Ep 20: Build Your Own Table Build: Your Own Table: When to Delegate, and When to Do It All

Takin’ Care of Lady Business with Jennifer Justice Episode 020: Build Your Own Table: When to Delegate, and When to Do It All Michal Mor was born in Palo Alto California, and relocated to Israel at age 2 where she and her twin sister Merav grew up. After serving in the Israeli army, she and her sister both studied at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Michal holds a BSc in Medical Laboratory Sciences, an MSc in Physiology, and a PhD in Physiology, Cardiac Science. Michal also taught biology and physiology during her studies. In the final year of her PhD, she relocated to Tel Aviv, along with her sister. In 2014, Michal and her twin sister teamed up with 3 long-time friends and entrepreneurs to found Lumen, a company focused on bringing metabolic health to the general public. They spent 4 years on research and development to create a product that measures metabolism through the breath. In 2016, beta trials for the Lumen device began, and in 2018, Lumen was officially launched on Indiegogo. Michal is an Ironman athlete and trained for many years. In her spare time, she does competitive pole acrobatics. Michal lives with her husband and three children in Tel Aviv. Michal and Merav have lived together their entire lives, and even today live only 50 meters away from each other. They are both passionate about empowering the world with information about how their metabolism works.    Listen to this information-packed Takin’ Care of Lady Business episode about building your own table, and showing up to it with everything you’ve got.   Here is what to expect on this week’s show: How Michal and her twin sister Merav used the combined experience of finishing their PhDs and training as competitive athletes to get the idea to found Lumen Ways of inspiring confidence in yourself when competing in a male-dominated industry Why it’s important to resist the socially imbued impulse to “do it all” as a professional woman, and surround yourself with experts in unique areas that you may not have the time or energy to become an expert in Why no one, men or women, ought to feel like they need to hide the fact that they have children in a professional environment, especially in the age of increased expectation of working from home How Michal and Merav compliment each other’s strengths as scientists, co-founders, mothers, and athletes An explanation on how Lumen’s fascinating technology works   Connect with Michal: WEBSITE: https://www.lumen.me/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lumen.me/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Lumen.me/ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-mor-309b0426 PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com/MyLumen TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LumenMetabolism YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3XkEyGUMXfRhZcB0Ve_fQQ     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices