Trailblazers - Power of Women

Ep.55 Michelle Huntington | Soaring Beyond Limits @ 30,000 ft

by admin | Apr 7, 2025 | Female Author, Female Empowerment, Trailblazers

Soaring beyond limits. Michelle Huntington is a force to be reckoned with. On this episode of the Power Of Women podcast, Michelle shares her amazing journey from a childhood dream of flying to becoming an Airline Captain in a male-dominated industry, where there are only 500 female airline captains globally. She shares her remarkable determination in turning her dream of flying into reality, the importance of representation for women in aviation, and how her experiences shaped her identity. Listen to how she flew a 4-seater, single engine plane, solo from the USA to Australia in five days!

Michelle emphasises the need for resilience and a mindset of perseverance, encouraging others to keep pushing their boundaries. She has a fabulous mantra which she has taken from the cockpit to everyday life: Keep going until you can’t. Fasten your seatbelt.

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In this episode:

00:00 The Journey to Becoming a Pilot

04:09 Representation of Women in Aviation

05:20 Breaking into a Male-Dominated Industry

08:47 Childhood Dreams and Early Inspirations

12:22 Defining Personal Narratives

17:28 Overcoming Challenges and Identity

24:19 The Impact of Career on Identity

28:31 Developing a Resilient Mindset

30:17 Translating Aviation Skills to Leadership

32:40 Looking Ahead: Future Aspirations

Find Michelle Huntington at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-huntington/

Website: https://www.michellehuntington.com/

Ep.49 Lindy Joubert | A Rich Journey Encompassing Art & Philanthropy

by admin | Feb 24, 2025 | Champion, Change Makers, Exemplar, Podcast For Women, Trailblazers

Some people just seem to pack more into their lives than the average, and Lindy Joubert is one of those people. Lindy joins Di on the Power Of Women podcast, and with a healthy dose of humility, shares her rich life journey.

Lindy Joubert engaged in UNESCO Observatory capacity building projects using the arts, crafts, architecture in the Cook Islands; Papua New Guinea; Kenya, Africa; Finnish Lapland; Timor Leste and Indigenous Australia. She has had over 40 national and international exhibitions of paintings, six in New York City. She is Editor-in-Chief of the UNESCO Observatory bi-annual peer reviewed e-journal; series Editor-in-Chief of the UNESCO Observatory Global Village Reading Series; writes and presents research papers and her edited book “ Educating in the Arts – the Asian Experience, Twenty-four essays” has been published by Springer, 2008 and is currently preparing a sequel: ’Educating in the Crafts – the Global Experience’.

Quite the CV. Lindy’s genre as an Artist is Magic Realism. Still travelling internationally up to six times a year, leading the publication of major series of books for the World Craft Council and working on improving her French, Lindy is not slowing down in the foreseeable future.

Ep.42 Summer Series: Obstacles Women Face | Power Of Self-Belief

by admin | Jan 6, 2025 | Blog, Female Entrepreneur, Podcast For Women, Trailblazers

Happy New Year!

What an amazing first year for the Power Of Women Podcast, and here is just a taste of the dynamic women we interviewed.

This episode is a compile from this year’s podcasts with five extraordinary females from Australia & the UK. Elle Roseby | Sarah Curran | Derv McGowan | Emma Laing | Gill Moakes.

Elle shared the impact of the right mentors, Sarah touches on the gender bias women face when seeking start-up funding, Derv tells us PhD’s are about persistence rather than smarts & Gill says starting any business is hard.

Ep.31 Cassandra Heilbronn | Trailblazing Millennial Expat – Lawyer to Saudi CEO

by admin | Oct 21, 2024 | Blog, Conqueror, Exemplar, Female Empowerment, Female Power, Leader, Trailblazers

Possibly the youngest Family Office CEO in the world … & female. On this episode of the Power Of Women podcast, Cassandra Heilbronn joins Di from Saudi Arabia to share how she went from Bundaberg in Queensland to an expat woman in Riyadh, and smashed the glass-ceiling. Quite the journey when compared to moving to Brisbane with only $400 in her bank account to start her Law Degree. Her first board appointment was at 31, she has been the recipient of a number of awards & accolades including the Top 20 under 40 in 2017 in Australia, and from a distinguished career as a lawyer in Australia and Saudi Arabia, was appointed the CEO of a private family office in 2021 at 36 years of age. Today, she overseas global operations, investments and the strategic direction for the Family. Despite her incredible career trajectory, Cassandra is a dynamic leader who balances ambition with humility. Listen in to how she achieved it.

Cassandra Heilbronn

Ep.22 Tanya Egerton | The Power of Social Enterprises To Drive Change

by admin | Aug 19, 2024 | Blog, Champion, Change Makers, Conqueror, Entrepreneur, Exemplar, Fashion Industry Leader, Female Empowerment, Female Entrepreneur, Female Leaders, Female Power, Leader, Not-For-Profit, Trailblazers, Women Supporting Women

On this episode of the Power Of Women podcast I am joined from Adelaide River by the founder and CEO of Circulanation, Tanya Egerton. Tanya has just returned after 4 months out bush in the Roper River region, about 300km SE of Katherine in Arnhem Land. Arnhem Land is the nearly 100,000 square kilometres of Aboriginal-owned land in Australia, where Tanya has been working with one of the remote communities on the development she spearheaded, the Remote Opshop Project. Tanya shares her unique insights having worked with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across remote Australia for the past decade. She is an entrepreneur, a change maker and fast becoming a significant woman of influence. Listen, learn & enjoy.

Tanya Egerton

Ep.19 Tracy Bartram | Would You Speak To A Man Like That

by admin | Jul 29, 2024 | 3rd Act, Addiction, Blog, Entrepreneur, Exemplar, Female Empowerment, Female Entrepreneur, Female mentoring, Female Power, Managing Menopause, Menopause, Mindfulness, Power of Meditation, Recovery, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Trailblazers, Transformational Change, Women In Media, Women Over 50, Women Supporting Women

This week on the Power Of Women podcast, Di sits down with self-proclaimed laughaholic, Tracy Bartram. A candid discussion that isn’t always so funny. Tracy shares insights into her childhood and how that shaped her, the rampant sexism she endured as she built her career in radio, television, comedy & music, and the pain & dysfunction she managed despite being in the public eye. Tracy is an open-book and a fabulous example of the commitment it takes to battle one’s demons and the rewards you can reap from putting in the hard yards. It’s a brave narrative about addiction, resilience and finding success. It’s a testament to the human spirit’s capacity for transformation.

Tracy Bartram