What if you stopped trying to fix yourself, and started leading as you are?

Andrea Wanerstrand has coached hundreds of leaders from T-Mobile to Meta, guiding them through some of the boldest mindset shifts of their careers: from control to connection, performance to presence, and burnout to bold cultural influence.

But her story didn’t start in power suits and corner offices.

It started with a bug report in IT and a boss who saw the fire behind her fatigue.

Today, Andrea is the founder of A3 Culture Lab and creator of the Mindset Maven Method. In this episode, she pulls back the curtain on what human-centric leadership really looks like, and how your flaws might be your fiercest advantage.

Inside, we unpack:

1. What happens when you stop managing and start modeling
2. Why emotions at work aren’t liabilities—they’re leadership tools
3. How to get out of autopilot and into authority (the healthy kind)
4. The real cost of performing perfection in a corporate world that wasn’t built for you

PLUS: Andrea’s take on the neuroscience of self-awareness, how to know when your “comfort zone” is actually toxic, and why the most badass thing a leader can do is show up connected.

What you’ll walk away with:

1. A new lens on emotional intelligence (rooted in biology, not buzzwords)
2. A framework for rewriting the rules of leadership on your own terms
3. Tools to spot your nervous system’s stress signals, before they hijack your day
4. Permission to stop performing and start trusting your own voice
5. A reason to finally throw out the rulebook that never fit in the first place

Progress over perfection, presence over power. Tune in, and if her story cracks something open, pass it on. Someone else might need that spark, too.

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What if your big breakthrough isn’t about being perfect—but being human?

On this episode of Fearless and Flawed, Sara and Serena sit down with Rhea Lana Riner, the accidental entrepreneur who turned a living room sale into a 120-location franchise empire across 26 states. With no business background and a couple of baby-stained onesies to her name, she bootstrapped Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment into a multimillion-dollar movement… and picked a high-profile fight with the US Department of Labor along the way.

Her story isn’t about meteoric tech startup wins. It’s what happens when maternal instinct meets marketing genius—and grows into real generational change.

You’ll hear about:

1. Turning budget strain into business clarity
2. Going up against the federal government for what she believed in
3. Building a business that’s rooted in community, not consumerism
4. Choosing ambition without choosing burnout
5. Why franchising can be a feminist business model

What you’ll walk away with:

1. How to scale without selling your soul
2. What grit really looks like behind the scenes
3. Why your story doesn’t have to be flashy to be powerful
4. The questions to ask before choosing a franchise—or building one
5. A fresh lens on what “doing it your way” can mean

Rhea didn’t just build a business—she created an ecosystem where women thrive, earn, and finally get to do it on their own terms. No DAOs, no drama, just damn good leadership.

Feel called out (and called forward)?

Share this episode with someone who could use a reminder that flaws aren’t a weakness—sometimes, they’re the foundation.

And if you haven’t already, don’t just listen, subscribe. Your future self will thank you.

What if your body breaking down isn’t just “a woman of that age” thing—but a clue you’ve been ignoring too long?

In this raw and revelatory conversation, we sit down with Dyna Vink—integrative health practitioner, founder of Holistic Nutrition Lifestyle, and functional medicine whisperer for women in perimenopause. But she's more than a practitioner. She’s a former corporate exec who walked through the fire of hormone havoc, medical gaslighting, and career reinvention—and came out swinging.

We explore the moment Dyna’s career crumbled and her hormones went rogue—and how she turned data, grit, and root-cause science into a powerful body of work that now helps women reclaim their vitality, clarity, and confidence… on their own terms.

You’ll hear how to:

1. Recognize the real symptoms of perimenopause (forget “just hot flashes”)
2. Use functional medicine testing to decode what your body’s actually begging for
3. Shift from symptom management to root-cause healing
4. Create resilience through nutrition, mindset, and nervous system care
5. Redefine success after your body stops playing along with hustle culture

Here’s your permission slip to stop grinning and bearing it—and to get curious, courageous, and wildly damn intentional with how you treat your one-and-only body. Because you’re not too much. And you’re not crazy. You’re at a crossroads.

Pass this episode on to a woman who needs to hear the truth behind the symptoms—and hit follow to keep hearing more stories that call BS on burning out. You’ve got options. And you deserve to know them.