LiquidWealth™ System → Helping Middle & High-Income Canadians & Business Owners Slash Taxes and Grow Wealth Tax-Free–without Losing Liquidity | Ex-TotalEnergies | Ex-Schlumberger | Ex-Drilling Fluids & Cementing Engineer

If you're a high-income earner or business owner in Canada…

You’re stuck in a system designed to maximize what you owe.

✔︎ Corporate taxes eat into your profits.
✔︎ Personal taxes shrink your take-home income.
✔︎ Investment gains? The CRA takes its healthy share of that, too.

The more successful you become, the bigger the tax bill.

Sure, your accountant follows the rules. Keeps you compliant. Files your returns.

But do they have a real strategy to stop the bleeding?

Because if they did, you wouldn’t be reading this right now.

The ultra-wealthy play by a different set of rules—because they know the system inside and out.

And I’m going to let you in on a little secret…

They use little-know insurance-based vehicles as powerful tax shelters—one that allows them to grow their wealth tax-free while keeping full access to their money.

You should be playing the game with their rulebook. And that’s precisely why I developed the LiquidWealth™ System.

A proprietary strategy designed to:

→ Slash corporate and personal tax exposure.
→ Turn your business into a tax shelter – instead of a tax-target.
→ Create a tax-free retirement income stream
→ Protect and grow your wealth tax free—without losing liquidity.

Look, the government isn’t going to call you up and tell you how to pay less tax.

That’s on you.

And if you want to see how this can work for your specific situation, the next move is simple.

Connect and message me here on LinkedIn to start a conversation.

Because the less you give to the CRA, the more you have to invest, grow, and enjoy.


Shoot me a direct message here on LinkedIn or connect with me at:
☏ +1 (403) 861-3613
✉ ikenna.affam@mygreatway.ca
https://www.greatwayfinancial.com/

Insurance | Financial Independence | Investing in Happiness | Connecting People, Information & Opportunities

Disclaimer: The information presented is for educational and general informational purposes only. It should not be interpreted as financial or investment advice. Each individual must evaluate their unique goals, risk tolerance, and circumstances before making any decisions. The author bears no responsibility for any outcomes based on this information.

Ike AFFAM

You’re not behind. You’re being prepared.

In a world that glorifies speed, it’s easy to feel late.

You scroll and see people “ahead.”

New jobs. New houses. New milestones.

And suddenly, your pace feels like punishment.

But here’s what no one tells you:

Delay isn’t denial.

It’s development.

The roots grow first — unseen, uncelebrated, underground.

Then the fruit appears.

Maybe you’re in your root season right now.

The quiet building season.

The unseen progress.

You’re not stuck. You’re being strengthened.

And that foundation you’re building? 

It’s what will hold the weight of your future.

So don’t curse the slow days.

They’re your preparation days.

🌱 Keep building. You’re closer than you think.

♻️ Repost this for anyone feeling behind in a world obsessed with speed.

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

When a competent employee gets fired for something trivial…

It says more about the leadership than the employee.

Some companies don’t lose talent —

They push it out because excellence made someone uncomfortable.

Here’s what usually happens:
 🔹 A strong performer speaks up.

 🔹 Someone insecure feels exposed.

 🔹 A minor issue becomes a major offence.

 🔹 And suddenly, a “replacement” shows up — cheaper, inexperienced, compliant.

Short-term comfort.

Long-term chaos.

Because when you trade competence for control:

📉 Productivity drops

📉 Culture fractures

📉 Trust evaporates

And leaders wonder why everything feels harder.

The truth?

If you can fire your best people over small things,

You weren’t protecting the company —
 
You were protecting an ego.

♻️ Repost this if you believe leadership without fairness is just management with panic.

💡 Follow Ike AFFAM for sharp insights on leadership, legacy, and LiquidWealth™.

#WednesdayWisdom #Leadership #EmployeeRelations #IkeAffam

Solomon never asked for wealth.

He asked for wisdom.

And wealth came looking for him.

That’s the divine principle most people miss:

Money follows mastery.

Influence follows insight.

Here’s the truth:

🟢 Wisdom creates what money can’t buy — sustainability.

🟢 The rich chase returns. The wise build systems.

🟢 When you understand value, wealth becomes a byproduct, not a pursuit.

Solomon didn’t inherit prosperity — 

He engineered it through understanding.

Your greatest investment isn’t in markets.
 
It’s in mindset.

Don’t pray for more — prepare for more.

Because wealth without wisdom is just a countdown to waste.

♻️ Repost this if you believe wisdom is still the highest form of wealth.

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

#BusinessPrinciples #SundayThought #Leadership #BuildBetter #IkeAffam

He walked into the office on Monday. 

No applause. No spotlight. 

No special attention.

By Friday, the team had delivered a project three days ahead of schedule.

Why?

He didn’t talk about his position.

He didn’t demand attention.

He did small things:

✅ Checked in with people before problems got big.

✅ Recognized effort quietly, but consistently.

✅ Removed obstacles instead of adding rules.

Leadership isn’t about visibility.

It’s about making people perform without you needing to shine.

♻️ Repost if you believe leadership is about results, not recognition.

💡 Follow Ike AFFAM for sharp insights on leadership, legacy, and LiquidWealth™.

#MondayMotivation #Leadership #IkeAffam

Morgan Housel once said,

“The most powerful form of wealth is not needing to impress anyone.”

Read that again.

Wealth isn’t just a number in your account —

It’s peace of mind that can’t be taxed.

It’s the calm that comes from knowing your money serves you, not your image.

Too many people go broke trying to look rich.

The truly wealthy? 

They build quietly — protected, tax-efficient, and long-term.

They don’t chase validation.

They chase freedom.

Because real financial confidence doesn’t shout.

It rests. It plans. It compounds in silence.

Build the kind of wealth that doesn’t need to be seen — only sustained.

♻️ Want to learn how to manage your wealth? Book a FREE 1:1 wealth management consultation with me here: https://lnkd.in/gT9ZfKXe

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

#ThursdayThoughts #Wealth #Freedom #IkeAffam

Most people aren’t drowning because life is hard.

They’re drowning because they said “yes” too many times.

You don’t need a new planner.

You need a new priority list.

You can’t do deep work if you’re addicted to being available.

Every “yes” divides your focus.

Every “no” protects your power.

Let’s be real - burnout isn’t a badge of honor.

It’s proof that boundaries were never built.

So this week, ask yourself:

👉 What can I say no to — so I can say a stronger yes to what truly matters?

Because success isn’t about doing more.

It’s about doing what matters without apology.

♻️ Repost this to remind someone: peace is a productivity strategy.

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

#MondayMotivation #Focus #SuccessPrinciples #IkeAffam

The loudest voice isn’t always the strongest leader.

Some lead with noise.

Others lead with clarity.

The truth?

Your people don’t follow sound.

They follow stability.

Leadership isn’t about being the first to speak in the room —

It’s about being the one people look to when the room goes silent.

Because anyone can direct.

Few can truly anchor.

Great leaders don’t rush to prove they know.

They pause long enough to understand.

So, if you’re leading, remember this:

Your calm is your credibility.

Your character is your communication.

💡 Loud control might intimidate people into silence.

But quiet confidence inspires people into greatness.

♻️ Repost this to remind leaders: calm isn’t weakness — it’s mastery.

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

#MondayMotivation #Leadership #IkeAffam

Nehemiah didn’t pray for walls.

He built them.

When he saw ruins, he didn’t host a conference about vision —

He picked up bricks and started work.

That’s the difference between dreamers and builders:

Dreamers talk about what could be.

Builders create what should be.

Here’s the truth:

🟢 Vision means nothing without execution.

🟢 Prayer fuels purpose — but action fulfills it.

🟢 Opposition doesn’t stop real leaders — it sharpens them.

Nehemiah didn’t need applause.

He needed completion.

Because success isn’t found in starting projects —

It’s found in finishing them.

♻️ Repost this if you believe God blesses builders — not just believers.

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on faith, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

#BusinessPrinciples #SundayThought #Leadership #BuildBetter #IkeAffam

Insecurity is loud because it needs an audience.

Confidence is quiet because it doesn’t.

You don’t need to prove what’s already true.

You don’t need to perform when you’re grounded.

Insecurity shouts.

Confidence shows.

Here’s how insecurity exposes itself:

 ❌ Overexplaining simple wins.

 ❌ Competing with everyone.

 ❌ Needing constant validation.

 ❌ Mistaking noise for influence.

And here’s how confidence responds:

 ✅ It listens more than it talks.
 
 ✅ It praises others without feeling smaller.
 
 ✅ It chooses calm over chaos.
 
 ✅ It is unmoved by comparison.

The strongest people in the room rarely dominate the room —

they stabilize it.

When you stop trying to appear powerful,

you finally become it.

♻️ Repost this to remind someone that true leadership doesn’t shout — it shows.

💡 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

Legacy is built in private long before it’s seen in public.

Every late night.

Every small correction.

Every choice you make when nobody’s watching —

that’s the real investment account of your life.

Legacy isn’t a monument.

It’s a pattern of integrity.

Don’t chase visibility.

Build credibility.

When your name carries weight, 

It doesn’t need volume.

♻️ Repost this to remind someone that legacy is built long before it’s seen.

💡 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

#WinningWednesday #Legacy #IkeAffam

Here’s the truth most leaders ignore:

Your ego costs you:

📉 Top talent who leave quietly.

📉 Teams who only do the minimum.

📉 Opportunities that die in silence.

Because ego whispers:

“Control everything. Protect your turf. Be the smartest in the room.”

Wisdom says:

“Distribute authority. Multiply impact. Celebrate others’ strengths.”

The difference between weak leaders and great leaders?

✅ Weak leaders hoard power.

✅ Great leaders create power for others.

Christine Caine said it best: “See someone else’s strength as a complement, not a threat.”

♻️ Repost if you believe leadership is measured by what you give away, not what you keep.

💡 Follow Ike AFFAM for sharp insights on leadership, legacy, and LiquidWealth™.

#TuesdayThoughts #Leadership #IkeAffam

Don’t chase approval.

Don’t build your life on applause, likes, or recognition.

Here’s the truth: God never works that way.

He calls, equips, and blesses before anyone notices.

He honors faithfulness in the unseen.

Take Noah, for example:

 ✅ He built an ark when it made no sense.
 ✅ He obeyed when everyone doubted.
 ✅ He trusted a promise bigger than the problem.

Faithfulness doesn’t depend on recognition - 

It depends on alignment with purpose.

Your work, your calling, your mission -

It’s seen by the One who matters.

What’s one step of obedience you’ve been postponing because the crowd hasn’t applauded yet?

♻️ Share this to remind someone that faithful action always precedes breakthrough.

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on faith, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

#SundaySense #BiblePrinciples #IkeAffam

The best leaders don’t create followers.

They create stability in the middle of chaos —

and there’s no better time to practice that than a new month.

New months expose leadership gaps.

Some teams start energized.

Some start confused.

Some don’t even know what the goals are.

That’s where leadership shows up.

Great leaders do what most people overlook:

 1️⃣ They set clear priorities—not vague wishes.

 2️⃣ They communicate expectations before problems arise.

 3️⃣ They clear old conflicts so momentum stays clean.

 4️⃣ They refocus the team and remove unnecessary pressure.

 5️⃣ They reward consistency, not noise.

 6️⃣ They give direction without controlling every step.

 7️⃣ They fix the processes that slowed last month.

 8️⃣ They model the discipline they expect.

 9️⃣ They create a plan—and the calm to execute it.

 🔟 They make sure everyone knows: we’re moving forward together.

People don’t thrive under pressure.

They thrive under clarity.

And clarity is a leadership skill — not a personality trait.

♻️ Repost this if you believe leadership is a responsibility — not a role.

💡 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

#MondayMotivation #Leadership #IkeAffam

I once worked with a manager who never raised his voice — 

but everyone respected him deeply.

One day, I asked him why.

He said:

“Because the moment you have to use fear to lead,

you’ve already lost influence.”

That hit hard.

Too many leaders mistake pressure for power.

But leadership isn’t about proving dominance —

It’s about protecting dignity.

When people trust you enough to be honest,

to fail safely, to disagree respectfully —

That’s when you’ve built something worth following.

True leadership isn’t loud.

It’s consistent, calm, and quietly confident.

The ones who roar the least…

Often lead the best.

♻️ Repost this to challenge the idea that louder means stronger.

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

#TuesdayThoughts #Leadership #IkeAffam

Your team isn’t lazy. 

They’re Lost.

Most people don’t wake up deciding to underperform.

They just don’t know what winning looks like.

Leaders love to talk about “ownership”…

but forget that ownership requires clarity.

If your people don’t know:

 ➡️ what success means,

 ➡️ how it’s measured, and

 ➡️ why it matters —

Then they’re not unmotivated. They’re unguided.

You can’t hold people accountable for expectations you never made visible.

💡 Great leadership isn’t about shouting louder — it’s about showing clarity

Define the win.

Communicate the goal.

Then get out of their way.

Because when vision is visible, momentum becomes natural.

♻️ Repost this to remind leaders: clarity beats control every time.

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

#WednesdayWisdom #Leadership #IkeAffam

The wealthy don’t work harder.

They work smarter — especially with taxes.

Here’s the real difference between high income and real wealth:

1️⃣ The average earner pays taxes first, then lives off whatever remains.

2️⃣ The strategic earner uses structures that let money grow tax-free and uninterrupted.

3️⃣ The LiquidWealth™ client keeps liquidity, protection, and peace of mind — all at the same time.

You can’t outwork a broken system.

But you can outsmart it.

And the moment you change how you structure your finances,

you change the trajectory of your entire financial future.

♻️ Share this with someone who’s ready to upgrade how they think about money.

💡 Want to manage your taxes better? Book a 1:1 Wealth Management Consultation with me here: https://lnkd.in/g7HkRfct.

People don’t buy what you do.

They buy why you do it.

Simon Sinek said it best —

And it still holds true in business, leadership, and legacy.

You can sell insurance.

You can sell strategy.

You can sell systems.

But if people don’t feel your why, they’ll never buy your what.

Because humans don’t follow transactions.

They follow trust.

The most powerful brands and leaders in the world all have one thing in common:

A crystal-clear conviction that answers:

👉 “Why does this work matter?”

When your purpose is loud, your marketing doesn’t have to be.

💡 Don’t just sell services.

Sell beliefs that outlive you.

♻️ Repost this if your brand’s “why” still beats louder than your product.

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

If you only hold others accountable when they fail…

You’re not a leader — you’re a supervisor.

True leadership starts with the mirror, not the megaphone.

Because here’s the truth:

🟢 You can’t demand discipline you don’t model.

🟢 You can’t preach excellence from a place of excuses.

🟢 Your habits become your team’s standard.

People don’t rise to your expectations —

They rise to your example.

Control gets compliance.

Accountability builds culture.

Leadership isn’t about making people move.

It’s about moving first.

Before you correct the team, correct the tone.

Before you point the finger, check the mirror.

The best leaders lead from within — and it shows without.

♻️ Repost this if you believe real leadership starts with personal accountability.

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

#WednesdayWisdom #Leadership #IkeAffam

Wealth without liquidity is stress disguised as success.

You can’t call it freedom if you can’t touch it.

You can’t call it growth if you can’t access it.

And you can’t call it wealth if you’re waiting for permission to use your own money.

Most people focus on earning more.

The wealthy focus on structuring better.

Because true wealth isn’t about the size of your income —

It’s about how smoothly your money can move when life or opportunity shows up.

Liquidity is what keeps you flexible.

It’s what keeps you protected.

It’s what keeps you in control.

So let me ask you: Is your money truly yours to use… 

Or just yours on paper?

♻️ Repost this to help someone build smarter wealth.

💡 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on legacy, leadership, and LiquidWealth™.

High achievers don’t burn out because they’re weak.

They burn out because they’ve been strong for too long.

The silent ones.

The dependable ones.

The ones who carry the weight no one sees.

If this year drained you, it’s not because you lacked discipline.

It’s because you carried responsibility with no room to breathe.

As the year wraps up, do this:

✔ Rest before you break.

✔ Reflect before you repeat.

✔ Realign before you restart.

Strength isn’t only about going harder.

Strength is also knowing when to pause.

♻️ Repost this to remind someone that it’s okay to rest, reflect, and realign before restarting.

📘 Follow Ike AFFAM for bold truths on leadership, legacy, and LiquidWealth™.

#MondayMindfulness #Leadership #IkeAffam

Veracom

We transform busy healthtech founders into LinkedIn thought leaders who attract top-tier talent, investors, and enterprise deals.

Founder

Amgen

Product Lead- Oncology

Product Lead- Bone Health

Medical Information Associate

Nosotech inc.

Product Specialist

Public Health Agency of Canada | Agence de la santé publique du Canada

Epidemiologist - Federal Student Work Experience Program

Novartis

Associate Brand Manager - Oncology

HealthTech LinkedIn Ghostwriter | Helping Founders & GTM Leaders Turn Their Expertise Into Content That Attracts Investors & Deals| Personal Branding Strategist | Founder @ Veracom | Women's Health Advocate

During my time in healthcare research, I watched brilliant HealthTech founders present groundbreaking work, only to be ignored.

Meanwhile, others with mediocre ideas, but better storytelling, received the funding and attention.

That’s when I realized: 

The best solution doesn’t always win. 
The best-communicated solution does.

Today, too many healthtech founders still struggle to build authority on LinkedIn.
They have valuable insights but no time to turn them into content that earns trust, visibility, and attracts investors.

As a result, they remain unknown outside their immediate network, while their competitors:
•	Attract top-tier talent
•	Secure key investments and partnerships
•	Land high-profile speaking engagements

Meanwhile, they're stuck watching from the sidelines, despite being just as qualified, if not more.

That’s where I come in.

I help HealthTech founders become sought-after industry leaders on LinkedIn without adding to their workload.

Through founder-led ghostwriting and content strategy, I transform your raw insights into bold, attention-grabbing content that builds trust and drives demand.

This approach allows you to:
✅ Command attention on LinkedIn without overthinking content
✅ Build a personal brand that drives influence and inbound opportunities
✅ Attract partnerships, media recognition, and industry trust

All while you stay focused on what matters most: Building Your company.

What clients say:

“I had the pleasure of working with Vee as my ghostwriter, and the experience has been incredibly valuable. She has an exceptional ability to capture my unique voice in every post. Her attention to detail and understanding of my needs made the entire process smooth and efficient.”

“I hit 1 million impressions in 90 days.” 

Outside of work, I’m a mom who believes we don’t have to burn out to build things that matter. I drink about 3 cups of coffee a day, and I'm passionate about female empowerment. I believe happy and fulfilled women are the key to a happier, richer, and more peaceful world.

If you're ready to:
 → Break out of the "invisible" trap 
→ Be seen as a leader, not just a participant
→ Attract high-level opportunities and demand attention in your industry

Send me a DM.

Let's build a brand that speaks for itself

Verinsa Mouajou

If you're interested in women's health innovation, here are some resources and people to follow:

Ida Tin: mother of "Femtech", offers macro views on where women’s health innovation is heading.

Theresa Neil: founder of Femovate, recognized as a "Top Designer in Technology", transforming how women's health products are built.

Lucia Orozco: Founder of Femtech Spain, advancing women's health innovation across the Spanish ecosystem.

Jodi Neuhauser: Founder of In Women's Health, curates weekly job postings and runs career development programs connecting talent with opportunities in the space.

Kathrin Folkendt: Founder of Femtech Insider; one of the most plugged-in analysts in femtech news, funding, and market shifts.

Brittany Barreto,:runs Femtech Files and highlights overlooked areas of innovation.

Organizations to follow

Femtech Canada: Community and advocacy group advancing women’s health innovation nationwide.

Femtech Insider: The #1 source for femtech news, trends, and market intelligence globally; essential reading for anyone tracking women's health innovation.

In Women's Health : Publishes daily job postings for positions in women's health (primarily US); also offers career masterminds and networking to help you break into the industry.

Women of Wearables (wearables, health tech & femtech): connecting female innovators and allies in health tech, wearables, and femtech; provides community, events, and access to funding opportunities across 50+ countries.


You're welcome.

LinkedIn Ghostwriter for Women’s Health Founders & Executives | Turning Your Expertise Into Content That Attracts Investors & Partners | Ex-Pharma | Coffee Addict

Doctors have been dismissing severe pregnancy nausea as 'normal' for decades. A study of 437,000 Finnish women just proved why that's dangerous.

For context:
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) isn't just bad "morning sickness". It's severe, persistent nausea and vomiting that can make eating and drinking impossible.

It affects up to 3.6% of pregnancies and is the leading cause of hospitalization in the 1st trimester.

The study showed that women with HG are more likely to experience depression before and after pregnancy.

More specifically, these women are :
- 5x more likely to have had depression before pregnancy.
- 3.5x more likely to develop postpartum depression.

What's fascinating is that the relationship between HG and depression may be bidirectional:

Women with prior depression are more likely to get HG. And women with HG are more likely to get postpartum depression.

This matters because we're still treating physical symptoms and mental health as separate problems. They're not.

What needs to change:
1- Systematic psychiatric screening during prenatal care, not just after symptoms become severe.
2- Training OB-GYNs to recognize the mental health red flags that predict HG risk.
3- Integrated care plans that treat the whole person, not isolated symptoms.

Because when we treat the whole person, not just isolated symptoms, outcomes improve for both mother and baby.

LinkedIn Ghostwriter for Women’s Health Founders & Executives | Turning Your Expertise Into Content That Attracts Investors & Partners | Ex-Pharma

When I was 21, I entered a beauty pageant as the least likely winner.
My friends didn’t even try to talk me out of it; The idea was so absurd they just ignored me.

I wasn’t the prettiest, skinniest, or most confident contestant. The imposter syndrome felt paralyzing, but I signed up anyway.

I quickly realized trying to be the girl they expected was a failing strategy.

So I stopped competing on their terms and focused on the only thing I could control;

MY WHY:
To conquer my fear of public speaking and prove to myself I could be brave.

My sister told me something I still carry today:
“Stop trying to be the girl they expect. Be the girl they’ll remember.”

So I ditched the polished, pageant-safe answers… and showed up as myself.

At the community events, strangers connected with my story.
They saw themselves in it. They rooted for me.

When they called my name as the winner, I was stunned.

Later, the judges told me:
“Your authenticity was hard to ignore.”

Fast-forward to today:
I help female founders stand out on LinkedIn using that exact principle.

They come to me worried about sounding “cringe.” So they hide behind compliance updates and corporate news.

But the posts that actually cut through?

→ The patient story that broke you and inspired your startup
→ The 3am hospital waiting room moment when your idea clicked
→ The regulatory nightmare that nearly killed your company
→ The investor who told you it would never work

Those stories are real and make you memorable!

Your audience doesn't need more polish.
They need more you!

Curious about the BUSINESS of women's health? 

Here are some podcasts that provide insights into innovation, investment trends, regulatory challenges, and the commercialization of women's health products.

FemInnovation by Bethany Corbin

Business of the V by Alyssa Dweck & Rachel Braun Scherl

FemTech Focus by Brittany Barreto, Ph.D.

Femtech Real Money Talks by Elena Lipilina

Know other podcasts focused on the BUSINESS of women's health (investment, innovation, or commercialization)? 
Share them in the comments.

Podcasts on the Business Of Women's Health

6 months trying to conceive. Hundreds of ovulation strips. Still guessing when your fertile window actually is. That's before this new non-invasive tech was built.

Millions of women struggle with infertility.

And when you can't pinpoint your fertile window, the problem gets more expensive; couples turn to IVF at ~$24,000 per cycle.

Meanwhile, the daily mental load of "Did I test at the right time? Is this data even accurate?" compounds the stress of an already difficult journey.

It's crazy that we've built smart tech to track nearly everything (our steps, sleep cycle, heart rate), but women's reproductive health monitoring has remained stubbornly invasive and manual.

Daily testing. Guesswork. Inconsistent data.

Inconsistent data means longer time-to-conception. More failed cycles. More money spent. More heartbreak.

Parnian Majd, Majd, a biomedical engineer, was tired of seeing women in her life struggle with fertility tracking.

So she founded @fibra to solve this. A way for women to track their fertility continuously, without the guesswork, and actually improve their chances of conceiving.

The innovation?

Smart underwear with embedded sensors that monitors your heart rate, temperature, vaginal pH, and discharge volume while you go about your day.

Slip it on, sync to your phone, and the data flows automatically.

Fibra raised $1.25M in an oversubscribed pre-seed round. The technology has captured over 4 million data points from pilot studies.

Users report less anxiety and more control over their cycles. In 2024, Fibra was named Canada's Best Reproductive Health Monitoring Technology.

Fertility tracking should be as seamless as tracking your steps. Fibra proves it can be.

#FemHealthFriday.
---------------------------------
🤚🏾 Hi, I'm Verinsa. Every Friday, I highlight innovative companies in women's health. 
🔔Follow so you don't miss any.

Light therapy quietly revolutionized dentistry by killing bacteria without drugs. Now it's coming for women's health.

For context:
3 in 4 women will experience a vaginal yeast infection. 
40-45% face recurrent episodes.

The standard of care is antibiotics, except that antibiotics
- destroy your microbiome
- are becoming less effective due to antibacterial resistance and
- contributes to said antibacterial resistance

Current pharmacological treatments aren't a cure but a temporary patch (till the infection comes again).

Ella Smoraczewska Harris learned this the hard way. After giving birth, she experienced severe yeast infections, which turned what should have been a relaxing babymoon in France into a scavenger hunt for pharmacies that carried antifungal medications. She thought: there has to be a better way!

So together with Sonal Pendharkar Kulkarni (Ph.D.), they co-founded UVISA Health.

Their device is elegantly simple: 
a small, reusable tool women use at home that delivers calibrated light therapy to the area. It targets harmful yeast and bacteria while preserving beneficial microbes. No pills. No prescriptions. No microbiome destruction.

In May 2025, Denmark's medicines agency approved Uvisa's first clinical trial with Odense University Hospital, a milestone that validates years of pre-clinical work.

If this scales, women will finally be able to manage infections with dignity at home and reduce the contribution to antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Uvisa already has a waitlist ahead of launch.

The question isn't whether we need alternatives to antibiotics. It's why it took this long to build them.

Link to waitlist in comments 👇

hashtag

#FemHealthFriday
---------------------------------
 🤚🏾 Hi, I'm Verinsa. Every Friday, I highlight innovative companies in women's health. 
🔔Hit the notification bell so you don't miss any.

Companies spend millions on wellness programs, meditation apps, mental health days. But women are still leaving corporate at record rates. Why?

The problem isn't (only) the benefits package.

It's that most workplace health policies were centered and built around men.

Here’s what that looks like in real life:

• Your health insurance covers Viagra… but makes women fight for endometriosis treatment.
• Your PTO policy assumes everybody recovers from surgery at the same speed. (They don’t.)
• Your performance reviews penalize “brain fog” or “fatigue” without asking what’s causing it.

Women are typically diagnosed later than men for the same symptoms.
- Cancer? 2 - 5 years later than men. 
- Endometriosis takes 7-9 years on average. 

During that time, she's working through pain, pushing through exhaustion, pretending she's fine.

Until she's not. And then she leaves.

If companies want to retain high-performing women, they need to do 3 things differently:

1. Treat women's health as a business priority, not a nice-to-have.
2. Build policies around real medical needs, not hypothetical ones.
3. Create space for women to be honest about their health challenges without being penalized.

Retention isn't just about adding more perks; it's also about removing the barriers that make staying unsustainable.

We track our sleep, glucose, steps, you name it! But the one thing that affects half the world's population? We're still guessing.
Maybe it wasn't "sexy" enough for investors. 

Or maybe (and this feels closer to the truth) the wearables industry was built by men, for men, and women became the target only once the profit potential was clear.

So here we are. 

Women with heavy bleeding wondering if their pain is normal or a sign of fibroids. 

Women with unusual discharge, unsure if they're at risk for preterm labor. 
 
Women with endometriosis waiting an average of 6.6 years for a diagnosis not because the condition is rare (it affects 1 in 10 women), but because there's been no way to objectively measure what's happening.

That was before Emm.

During COVID, founder Jenny Button wore an Oura ring and a Whoop band, getting detailed insights into her sleep and fitness. Then it hit her: why is there nothing like this for menstrual and reproductive health?

So she built it.

Their flagship product is a medical-grade silicone menstrual cup with ultra-thin sensors embedded inside. It automatically tracks flow volume, cycle duration, and patterns. The app builds your personal baseline in three cycles (only). 
Bye bye manual logging!

They just raised $9M in seed with +30,000 pre-orders (Talk about a demand!)

Did you know:
Menstrual blood contains biomarkers you can't find in standard blood tests?Biomarkers that could help diagnose endometriosis, fibroids, and hormonal imbalances years earlier than current methods allow.

Your period is being discharged anyway. Why not use it to understand what's going on inside your body?

(See what happens when women innovate?)

I see Emm as the "Oura ring" of reproductive health.

#FemHealthFriday
---------------------------------
 🤚🏾 Hi, I'm Verinsa. Every Friday, I highlight innovative companies in women's health. 
🔔Follow so you don't miss any.

Many founders building thought leadership think viral content and audience growth are the goals.

I won't lie, those are great metrics. Certainly feeds the ego.

But viral content is different from lead generation content

PS- By lead, I mean investors, partners, or customers - whomever you're trying to attract to help you reach your goal.

Viral content gets attention.
It's broad, relatable, and emotional. People share it because it makes them look smart, funny or understood.

Think: hot takes on hiring, good boss vs. bad boss threads, remote work debates, career mistakes.
The algorithm loves it.

But here's the problem: You can go viral talking about startup burnout while no one knows you're solving postpartum depression at scale. 
Visibility without context doesn't build credibility.

Lead gen content drives action.
It's narrow, specific, and speaks directly to a pain point your ideal audience is facing right now. It tends to be very niche and educational.

Example: A founder shares what she learned from a failed partnership pitch. Three potential partners DM her.

That's the difference.

Now you don't have to choose one or the other. A smart content strategy incorporates both, but in different proportions.

For founders and executives in women's health, that balance matters even more. Your expertise deserves more than likes. It deserves to be in front of the people who actually get what you're building.

Interested in crafting a content strategy that works for you?

Send me a DM.

Today is International Men's day, and as much as the world was built for men, we acknowledge and celebrate the ones who use that privilege to uplift others:

The dad raising the next generation of strong, confident men.

The manager who notices when someone's struggling and quietly adjusts deadlines.

The mentor who makes introductions, shares credit, and answers the "dumb questions" without judgment.

The partner who splits the mental load, not just the chores.

To every man using his position to lift others up, making space for everyone else to win.

We see you, we value you, we appreciate you.

Happy International Men's Day.

You spent 3k on that PR feature.
A few investors clicked through. Then they looked you up on LinkedIn and then bounced. Why?

Many women's health founders chase press mentions, then wonder why investors don't remember them.

The missing piece? Your LinkedIn profile is where interest either grows (or dies).

After someone reads about you, they check you out. And if your profile is empty or outdated, you've lost the momentum that PR just bought you.

Here's the investor journey most founders miss:

Profile view → They read a few posts → They notice your comments → Your name shows up in their feed again → Someone mentions you → They DM directly.

By the time you're pitching, you're not starting cold. You're continuing a conversation they've already been having with you.

This isn't about choosing PR or LinkedIn. It's about pairing them.

PR gets you seen once.
A sharp LinkedIn presence keeps you visible week after week. That's the part that compounds.

Think of it this way: 

PR opens the door,  
LinkedIn keeps you in the room.

If you're investing in visibility, make sure there's something worth finding when people come looking.

Dear LinkedIn

Can we talk about a missing filter that's costing us (and you) real opportunities?

The "posted on LinkedIn" search filter is useful. But it only shows one type of active user: content creators.

What about the 99% of LinkedIn users who engage without posting?

The people who:
• Comment on posts
• React to industry news
• Send/respond to DMs

There's no way to find them.

Would appreciate an "active on LinkedIn" filter.

Sincerely,

Someone trying to do social selling.

"Just build what you need" is terrible advice for femtech founders.

Someone pitched me their women's health app idea last week.
My first question: "Have you looked at the Femtech market maps?"

I've noticed that aspiring founders often want to build solutions to their own problems.

And it makes sense: if you have a problem in women's health, thousands of other women probably share it. 

But we mistake shared pain for market validation. We don't realize dozens of teams are building the exact same thing.

I now send every founder the same resource when I hear about their idea: 
The Femtech market maps by Femovate.

Before you invest months building, do this:

Pull up market maps. Find where your idea sits on the continuum of care. 
If the space is saturated, you have three choices:

1) Pivot to a less crowded space
2) Accept you'll need 10x better execution to win
3) Find an underserved adjacent need

Either way, you're making decisions based on data, not hope.

Link to the market maps:
https://lnkd.in/eb4W3uiw

How are you using (or planning to use) the market maps?

Founder of Femovate | Fractional Chief Product Officer | Trailblazer in Women’s Health | Exited Founder

🌅 The Menstrual Health Market Map is ready 🌅 
Over 100 million women track their cycles on apps. They log menstrual patterns, pain levels, mood shifts, sleep, energy, and every symptom that gets brushed off in the exam room. 

And still, most of that data hasn't made its way into clinical care. It sits in silos. It doesn't trigger screening. It doesn't support early diagnosis. A woman can walk in with three years of documented pain and her doctor will scroll a few screenshots and say, “Periods can be rough."

We also have real economic costs. In the Netherlands alone, menstrual symptoms cost an estimated 1.9 billion euros each year. Most of that is presenteeism, not absence. Women keep working through pain because they’re told it’s normal.

But...Cycle tracking has hit a ceiling. The category is saturated. The opportunity has shifted. It’s not in another period tracker. It’s in the infrastructure that connects awareness to actual care.

How do we turn years of symptom tracking into early diagnosis? How do we connect tracking to screening and evidence based treatment? How do we move from self knowledge to real care pathways?

That is where the next wave of innovation will happen. 
𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧
Link in the comments. 

Marija Butkovic and Women of Wearables (wearables, health tech & femtech), Kathrin Folkendt and Femtech Insider, Mitzi Krockover, MD andBeyond the Paper Gown, Rachel Braun Scherl and the Business of the V, Christina Farr, Miller Morris, Milken Institute Health, Women's Health Week, Women's Health Access Matters, FemTech India. , WOMEN | Bayer, Femtech World, FutureFemHealth

Gut wrenching moments that remind you that there's more to life than hustling.

Can you skip 1 lunch this week and buy a book instead?

https://lnkd.in/etk4sW-2

We build your Execs LinkedIn presence | Founder @ StoryEngineers

I've struggled with writing this post for the last 72 hours. It's going to be heavy. Not sure if it belongs on LinkedIn, but this is the only platform I have. And I was granted permission to share G.'s story, so here we go:

My neighbour's boy went to sleep last week after 2 long years fighting this monster called leukemia. 

We became neighbours by accident in Jan 2024. We lived in the one place no one wants to live: the 7th floor of the Montreal Children's Hospital.

You might imagine a place like that is dark or scary. But the 7th floor is the closest I've ever felt to heaven on earth. The nurses, the doctors, the PABs - the way they cared for our families is just unmatched.

It is a specific kind of hell to watch your child fight a monster you cannot see. You listen to the beeping machines. You pray for good numbers. You watch them smile through things that would break a grown man.

And amidst all that, G. was a light to everyone that met him.

I vividly remember the day we were finally being discharged. We were packing up, desperate to get home. G.'s dad actually stopped us in the hallway. Why? He just wanted to make sure my daughter, Au., got her little gift - a blue Schtroumpf from G.'s favourite collection.

He absorbed all the love around him and poured it into ink. He wrote a book to inspire other kids and parents.

It's called Les mystérieux toutous (The Mysterious Plushies).

It was featured in the Montreal Bookfair last Saturday. G. was planning to be there to sign copies, but decided to rest up early, leaving us just two days before the event. We met his dad at the fair last Saturday and asked for permission to share his story.

And this is where you come in.

I don't want sympathy. I want to clear the inventory.

The goal was to print and sell 5,500 books. We are currently at 2,700.

The book is $25 CAD. It's a delightful story and a beautiful testimony to his strength and sense of humor. Every penny of profit goes to the Montreal Children's Foundation and Leucan. All of it. 

You can read his amazing story and grab a copy (in French or English) here: https://lnkd.in/eAVzFdMr

I don't have a lesson or takeaway here, but I sure do hope that this helps someone realize that they have more strength available than they think. That was G's wish when writing his book:

"To all those going through difficult times in life, never give up"

- G.

taplio

The Battle

Ike AFFAM

Verinsa Mouajou

Followers

Posts

Engagements

Likes

Performance ScoreIke AFFAM's LinkedIn Performance

Performance ScoreVerinsa Mouajou's LinkedIn Performance

Ready to grow your LinkedIn presence?

taplio

The Battle

Ike AFFAM

Verinsa Mouajou

Followers

Posts

Engagements

Likes

Performance Score.css-goub6s{font-size:var(--chakra-fontSizes-md);font-weight:500;color:var(--chakra-colors-gray-600);display:block;margin-top:var(--chakra-space-1);}Ike AFFAM's LinkedIn Performance

Performance ScoreVerinsa Mouajou's LinkedIn Performance

Ready to grow your LinkedIn presence?

Performance ScoreIke AFFAM's LinkedIn Performance