Shows
Diversity Differently PodcastShowing Up Fully Without ShameJoin Lesley as she walks and chats with friend and colleague Burgandy Holiday, LCSW. They talk about what it is to show up fully and how shame might prevent us from doing so. Burgandy is a therapist and equity consultant who encourages identity- and faith-based reconciliation through healing. She discusses what it is to support people in all their methods of healing, including unexpected or taboo ones, like choosing not to have relationships with certain people in our lives. Get full access to Diversity Differently at diversitydifferently.substack.com/subscribe2025-05-1123 min
Diversity Differently PodcastThe Creative Power of NoJoin Robyn and Lesley in sunny (and windy) south Philadelphia for a conversation about how saying no can creative positive results. They discuss what it takes to identify and set boundaries from a place of non-activation and how we can trust that things will work out, even and especially when we let go of the idea it’s our responsibility to fix them. Get full access to Diversity Differently at diversitydifferently.substack.com/subscribe2025-04-3017 min
Diversity Differently PodcastProgress and FlowJoin Robyn and Lesley for a chat about progress and flow. We talk about how much people tend to plan for the future by assuming what progress looks like. The truth is that progress is bumpy and unpredictable. Forcing what we think it should be can actually slow it down. Learning to be with emotion and developing our capacity to identify what we can and can’t control are useful skills. These can also help us reduce fear in a time of chaotic change. Get full access to Diversity Differently at diversitydifferently.substack.com/subscribe2025-04-0414 min
Diversity Differently PodcastThe Lessons of ImbalanceJoin Sagely co-owners Lesley Curtis and Cord Whitaker in a conversation about balance and focus. Cord shares about his recent experience of vertigo. Noticing so intently what we are focused on helps us reconsider what’s possible. They conclude that when it’s impossible to do anything but accept imbalance, we often find new forms of stability. Get full access to Diversity Differently at diversitydifferently.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-2016 min
Diversity Differently PodcastBut what about when it's really bad?Join Sagely consultants, Robyn Smith, LCSW and Lesley Curtis, Ph.D., on another walk in Philadelphia, this time starting in the Italian Market. In this conversation, we take a serious and yet still hopeful look at what it is to find stability even when what we’re facing is awful. What works for helping people through disaster, loss, and personal trauma, also works for finding ground through political instability, too. (The Italian market is where Sylvester Stallone (Rocky 1976) starts his run to the Museum of Art stairs, still known as the Rocky Steps. If you know the sc...2025-03-0512 min
Diversity Differently PodcastTrust the ProcessRobyn and Lesley discuss trust on their latest walk in Philadelphia. If we observe that a lack of trust seems to be influencing our organizations, then what is it to make ourselves a source of trust? In this episode, we talk about applying a radical focus on our own experience so that we trust that recovery is possible. From this perspective, we emanate trust and start to make change through our own belief in peaceful collaboration. Get full access to Diversity Differently at diversitydifferently.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-2618 min
Diversity Differently PodcastThe Gold "Mine"Join Lesley and Robyn on a winter walk in Philadelphia while they discuss the me/not me. Robyn invites us to go deeper into the investigation of what belongs to us and what doesn’t. Patterns that seem really subtle can start in the earliest years of our lives, so looking at our relationship with our mothers is a good place to see how we can make change. We can learn to be present, truly present, by not fighting what was. This is a more powerful place to make equitable change in the world and—as you’ll hear, even t...2025-02-2014 min
Diversity Differently PodcastOn Not Punishing OurselvesJoin Cord and Lesley in a conversation about punishment. We often learn to punish ourselves as a way of staying safe. This voice continues, sometimes for generations, even when the danger is gone. Once we become aware of our inner critic, then we can do something about it. It’s actually possible to give ourselves compassion instead, which is the start of a new way of being in the world. Get full access to Diversity Differently at diversitydifferently.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-1118 min
Diversity Differently PodcastTransforming Conflict with HopeIn this episode, Lesley interviews her former student and colleague, Alex Rose, who teaches conflict transformation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Alex talks about the powerful work of the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center and what it feels like to move toward peace with people from all over the world at this time in the United States. Her story is one of hope and determination, demonstrating that peaceful collaboration begins within. Get full access to Diversity Differently at diversitydifferently.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-0619 min
Diversity Differently PodcastWhat is Mine?In this episode, Cord and Lesley speak with their friend and colleague, Robyn Smith, LCSW, who specializes in somatic coaching and trauma healing. They talk about how important it is to know what belongs to you and what doesn’t. Robyn shares some examples of how people can release shame and guilt associated with not being able to fix what isn’t ours. This makes it easier to show up and respond with your fullest talents in the current moment. Get full access to Diversity Differently at diversitydifferently.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-0418 min
Diversity Differently PodcastThis is Not ThatIn this episode, Cord and Lesley talk about how history’s lessons are important, but staying present to our current moment is an effective strategy for culture change. “This is not that” helps us fine tune our threat detection system. Our own nervous system regulation can help us create order and stability, even in times of orchestrated chaos. Get full access to Diversity Differently at diversitydifferently.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-2917 min
Diversity Differently PodcastRemembering the Life JacketsJoin Cord and Lesley in their second episode. We take a boat metaphor to its edges when we ask: how can you be the one who remembers the life jackets? We’ll discuss the space between reaction and response; permission to be okay; and untangling feeling from belief. Thanks for listening! Get full access to Diversity Differently at diversitydifferently.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-2217 min
Diversity Differently PodcastWhat is it to grieve well?This is the first episode of our Diversity Differently podcast by Sagely co-owners, Lesley and Cord. Our podcast is simple: informal conversations about culture change, social justice, and inclusive leadership. In this episode, Lesley and Cord spend 16 minutes discussing what it is to grieve well. Why does it matter? And what can it help us do in this time of transition? Thanks for listening! Get full access to Diversity Differently at diversitydifferently.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-1916 min
REDRUM true crimeEpisode Fifty, The killer dentist (Lesley and Trevor)This is the first part of a 2 parter on The Killer Dentist. The second part is available to download immediately.
After she’d been in the bath for a little while, Colin came in and said he wanted to use the tape recorder. He lifted it up, and as he did so, the cable came out and somehow landed on Lesley’s arm, in the bath. This was attached to the main electricity supply and meant that as it touched her arm, and the water, it gave her an electric shock. Thankfully, the cord had then...2022-10-0156 min
Unfrozen8. In Praise of Words and Letters, Union Shops, and the New SincerityGreg and Dan host Eva Hagberg, author of “Dark Nostalgia,” “How to be Loved,” and the upcoming “When Eero Met His Match”.
Intro: “The Letter,” by The Box Tops
Topics:
· Eero and Aline: “They met and immediately started banging”… and launched the modern world of Architecture PR
· “Publicists make their jobs look a lot harder than they are”
· Don’t piss off OTTO and ESTO
· “I blew my entire advance on seven Iwaan Baan photos”
· A Union SHoP?
o Tyler Goss cut the cord
· Architecture Twitter vs...2021-12-2353 min
The Energy of Manifestation PodcastCutting The Cord Energetically In LifeWelcome back to Not Just Another Mom Podcast with me your host, Lesley Sprague. Today, I am talking all about cutting the cord energetically. In both your life and business, and what this freeing energetic exercise activates in your life! Spoiler alert: It's going to have you reaching your manifestations quicker!Play with the magic.I have 5 spots open in my 1:1 coaching program, so if you are ready to tap into your magic send me a DM on Instagram to apply.2021-12-0214 min
Trick or Treat RadioTorTR #468 - Swearwolves WithinSend us a textA snowstorm traps town residents together inside the local inn, where a newly arrived forest ranger and podcaster must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious competitive shaving contest that has begun terrorizing the community. On Episode 468 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Werewolves Within, an adaptation of the video game of the same name from director Josh Ruben! We also discuss other video game to film adaptations, our favorite whodunits, and other lycanthropic hijinks! So grab the candlestick, meet Professor Plum in the Conservatory...2021-07-163h 00
RechtsgesprächFolge – Verfassungskonforme Modernisierung des Zivilverfahrens, aus der Perspektive einer Zivilrechtswissenschaftlerin und liberale RechtspolitikIn der siebzehnten Folge des Rechtsgespräch-Podcasts setze ich den Austausch mit Wiebke Voß fort, den ich in der vorigen Folge begonnen habe. Nun sprechen wir über die Modernisierung des Zivilverfahrens und ihre Vorschläge, Reformen zweckmäßig und verfassungskonform auszugestalten. Und ich spreche mit Jürgen Martens, ehemaliger Justizminister in Sachsen und nun Bundestags-Rechtspolitiker. Er blickt zurück auf die zu Ende gehende Legislaturperiode und spricht über den langen Atem, den man als Rechtspolitiker braucht. Wir sprechen auch über die Situation der Menschen in Belarus. Mein Lesetipp: The Justice Crisis von Trevor Farrow und Lesley Jaco...2021-06-2347 min
REDESIGNING MIDLIFE | Workout Motivation Over 50, Nutrition Facts, Health & Wellness, Fitness, Exercise Inspiration, Menopause Symptoms, Self-Care, Midlife CrisisWhere To Start In Gaining ClarityOn the podcast this week, Lesley is talking about WHERE to start when you know you need some career clarity. Finding CLARITY is a process and a moving target. It's something you need to be working toward at all times and it is not an end goal. So many people get tripped up at this step. They know they want to make a change, but have no idea what it is or where to look for it. This podcast will lay out 5 steps to help get you started toward finding clarity on which way to go or w...2021-05-0542 min