Why Most Women Struggle To Get A Seat At The Table (And How To Fix It)

Why Most Women Struggle To Get A Seat At The Table (And How To Fix It) Finding your purpose starts with changing your perspective on women in leadership. Learn how to turn career challenges into meaningful action. This video explores the specific moment that shifted my view on the role of women in our communities. If you have been struggling with a difficult work week or feeling stuck in your current role, this discussion offers a fresh framework for evaluating your own professional trajectory. We discuss the necessity of creating visibility and access for others, and why your individual contributions matter more than you might think. By examining how to move from a place of frustration to taking visible steps forward, you can start building a career purpose that aligns with the impact you want to have. Whether you are seeking new ways to support women in leadership or simply trying to navigate your own path, these insights provide a roadmap for introspection and intentional progress. We break down how to shift your mindset to see opportunities where you previously only saw obstacles. Have you ever walked into a room and realized nothing about it was built with you in mind? Most women have felt it. The invisible wall. The conversations happening around you instead of with you. The opportunities being passed to everyone except the women who deserve them most. And for too long, the answer has been to wait — wait for the invitation, wait for the right moment, wait for someone to finally notice. In this episode, we ask the question every woman in that waiting room needs to hear: What if you stopped waiting for a seat and built the entire table yourself? Host sits down with Maica Gil, founder of the San Francisco International Women Entrepreneurs Forum, the Woman Impact Summit — the fastest growing conference for women in business from underrepresented communities — and Heroikka, a global platform connecting women-led projects with funding and support systems worldwide, for a powerful, expansive conversation about what it truly means to create visibility, access, and opportunity for every woman the old systems left behind. Here's what you'll discover: → The defining moment that made Maica stop waiting and start building — and why purpose like that cannot be planned, only lived → Why the gap most women see but ignore is not someone else's problem to solve — it is their assignment → The real reason access to funding is still a critical barrier for women entrepreneurs — and what actually needs to change → What to do right now if you feel invisible in your industry, your community, or your calling → What it cost Maica personally to stay fully, unapologetically herself across cultures, governments, and entire continents This is not a conversation about waiting for the world to make room for you. It's about building a room so big the world has no choice but to notice. By the end of this episode, you will understand that the permission you have been waiting for was never coming from the outside — it was always yours to give yourself. 🔗 Connect with Maica Gil: 📧 maica@heroikka.com ✅ If this episode moved you, share it with a woman who needs to be reminded that she does not have to wait for a seat — she can build the whole table. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week — because showing up fully and authentically starts here. You Are You, Unapologetically. Build the room. Set the table. Make sure every woman who comes after you finds it a little easier than you did. #BuildTheTable #YouAreYouUnapologetically #DrKimRGrimes #WomenEntrepreneurs #GlobalLeadership #WomenInBusiness #MaicaGil #WomanImpactSummit #Heroikka #PersonalGrowthPodcast 🏷️ TAGS: BuildTheTable, YouAreYouUnapologetically, DrKimRGrimes, WomenEntrepreneurs, GlobalLeadership, WomenInBusiness, MaicaGil, WomanImpactSummit, Heroikka, PersonalGrowthPodcast, WomenEmpowerment, TakeUpSpace, WomenLeadership, VisibilityMatters, AccessForAll, WomenFunding, UnapologeticallyYou, PodcastForWomen, BuildYourTable, GlobalWomen, WomenOfImpact, FemaleFounders, WomenInLeadership, CommunityOverCompetition, PurposeDriven, WomenWhoLead, MakeRoom, UnderdrepresentedWomen, ImpactDriven, GiveYourselfPermission