Lael Couper Jepson as she dives into another conversation this season that centers on this one central question: What's on her mind?
Episode 4 features a conversation between Lael and Jen Dean and it's rollicking good ride covering loads of topics that rarely reach the light of day between women—so you're welcome to overhear it. In the spirit of braiding three strands together to create some creative tension and play at the intersections of things, Jen brings in these three topics that are on her mind these days:
SEEING (ourselves and each other)
FREEDOM (breaking from convention, unschooling ourselves)
COLLECTIVE WISDOM (tapping into the vegas nerve of humanity)
—We talk about moving into the crone phase of our lives and how that has sharpened and deepened our vision.
—We talk about those moments we have a foot in this world and a foot out of it—as we access our wisdom, play with our power, hone our intuition, and honor our instincts.
—We talk about time—bending it, moving through it, our old/new stories about it, the experiences we've had, what we've been playing with recently and how to use it more powerfully.
—We talk about religion and spirituality—from cults and conventional training to being a witch and reclaiming our divinity on our own terms.
—We talk about how words have power and imagine what might be possible for the world if we talk about these things more openly—and why we don't.
-We talk about the need to "unschool" ourselves—our children and our world—as a means to remember what we have forgotten and the call for leaders (women in particular) to "do power differently"
—We talk about how storytelling, art and communities are the tools that will support us most because they are where we can be most free and feel safe to express our truth.
—We talk about change being an "inside job" and the need to be true to ourselves, in integrity and aligned with our beliefs——because the way we treat ourselves is the way we treat others.
It's thoughtful, emotional, insightful, and inspiring.
Welcome to our conversation. We're happy to have you overhear it.
Learn more about Lael at SheChanges https://shechanges.com/
Learn more about Jen Dean at https://jendeanphoto.com/ or her Instagram at @jendeanportrait
Show Notes: resources referenced
Witch: Unleashed, Untamed, Unapologetic by Lisa Lister
Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, The Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser
Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Word by Akilah Richards
Your Elusive Creative Genius—TED talk by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Artist Way by Julia Cameron
Mother Night and Dangerous Old Woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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Lael Couper Jepson as she dives into another conversation this season that centers on this one central question: What's on her mind?
Episode 4 features a conversation between Lael and Jen Dean and it's rollicking good ride covering loads of topics that rarely reach the light of day between women—so you're welcome to overhear it. In the spirit of braiding three strands together to create some creative tension and play at the intersections of things, Jen brings in these three topics that are on her mind these days:
SEEING (ourselves and each other)
FREEDOM (breaking from convention, unschooling ourselves)
COLLECTIVE WISDOM (tapping into the vegas nerve of humanity)
—We talk about moving into the crone phase of our lives and how that has sharpened and deepened our vision.
—We talk about those moments we have a foot in this world and a foot out of it—as we access our wisdom, play with our power, hone our intuition, and honor our instincts.
—We talk about time—bending it, moving through it, our old/new stories about it, the experiences we've had, what we've been playing with recently and how to use it more powerfully.
—We talk about religion and spirituality—from cults and conventional training to being a witch and reclaiming our divinity on our own terms.
—We talk about how words have power and imagine what might be possible for the world if we talk about these things more openly—and why we don't.
-We talk about the need to "unschool" ourselves—our children and our world—as a means to remember what we have forgotten and the call for leaders (women in particular) to "do power differently"
—We talk about how storytelling, art and communities are the tools that will support us most because they are where we can be most free and feel safe to express our truth.
—We talk about change being an "inside job" and the need to be true to ourselves, in integrity and aligned with our beliefs——because the way we treat ourselves is the way we treat others.
It's thoughtful, emotional, insightful, and inspiring.
Welcome to our conversation. We're happy to have you overhear it.
Learn more about Lael at SheChanges https://shechanges.com/
Learn more about Jen Dean at https://jendeanphoto.com/ or her Instagram at @jendeanportrait
Show Notes: resources referenced
Witch: Unleashed, Untamed, Unapologetic by Lisa Lister
Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, The Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser
Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Word by Akilah Richards
Your Elusive Creative Genius—TED talk by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Artist Way by Julia Cameron
Mother Night and Dangerous Old Woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
S5:E2: On Her Mind — A Conversation Between Lael + May
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S5:E2: On Her Mind — A Conversation Between Lael + May
Here's your chance to hear what's on her mind.
Join Lael Couper Jepson on this season on An Unscripted Woman as she dives into thirteen intimate conversations with fascinating women centered on the one question: What's on her mind?
More than an interview, this offers listeners the chance to "overhear" a conversation between two women as we look at the world through our eyes. Each episode features a different woman who brings three "threads" (or topics) her brain keeps braiding over and over again to make meaning in our world. We look at intersections, contradictions, and the frictions between them.
Episode 2 features a conversation between Lael and May (who elected to maintain her privacy for this, using a different name). May’s 3 threads she brings are Loneliness, Service, and Mattering, and we weave these in conversation.
—We talk about the raw capacity we have as humans to take what feels broken, disconnected, and fractured, and make something beautiful and strong from it—like that Japanese art form, Kintsugi.
—This conversation was recorded right after Mother’s Day, and we reflect on the emotion (rage, grief, despair) of being “celebrated” in this moment in our history when women have lost our reproductive rights this past year.
—We explore that fine line between feeling deeply of service and feeling consumed—how to know when you're there and what the difference is.
—We talk a lot about community—why it matters, what it looks like, and how to get it—and also play with ideas we have to harness the power of it that we've not yet tried as a society.
—We talk about what gives us hope and what keeps us sane in these weird and wild times we find ourselves in.
It's thoughtful, emotional, insightful, and inspiring.
Welcome to our conversation. We're happy to have you overhear it.
Learn more about Lael at SheChanges shechanges.com/
Show Notes: resources referenced
Valarie Kaur's book See No Stranger and TED talk
Dalia Lithwick's book: Lady Justice
The Japanese art form: Kintugi
On Being Podcast with Vivek Murthy
Tricia Hersey's book Rest as Resistance
An Unscripted Woman Podcast
Lael Couper Jepson as she dives into another conversation this season that centers on this one central question: What's on her mind?
Episode 4 features a conversation between Lael and Jen Dean and it's rollicking good ride covering loads of topics that rarely reach the light of day between women—so you're welcome to overhear it. In the spirit of braiding three strands together to create some creative tension and play at the intersections of things, Jen brings in these three topics that are on her mind these days:
SEEING (ourselves and each other)
FREEDOM (breaking from convention, unschooling ourselves)
COLLECTIVE WISDOM (tapping into the vegas nerve of humanity)
—We talk about moving into the crone phase of our lives and how that has sharpened and deepened our vision.
—We talk about those moments we have a foot in this world and a foot out of it—as we access our wisdom, play with our power, hone our intuition, and honor our instincts.
—We talk about time—bending it, moving through it, our old/new stories about it, the experiences we've had, what we've been playing with recently and how to use it more powerfully.
—We talk about religion and spirituality—from cults and conventional training to being a witch and reclaiming our divinity on our own terms.
—We talk about how words have power and imagine what might be possible for the world if we talk about these things more openly—and why we don't.
-We talk about the need to "unschool" ourselves—our children and our world—as a means to remember what we have forgotten and the call for leaders (women in particular) to "do power differently"
—We talk about how storytelling, art and communities are the tools that will support us most because they are where we can be most free and feel safe to express our truth.
—We talk about change being an "inside job" and the need to be true to ourselves, in integrity and aligned with our beliefs——because the way we treat ourselves is the way we treat others.
It's thoughtful, emotional, insightful, and inspiring.
Welcome to our conversation. We're happy to have you overhear it.
Learn more about Lael at SheChanges https://shechanges.com/
Learn more about Jen Dean at https://jendeanphoto.com/ or her Instagram at @jendeanportrait
Show Notes: resources referenced
Witch: Unleashed, Untamed, Unapologetic by Lisa Lister
Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, The Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser
Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Word by Akilah Richards
Your Elusive Creative Genius—TED talk by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Artist Way by Julia Cameron
Mother Night and Dangerous Old Woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
