#15 – Jennifer Bardot: Hardships Lead to Hope

Jennifer Bardot is the Founder of the GRIT Community which helps women gain knowledge, learn, build relationships, advance career opportunities, make a difference while engaging in an inclusive community of women. G.R.I.T. (Growth, Resilience, Intention, Tenacity) brings leaders together by providing support, professional development and inspire its members to have growth, resilience, intention and tenacity.

 

She talks Cynthia about her early struggles in school, her brush with death as a child, and the multiple successes she’s had in different industries. She started a successful an entrepreneur in her teens, later became a therapist, transitioned to a senior executive in the banking industry, before ultimately focusing all of her efforts on the women of the GRIT Community. Her story is one built on G.R.I.T. and will inspire you into believing that you too can do anything.

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#77 – Sara Marler: Divorce with Dignity

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#75 – Lauren Colbert: Helping Smart People Think Together

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