98: We Empower! with Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès von Hattburg - Episode 9898: We Empower! with Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès von Hattburg - Episode 98
UK Health Radio Podcast
Two women leaders share frank stories about illness, grief, identity and gender equality, stressing that even in crisis you still have choices. The conversation links resilience, presence and female solidarity to building a more honest, humane life and society.
50:48•18 Apr 2026
Turning Crises Into Power: Women, Resilience and Real Choices
Episode Overview
- Crises and illness can become turning points if you consciously choose to engage with life instead of withdrawing.
- Simple daily check-ins, humour and playful moments help stabilise mood and energy during hard times.
- You always have a choice in how you respond, even when circumstances are brutal; that choice shapes your self-belief.
- Building presence through breathing, stillness and full attention strengthens relationships and decision-making.
- Women gaining visible roles in leadership and supporting each other through mentoring can shift companies and societies toward fairer decisions.
“I decided to live and I decided to live my life.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety and beyond? This episode of *We Empower!* on UK Health Radio zooms in on resilience, purpose and owning your choices, with plenty of relevance if you're rebuilding life after alcohol or any major crisis. Host Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès von Hattburg talks first with Sabine Buch, a former telecoms leader and Miss Germany candidate who now champions neurodiversity.
Sabine shares how serious illness, single parenting and life’s “thunderstorms” pushed her to see crises as turning points rather than punishments. Her line, “I decided to live and I decided to live my life,” hits especially hard for anyone choosing recovery one day at a time.
Sabine speaks about working with grief, supporting families who’ve lost children, and the daily habits that keep her grounded – checking her mood each morning, using humour, doing “crazy” playful things, and refusing to save her love or apologies for someday that might never come. She stresses that you always have a choice: to lie in bed and give up, or to act, ask for help, and show up for the people who need you.
The second guest, board advisor Katja Rieger, shifts the focus to leadership, women’s rights and democracy in the Gulf Region. She explains why she works with Women for Boards and why having women at the top table changes how companies and societies make decisions. Katja talks about kindness as a deliberate life choice, stepping out of comfort zones, and catching yourself when you slip into snap judgements about others.
Throughout, the show keeps circling back to core recovery themes: presence, breathing before reacting, finding your voice, choosing good mentors, and building supportive female (and male) alliances instead of competing. It’s a conversation that quietly asks: if crisis is here anyway, how could you use it to build a truer, braver version of yourself? What small choice could you make today that future-you might thank you for?
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