In this powerful episode of The Thought Resonant Show, Yogi Saurav welcomes the inspiring Samantha Karlin—founder and CEO of Empower Global, award-winning leadership designer, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Fellow, global women’s leadership expert, and TEDx speaker. With a career spanning diplomacy, social innovation, and global leadership development, Samantha has trained over 10,000 leaders across 48 countries, helping organizations rethink power, rethink leadership—and rethink who gets to lead.

In this episode, Samantha opens up about:

✨ Her journey from the U.S. State Department to global leadership consultant
✨ The moment she realized traditional leadership models excluded women and system-change leaders
✨ How neuroscience explains fear, anxiety, habit-formation, and the amygdala hijack
✨ The science and strategy behind her feminist leadership framework
✨ Why feminist leadership isn’t “for women”—it’s for everyone
✨ Real corporate examples of empathetic, equity-driven leadership in action
✨ Transformational leadership’s Four I’s: what they mean and why they matter
✨ How women can break through internalized limitations, imposter syndrome, and hidden barriers
✨ The global anti-DEI backlash—and how leaders can still build inclusive cultures
✨ How small everyday actions spark system-level change and redefine what leadership looks like

If you’ve ever felt underestimated, unseen, or shaped by systems not built for you…
If you’ve ever wanted to lead with more clarity, courage, compassion, and conviction…
If you believe leadership should be more inclusive, more ethical, more human—

This episode will challenge you, empower you, and awaken a new understanding of what true transformational leadership can look like.

A bold, brilliant, and deeply resonant conversation that will inspire you to start where you stand, challenge outdated systems, and lead with purpose, empathy, and power.