and purpose. As she notes, the magazine is designed to “reach women, reach people of colour… anybody who’s going to find that career advice, tools, resources, useful.” Listeners will hear how Build Your Power brings together career development, entrepreneurship, directories, resources and celebration of everyday role models to create a platform where underrepresented professionals can see themselves reflected. Beverly also shares what she’s most proud of so far “just getting issue one done” and why experimentation, feedback and evolution are central to the journey. This episode offers a thoughtful, personal look at the mission behind the magazine and the broader ecosystem Career Sistas is building: a space for learning, amplification, connection and collective empowerment.