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09/14/2026

“Oh, that’s so sweet. You’re investing in women.”

Yep. Naseem Sayani still hears this in fundraising meetings. 🤯

And her response? “What are you talking about? This is about making money.”

This week, Grace Vinton welcomes Naseem to HIT Like a Girl Pod, and they go deep on:

- Why we need more women allocating capital, not just raising it.
- Why “women’s health” needs a rebrand to “the health of women.”
- The #1 mistake founders make in their pitch decks (spoiler: don’t lead with the pain).

Naseem is the founder of GCWC and Director of Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM) Innovators Circle, and she’s building the engine to get more capital to the right founders.

If you’re a founder, an investor, or just someone who cares about where our money is going, you need to listen to this one.

🎙️ Tune in here: https://www.hitlikeagirlpod.com/episodes

09/14/2026

Have you signed up yet? We’re hosting 20 women in healthcare for a 5-day reset in Puerto Vallarta, Nov 18-22, 2026.

There are only a few spots left.

www.hitlikeagirlpod.com/retreat

09/08/2026

Nov 18-22, 2026.
You’re invited to join us in Puerto Vallarta.
Spots are limited.
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09/01/2026

3 things Dr. Nkem Ezeamama wants you to know about building wealth:

1️⃣ Shift your identity.
“We go from just being a worker to owning something that is ours—income producing and cash
flowing.”

2️⃣ Location is everything.
“Is the population growing? Are jobs growing? Are people moving in?” — ask these questions before you invest.

3️⃣ Consistency wins.
“Tiny drops fill an ocean. The biggest thing I’ve learned is consistency.”

Nkem is an ER physician turned real estate investor who built Pheenyx Capital to help healthcare professionals create passive income and build generational wealth.

Her goal? 10,000 healthcare professionals thinking about financial freedom.

🎧 This is just a sneak peek—the full conversation with Joy Rios on HIT Like a Girl pod is linked in our bio!

👇 What’s one thing holding you back from investing?

08/25/2026

The healthcare system is broken into pieces.
Mariya Flipova is building a bridge. 🏗️

On this week’s HIT Like a Girl podcast, Rebecca Love sat down with the founding partner of Marram Ventures & CEO of Proclaim Health to talk about her game-changing investment thesis: Convergent Care.

💡 Her big idea?
Tear down the 100-year-old wall between oral health and overall health. Because nothing in the human body happens in a silo—so why do we treat it that way?

🤯 The stat that stopped us:
Gum disease is linked to diabetes, preterm labor, and more. Yet dental and medical are still treated as totally separate worlds.

📉 The reality check:
Mariya asked her team a simple question about a client’s total healthcare spend across ALL benefits. Her thought? “Quick email.”
It turned into a six-week project. 😳
The silos we see as patients? They exist on the business side too.

❤️‍🩹 The most powerful moment:
Mariya survived a giant kidney tumor found by accident. When she said “no” to emergency surgery, she became her own quarterback—navigating oncology, nephrology, genetics, and even 3D printing to save her kidney.

Her takeaway?

“There’s nothing more powerful in innovation than a frustrated patient.”

🎯 And her call to action?

“We have to be our own advocates. For too long, women’s health was reduced to just reproductive health.”

If you care about the future of healthcare—or if you’ve ever had to fight to connect the dots for yourself or a loved one—this one’s for you.

🎧 Full episode linked in bio!

Tell us below: Have you ever experienced the “silo effect” in your own care or your family’s? I want to hear your story. 👇

08/18/2026

35 minutes. ⏱️

That’s how much longer it takes to diagnose a woman having a heart attack than a man.
If a man says “my chest hurts,” everyone jumps into action. If a woman says “I think I’m having a cardiac event,” they run other tests first. 35 minutes of irreparable harm.

And 9 million women die from heart disease every year—some unnecessarily.

Marissa Faiier has spent 22 years working on this, and she’s done talking. Her message? We need to stop framing women’s health as a “nice to do” advocacy thing.

Frame it as economics instead.
✅ Less retesting = less cost
✅ Less rework = less cost
✅ Less re-engineering = less cost

Any executive wants less costs. That’s what moves money.

And women’s health? It’s infrastructure. We pour billions into roads and bridges—what’s the point if the people using them aren’t healthy enough to show up?

Her call to action for all of us:
💰 Move money. If you’re a consumer, spend with women-owned brands. If you’re an investor, ask why your portfolio isn’t funding women’s health.

Her nonprofit HerHealthEQ is already in 12 countries serving 150,000 women. Her goal? 1 million.

The roadmap is clear. The economics are sound. The only question is: are we in?

👇 Drop a 🙌 if you’re ready to move money.

🎧 Full episode in bio! Save this for later and share with someone who needs to hear it.

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08/13/2026

Here’s the truth: when women aren’t in the room making investment decisions, women’s health doesn’t get prioritized. Full stop.

❌ 10–17% of investors are women
❌ Less than 1% of healthcare VC goes to women’s health
✅ Women make 80% of healthcare decisions
✅ Women are 51% of the population

This isn’t just a funding gap. It’s a health gap.
Menopause. Endometriosis (7 years to diagnose). PCOS. Cardiovascular disease—the #1 killer of women. All critically underfunded.

We need more women in the room. We need more women leading investments. We need more women deciding where healthcare dollars go.

The case for diversity isn’t just about fairness. It’s about building a healthcare system that actually works.

🎧 Full episode out now

08/12/2026

Picture this: 🏝️

You wake up to the sound of waves—not an alarm.
You walk out onto your private balcony, coffee in hand, and watch the sun rise over Los Arcos National Park.

Your room? King bed, ensuite, ocean view.
Your meals? Prepared by a private chef who cares about what fuels you.

Your agenda? Whatever you need it to be—rest, connection, or deep work on your biggest vision.

This is where we’re gathering 20 women healthcare leaders this November, following .

Because here’s the truth:

You pour so much into everyone else—your teams, your patients, your businesses.

When was the last time you poured back into you?

This retreat isn’t just about business strategy (though we’ll have plenty of that).

It’s about recharging so you can lead differently.
It’s about connecting with women who get it—because they’re in the trenches too.

And it’s about empowering one another to dream bigger than we ever could alone.

HIT Like a Girl style. 💥

Rooms are intentionally limited. If you’ve been waiting for a sign—this is it.

Go to hitlikeagirlpod.com/retreat to secure your spot

07/21/2026

A healthy population is a profitable one.

Not in a cold, bottom-line way. In a real way. Healthy adults show up for their kids. Sleep better. Have more patience. Keep communities stable. That’s the ROI we never talk about.

Joy had the pleasure of chatting with Rachael Jones, CEO of Syntax (a division of Lightbeam Health Solutions) on the latest episode of HIT Like a Girl pod, and she dropped this truth bomb:

“The patient-provider connection is the tie that binds.”

Tech changes. Policies flip. The system is messy. But that moment between a clinician and a scared human being? Still sacred. And most doctors still care deeply—even when the system makes it so hard to show it.

Rachael helps providers and health plans actually understand the confusing math behind their value-based care contracts so they can get funded, sustain their programs, and keep doing the boots-on-the-ground work that patients desperately need.

🎧 Full episode is live—link in bio! Go listen.

07/14/2026

“I found out I had up to an 87% chance of breast cancer... and I was alone.” 😔

Andrea Downing is an “accidental hacker” who got fed up with a system that uses patient data without asking for consent.

She co-founded The Light Collective to ensure that patients are partners in tech, not just products. Their mantra? No aggregation without representation. 🛑

On the pod this week, Grace and Andrea discuss:
- The AI rush into healthcare (and why it’s dangerous).
- How hospitals are getting shut down by ransomware.
- The hope found in patient communities.

If you care about the future of your health data, you need to listen. 🎧

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