What if you’re not too ambitious, too much or difficult to understand?
What if you’re simply in the wrong room?
My gorgeous friend Neda Hovaizi knows what it feels like to have huge dreams and realise the women around you don’t understand them. After feeling excluded and questioning whether something was wrong with her, she had a realization that changed everything: she didn’t need to change herself, she needed to change her circle.
So instead of waiting for someone to invite her to their table, she built her own.
Today, Neda is a dentist, entrepreneur, founder of multiple businesses and the woman behind Fab Fierce Females and FFFCon, a community created to bring ambitious women together to support, challenge and amplify one another.
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In this episode:
- what happens when you realise you’ve outgrown the people around you
- why the right community can completely change the way you see yourself
- the confidence it takes to build something before you know exactly how it will work
- how Neda turned rejection into a movement bringing women together
We also talk about entrepreneurship, motherhood, public speaking, losing her beautiful dad, the legacy he left with her and why creating impact has become such an important part of the work Neda is here to do.
Sometimes you don’t need to fight harder for a seat.
You need to build a bigger fucking table.
(00:00:00) You’re Not the Problem, You’re in the Wrong Room
(00:00:36) Welcome to the Confidence Chronicles: Stand in Who You Are
(00:01:30) From a Toothache to a Beautiful Friendship: Meeting Neda
(00:02:19) Three Businesses and a Vision: What Neda Does
(00:07:05) A Four-Year-Old’s Dream: Why Neda Became a Dentist
(00:08:50) The Audacity to Build: Starting Two Businesses in Three Years
(00:12:14) Mean Girls and Misunderstood Ambition: The Birth of Fab Fierce Females
(00:13:16) Stop Waiting for an Invitation: Create Your Own Table
(00:15:02) Finding Your Circle: When You’re Not the Problem
(00:15:51) Fanning Each Other’s Flames: The Power of the Right Community
(00:17:04) From Party to Conference: The Evolution of FFFCon
(00:18:34) Stepping Into the Spotlight: Facing Your Biggest Fear
(00:22:37) A Father’s Wisdom: Change How People Think, Change the World
(00:23:17) Loss, Legacy, and Metamorphosis: Honoring Her Father
(00:25:09) Fearless by Design: What Her Parents Gave Her
(00:27:17) Leading With Love: Our Kids Are Watching
(00:28:06) From Jail to Stage: Full Circle in Boston
(00:29:14) FFFCon 2026: Join Us in Boston This September
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