Ep 16. Finding Sustainability as a High-Performing CEO & Entrepreneur with Astrid Gyllenkrok Kristensen

Episode Show Notes

Astrid Gyllenkrok Kristensen is a badass woman leader, CEO, and Co-Founder of LEIA, a Swedish FemTech startup. 

She has been named Female Entrepreneur of the Year in Sweden and LEIA has been named one of Europe’s hottest startups by both Sifted and Wired. LEIA is on a mission to reinvent postpartum and parental health for the digital age. 

As a mother of three, Astrid is passionate about female health and changing the narrative around parental health.

In this episode, we discussed how to stay sane and healthy in the stressful world of being a high-achieving leader and how to juggle all the responsibilities.

We also touched upon how she almost burned out and how she knows when to pull the break and manage her energy. Astrid is passionate about creating a sustainable work environment for herself and her team and shares her strategies for that, as well as how she works with her mindset, stress reduction and self-critical thoughts.

Astrid is an extraordinary human being and a source of inspiration and I hope you will enjoy listening.

Find out more about the app LEIA here