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In this episode, we sit down with Sarrah Barakat, a leader at Merck who has worn multiple hats across her career. From breaking barriers in corporate environments to navigating motherhood, fertility, and health conversations at work, Sarrah opens up with honesty and depth. She shares how she integrates her many roles, the challenges she has faced in male-dominated spaces, and why creating open dialogue about women’s health in the workplace is so important.

This conversation is packed with insights on redefining success, supporting women’s health, and leading with authenticity. Whether you’re early in your career, navigating work-life integration, or simply curious about how women are reshaping corporate spaces, this episode will leave you inspired.

Timestamps:
00:00 Meet Sarrah
01:12 Sarrah’s Work & Multiple Roles
02:25 Work-Life Integration Over Balance
05:05 Career Beginnings
06:27 Finding Purpose & Making an Impact
08:25 Handling Challenges & Embracing Bumps
09:57 Corporate Life: Boundaries & Vulnerability
12:00 Navigating Masculine Work Cultures
14:41 Paving the Way with Few Female Role Models
16:26 Progression & Advice for Early Career Women
19:32 Rethinking 'Having It All' as Women
22:25 Motherhood, Work & Personal Growth
25:00 The Evolving Role of Women in Corporate
26:34 Fertility and Unconscious Bias
29:30 Corporate Support for Fertility
32:13 Opening Up the Egg Freezing Conversation
41:11 Barriers to Health and Wellness
46:03 Destigmatizing Health Issues
53:01 Aging, Identity & Leading with More Than Looks
56:54 Final Advice: Find Your Champion and Mentor

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I am Dr. Sheen Gurrib and I want to play my part in supporting the next generation of empowered women. I am an entrepreneur, ex-strategy consultant, adjunct lecturer and content creator and the first Mauritian girl to have gone to both Oxford and Cambridge universities.