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The Podcast for Real-Life HeroinesSeason 6 Episode 3 - Interview with Lael Couper JepsonIn this powerful and thought-provoking episode, Susanna sits down with Lael Couper Jepson, writer, speaker, coach, and founder of SheChanges. Lael brings her signature boldness and wisdom to a conversation about the urgency of embracing change, the importance of honoring our inner voice, and why waiting is overrated. She challenges conventional beliefs about transformation, power, and leadership, offering insights on how women can step into their full presence without apology. Lael also shares deeply personal reflections on self-love, intuition, and the necessity of questioning the stories we tell ourselves.
Episode Highlights
00:41 – Introducing Lael Couper Jepson2025-03-1051 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS5:E4 On Her Mind — A Conversation Between Lael + JenLael 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 WI...2023-07-281h 05
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS5E3: On Her Mind — A Conversation Between Lael + MichelleLael Couper Jepson as she dives into another conversation this season that centers on this one central 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 3 features a conversation between Lael and Michelle (who elected to reveal that she is a 1:1 coaching...2023-07-1458 min
What is Leadership?Episode 52: 'Disrupting Leadership' with Lael Couper JepsonLael Couper Jepson is all about change powered by women. Founder of SheChanges, she makes it her business to hold space for those willing to live from the crossroads of conventional thought and unconventional wisdom. In this episode, they discuss important conversations often buried - which Lael is passionate about uncovering - and the language needed to disrupt traditional leadership thinking. Lack of safety in organizations, and welcoming the ‘dominant cast’ to the change conversation with compassion and enthusiasm - because for things to change, everybody needs to be at the party. The ripple effect of public courage when makin...2023-07-131h 07
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS5:E2: On Her Mind — A Conversation Between Lael + MayHere'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.
...2023-06-3048 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS5E1 On Her Mind — A Conversation Between Lael + MeganHere'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 that 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.
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An Unscripted Woman PodcastS4E7: SheSpeaks 2019 — Lael Couper JepsonLael Couper Jepson shares a story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2019 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. This live storytelling evening, hosted annually by Lael of SheChanges, features the stories of five women. The theme for this year is "Wellspring". In this story, Lael explores the question of how you get somewhere when you don't know where you're going. She shines a light on the power of getting lost, going rogue, and getting off the beaten path as a means to find and follow our own inner GPS system. "Proceed to the route", indeed.
www.SheChanges.com
Photo Credit...2023-05-1907 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS4E8: SheSpeaks 2019 — Kayla LewisKayla Lewis shares a story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2019 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. In this live storytelling evening, hosted by Lael Couper Jepson of SheChanges, the stories of five women were featured speaking to the theme of "Wellspring". Kayla's deeply personal story considers the greater levels of power that can be found in the most unlikely of places. She explores how we might find our way forward by digging down into the depths of who we are. Kayla's story will reveal how serendipity and the world around us ask us to look deeper down inside ourselves...2023-05-1913 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS4E9: SheSpeaks — Lael Couper JepsonLael Couper Jepson shares a story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2019 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. The theme of this live annual storytelling evening, hosted by Lael of SheChanges and featuring the stories of women, is "Wellspring". This story of Lael's explores what it means to be naked—literally and figuratively—and how we can usher ourselves into the unknown, even as we're deeply uncomfortable.
www.SheChanges.com
Photo Credit: Kelley Drew Photography2023-05-1906 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS4E6: SheSpeaks 2019 — Gemma DreherGemma shares a story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2019 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. In this live storytelling evening hosted by Lael Couper Jepson of SheChanges and featuring the stories of women, Gemma's deeply personal story on stage explores what it looks like to call on the Motherline and tap into the ancient, sacred lineage of the feminine. She imagines what would happen if women had the ability to awaken to our divinity and bring forth a magical power that could be used for the highest good. Gemma's story unearths what has been buried for too long—in ou...2023-05-1912 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS4E5: SheSpeaks 2019 — Lael Couper JepsonLael Couper Jepson shares a story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2019 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. This live storytelling evening featuring the stories of five women is hosted by Lael who is the emcee of the event. The theme for this SheSpeaks is "Wellspring" and in this story, Lael talks about the wisdom that lives deep down inside us that we often forget about—and can tap into to access and ignite our power.
www.SheChanges.com
Photo Credit: Kelley Drew Photography2023-05-1903 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS4E4: SheSpeaks 2019 — Benedita ZalabantuBenedita Zalabantu shares a story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2019 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. In this live storytelling evening featuring the stories of women, Benedita's deeply personal story explores what it means to love yourself—truly and fully. She shines a light on the possibility of feeling comfortable in our own skin when we live in a world so filled with noise, judgement and hatred when it comes to women's bodies. Benedita's story shows how our inner struggles can help to shape our outer compassion, connecting us to ourselves and to others, even as we stand out, lo...2023-05-1911 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS4E3: SheSpeaks 2019 — Lael Couper JepsonLael Couper Jepson shares a story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2019 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. In this live storytelling evening featuring the stories of women, Lael further weaves the theme of "Wellspring" throughout the five speakers, offering this story about how we are taught to "bury the girl"—an everything she represents—in ourselves as we age into woman. And then she talks about how we women eventually get out a shovel—and go dig her up, as a means to reclaim what we have most forgotten about ourselves.
www.SheChanges.com
Photo Credit: Kelley Drew Photography2023-05-1905 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS4E2: SheSpeaks 2019 — Joanna Horton McPhersonJoanna Horton McPherson takes the stage at SheSpeaks 2019, a two-day women's storytelling event in Portland, Maine hosted by Lael Couper Jepson of SheChanges.
Joanna's story, entitled Going into the Layers, explores what it looks like to make space for truth to emerge when we can't plan what will happen next. This deeply personal story mines beneath the topic of vulnerability and illuminates what it's like to give voice to those things that live below the places we cannot touch, but can only sense—in the unknown.
FMI www.SheChanges.com
Photo Credit: Kelley Drew Photography2023-05-1913 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS4E1: SheSpeaks 2019 — Lael Couper JepsonLael Couper Jepson sets the stage at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine for SheSpeaks 2019—two nights of women's storytelling centered on the theme of "Wellspring". In this first story of the evening, Lael shines a light on what she's learned about how to get in to the arena of what you don't know you don't know—and why that's important.
FMI www.SheChanges.com
Photo Credit: Kelley Drew Photography2023-05-1914 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS4E10: SheSpeaks 2019: Kat JoyceKat Joyce shares a *story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2019 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. In this live storytelling evening featuring the stories of women, Kat's deeply personal story on stage explores what it would be like if we were to take off all the costumes and the armor we've been wearing. She considers what is left when we strip ourselves naked to reveal the full wattage of who we are. Kat's story will explore what happens when we call ourselves home, put our own skin back on, and align who we truly are on the inside with...2023-05-1909 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastIntro to Season 5: On Her MindSeason 5 of the Unscripted Woman podcast will be released in Summer 2023, and I'm really excited about it.
It's called On Her Mind: Conversations with Thinking Women Feeling Our Way Forward
My aim is to have these be like those conversations you love overhearing in airport lounges or plane terminals...the ones you move a little closer to because they're fascinating. We'll be playing at the intersections of some of the most complex conversations of our times—touching on topics like the environment, economy, education, white culture and racism, aging, death and dying, spirituality and religion, creativity, food systems, and government an...2023-05-1213 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastEpisode #6 Why The Chicken Crossed The RoadOriginally aired in 2016, this podcast features Lael Couper Jepson reading an excerpt from her book: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer and riffing more specifically on what she's learned about doing the dance of masculine and feminine energy in a woman's body.
It's about assuming responsibility for all of who we are and inhabiting ourselves more wholly—our internal geography we roam, our contradictions, our too muchness, and our not enoughness. At its core, this is a story—and an invitation—to move more fluidly and color outside the lines of who we're told we should be.
You can learn more about...2023-01-1136 min
The Find Your Awesome PodcastUshering in Joy with Lael JepsonWe hear from Lael Jepson this week. She’s a storyteller who helps ignite change by helping women disrupt themselves and their organizations to break free from convention. She starts out by telling us the story of Clyde, her father-in-law, and how he greeted here with three hand claps when she visited her husband’s family in northern Maine. The clapping sound became synonymous with joy for Lael, and has helped her explore the question of how our culture and conditioning so rarely allow us to anticipate joy in our lives. We talk about the magic of moving our bodies and...2022-03-171h 02
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS3E6: The Making of My Ignite Book — It's Officially Out + Welcome to the FireLael Couper Jepson's latest book, Ignite: Lighting the Leader Fire, was released on November 13, 2019. Part heat-seeking memoir and part fiery missive, Ignite is what it looks like when a woman taps into her power with her whole heart and unapologetically leads with all of who she is—without asking for permission or pausing to to explain why.
Come and sample the opening chapter read by Lael—and bring your match. Because now is the time and this is your moment, which is also our moment.2019-11-1923 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastIgnite: Lighting the Leader Fire — Welcome to the FireLael Couper Jepson's latest book, Ignite: Lighting the Leader Fire, was released on November 13, 2019. Part heat-seeking memoir and part fiery missive, Ignite is what it looks like when a woman taps into her power with her whole heart and unapologetically leads with all of who she is—without asking for permission or pausing to to explain why.
Come and sample the opening chapter read by Lael—and bring your match. Because now is the time and this is your moment, which is also our moment.2019-11-1923 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS2E10: Nadine Farag at SheSpeaks 2018 —The Vessel of SelfNadine Farag shares a story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2018 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. As the final speaker of the first night of this annual women's storytelling evening hosted by SheChanges, Nadine's story is about her own personal revolution—one that had her examine the contractions that lie within herself, understand who she is on the inside, and who she is on the surface, and how to best to adorn that woman. Her story is entitled: The Vessel Of Self.
"After a lifetime of rule following...I walked into my advisor's at my doctoral program at Harvard, an...2019-05-2910 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS2E9: Lael Couper Jepson at SheSpeaks 2018 — The Golden BuddhaLael Couper Jepson tells a story on stage at her annual women's storytelling series, SheSpeaks, in December 2018 at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine.
In this story, Lael shares a story about how sometimes the real value of something is hidden inside a crusty layer of shit. She speaks about her experiment to see if she could value and appreciate both the shit AND the gold in a surprising way.
"...It brought me to this place of appreciating the need for outfitting as well as adorning...When I outfit myself, I'm ready for a street fight—that's my amour. But wh...2019-05-2809 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS2E8: Lyn Carter at SheSpeaks 2018 — Women's Ways of KnowingLyn Carter shares a story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2018 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. Building off an ancient story of the Fox and The Star, Lyn's story at this this annual women's storytelling evening, hosted by SheChanges, is about knowing who we are, and where we came from so that we might re-member all the pieces of ourselves—to learn how to put all of our pieces together when it's hard. Her story is entitled: Women's Ways of Knowing.
"That rootedness has helped me in times of my life that were hard—and set me on a jour...2019-05-2812 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS2E7: Lael Couper Jepson at SheSpeaks 2018 — On "The Game" of LifeLael Couper Jepson tells a story on stage at her annual women's storytelling series, SheSpeaks, in December 2018 at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine.
Using the Game Of Life board game as a metaphor, Lael talks about the rules we are taught about life—the ones that are generally not ours, nor were they designed with us in mind—only benefit those who are set up to "win." She offers up some new rules she's crafted for herself, borrowing this one from Monica Lewinsky: "No one can tell me I am not a reliable narrator of my own life."
"My rela...2019-05-2807 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS2E6: Corinne Mockler at SheSpeaks 2018 — Water WitchingCorinne shares a story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2018 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. The story Corinne tells at this this annual women's storytelling evening, hosted by SheChanges, plays at the intersections of motherhood, identity, and creativity. Her story is entitled: Water Witching.
"For all I gained by becoming a mother, there is plenty that I've lost. ...like a big 'ole dump truck full of expectations and anxiety and overwhelm, just fucking unloaded all over who I was...all over my creative source, my creative practice...it just poured it on, packed it tight, and smoothed it over...2019-05-2810 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS2E5: Lael Couper Jepson at SheSpeaks 2018 — The Holy Grail Inside YouLael Couper Jepson tells a story on stage at her annual women's storytelling series, SheSpeaks, in December 2018 at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine.
In this story, Lael talks about the "red light moments" of life when the dashboard alerts you something is amiss, and how these are the moments of the unknown where women start to get really resourceful...and busy.
"When the red lights go on on our dash, we reach for the answer as if there is an answer....Intellectually we know there's no owner's manual for living a human life...but there are just so many...2019-05-2808 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS2E4: Louisa Irele at SheSpeaks 2018 - My QueendomLouisa Irele shares her story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2018 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. Louisa's story at this annual women's storytelling evening, hosted by SheChanges, is about learning to love yourself and tell yourself that you belong—you deserve to be here—as a means of decide how to be in the world. Especially when you're emotionally busy.
Her story is : My Queendom.
"We can't truly see anybody else's story—we have to have them tell it to us, and we have to be able to hear it and listen to it. My story is important because it say...2019-05-2811 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS2E3: Lael Couper Jepson at SheSpeaks 2018 — On Making ShitLael Couper Jepson tells a story on stage at her annual women's storytelling series, SheSpeaks, in December 2018 at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine.
In this story, Lael speaks to the power of making art as a means to figure herself out:
"I just keep making shit as I go—sometimes it's good shit, and sometimes it's bad shit—but that's how I figure out everything. It's my go-to interface and how I make meaning in my world...and there's no roof on me anymore...I'm just constantly conjuring..."
- Lael Couper Jepson
FMI: http://www.shechanges.com/experiences-for-women/shespeaks-womens-speaking-series/upco...2019-05-2808 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS2E2: Anne Morin at SheSpeaks 2018 — Whispers Under The WordsAnne Morin shares a story on stage at SheSpeaks in December 2018 at One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine. As the first speaker of this annual women's storytelling evening, hosted by SheChanges, Anne brought the full house to its feet with her story: Whispers Under The Words.
"After years and years of listening to other people's subtext, and hearing and trying to tease out their truth, and their opinions...I suddenly looked around and realized that I had kind of gone mute to my own opinions, and a little deaf to my own subtext..."
- Anne Morin, SheSpeaks 2018
http://www.shechanges.com...2019-05-2812 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS2E1: Lael at SheSpeaks 2018 — Sovereign IntroAn excerpt from Lael Couper Jepson at SheSpeaks 2018, sharing a story at her women's storytelling series at One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine. This story bit frames the overall theme for the storytelling series: Sovereign.
"Being sovereign for me, now, isn't about being possessed...it's about being in FULL possession of everything I am, everything I see, everything I feel, everything I know to be true for me."
- Lael Couper Jepson
FMI: http://www.shechanges.com/experiences-for-women/shespeaks-womens-speaking-series/upcoming-shespeaks/
Photo credit: Melissa Mullen Photography2019-05-2807 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E14: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer — A House On Fire, Naked Truth + Staying RootedIn this episode of An Unscripted Woman, I weave together some stories and riff on the themes of the urgency of our times, and how it is calling many of us to speak more clearly (plainly) and get naked with our truth —even if it makes us uncomfortable, is inconvenient, or unpopular. Even if you feel vulnerable and not ready. Even if you're wondering if you're the "right" person for the job. And with all that, I'll also speak to the things women are doing to stay rooted amidst the gale-force winds of these times—so we can stay whole and...2019-04-0319 min
The Art of The Break025: SheChanges – Take Your Idea for a Spin: Lael Couper JepsonYou are not alone. That is the first thing Lael Couper Jepson wants you to know. We all have dreams and desires mixed with fear. What we are most afraid of is being “caught” failing. We need to learn how to sit with that. What if we faced that thing or idea that scares us with an element of play? Picture a dream or idea you've been carrying with you, and now think…”Wanna give it a whirl? Wanna try? Let’s go find out!” Take your idea for a spin. Lael’s journey included visions of becom...2018-12-2030 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS3E5: The Making of My Ignite Book — The Almighty PointA sneak peak, advance sampling of a chapter from Lael Couper Jepson's second book before it was released as Ignite: Lighting the Leader Fire in November of 2019. The original manuscript title was Witch Ways, and this is how it began before it was buffed and polished with revisions, rewrites and many edits.
This is how I Lael, creatively-speaking. I write and then talk it out of my body, with you. So thanks for coming along for the ride. Go ahead, give it a listen...
FMI: check out the story behind how this book is super-powered by women and the SheChanges...2018-12-0507 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastE3S4: The Making of My Ignite Book — Witch Brings Us To YouA sneak peak, advance sampling of a chapter from Lael Couper Jepson's second book before it was released as Ignite: Lighting the Leader Fire in November of 2019. The original manuscript title was Witch Ways, and this is how it began before it was buffed and polished with revisions, rewrites and many edits.
This is how I Lael, creatively-speaking. I write and then talk it out of my body, with you. So thanks for coming along for the ride.
FMI: check out the story behind how this book is super-powered by women and the SheChanges community
https://www.gofundme.com/shechanges-book-2...2018-12-0512 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastE3S3: The Making of My Ignite Book – The Other WayAn early release, sneaky sampling of a chapter from Lael Couper Jepson's second book, which began as Witch Ways and eventually morphed into Ignite: Lighting the Leader Fire and was published in November 2019. This is how it began before the buffing and polishing of re-writes and editing... And THIS CHAPTER, in particular, was where I finally got at the heart of the book—the OTHER Way that women tap into (and lead from) when left to their own natural devices.
Go ahead...try it on for size...
FMI: check out the story behind how this book is super-powered by women an...2018-12-0514 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS3E2: The Making of My Ignite Book — A Hammering In My HeartAnother bite-sized, early taste of Lael Couper Jepson's second book...which ultimately morphed into the title Ignite: Lighting the Leader Fire and published in November 2019. Go ahead, give it a listen.
FMI: check out the story behind how this book is super-powered by women and the SheChanges community
https://www.gofundme.com/shechanges-book-2-powered-by-women2018-12-0508 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS3E1: The Making of My Ignite Book: Roots What’s Happening To MeThis is how a book is born through me...I start sharing the chapters well before the manuscript is finalized. It's how I Lael, creatively-speaking. As you'll soon discover, the book title eventually morphed from Witch Ways to Ignite: Lighting the Leader Fire, and was released in November 2019.
A sneak-peak, advance taste of Lael Couper Jepson's second book, due to be released in July 2019.
FMI: check out the story behind how this book is super-powered by women and the SheChanges community
https://www.gofundme.com/shechanges-book-2-powered-by-women2018-12-0504 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E13: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer - Truth In AngerIn this episode, I shine a light on the very thing we are trained not to look at in ourselves as women: Anger. And in doing so, my invitation is a call to let it out more, to listen to it, and to actually leverage it as rocket fuel to create change, rather than have it stew and sour inside us creating shame and ultimately disconnection and dis-ease. I explore the difference between anger (which is natural energy) and violence (which is harmful action), and play with my own desire to actually practice anger rather than doing what I'm told...2017-02-1425 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E12: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer - Naked Cake WomanThis episode explores what lives inside each of — our essence — and is an invitation to live from that place with more intention. You'll hear about many of my stories that finally had me grab onto, own, and ultimately embody the part of me I had feared most. The part people could see and sense the minute they met me, but the part I felt compelled to hide or tightly manage. At its core, this chapter is a call to action — to come out from behind ourselves and live life as we are, not as we think (of have been told)we sho...2017-01-2426 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E11: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer - One Of These Is Not Like The OtherThis episode examines how often many of us feel alone when we're surrounded by a crowd of people — like you're the only one that thinks and feels a certain way, and everyone else has it "together" and "figured out". It also examines the shame that can bubble up inside ourselves in those situations("what's wrong with you!?") that can have us withdraw even further — from others and from our own truth. At the core of this episode is a personal look at my own relationship to anger — then and now — and how I have sought to shuck the shame, while also lev...2016-11-2331 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E10: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer — Naturally StrivingThis episode explores the default so many of us have around "bearing down" on something we want to make happen — which means reckoning with our love affair of control, being busy, moving fast, and being "productive". At the core of it, there is an invitation to become more efficient with how we move through life — balancing periods of pushing with periods of yielding — and trusting in ourselves enough to honor both instincts and guidance to propel us forward.2016-10-2526 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E9: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer - Owning What's MineThis episode is about my long-overdue reclamation of a part of myself that was both my greatest strength and secret shame: my competitive spirit. In this chapter, I unpack all the rules that had me moving carefully — as if by a script — and holding myself full self back. But more than that, this is a story about alchemy — and how choosing to consciously burn off shame can offer access to even deeper reservoirs of personal power.2016-10-0625 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E8: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer — Stands With A FistThis episode unpacks my own story of competition, and explores how it tends to get a bad rap among women. It also looks at how our competitive spirit (ambition, drive, intensity, desire) can be a thin and tricky line to walk as women — triggering us to dampen, dumb down, or diminish ("play small" or "shrink") what is sometimes our greatest strength. This is my story of discovering how I was participating in my own shrinkage in this regard...and in how healing that shame and more fully owning the entirety of who I am is helping me to not only be...2016-09-3025 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E7: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer - Mea CulpaThis is the first chapter that I really dig into the stories of masculine energy and my experience of it as a woman. In doing so, I also explore how I wasn't able to even get to that conversation with myself until I really started to sit with my identity as a woman and how I had essentially dissociated from from that until my first pregnancy "outted me" and forced my hand. This is the story about how I actively participated in my own shame, and how once I could face it - with compassion - I was able to...2016-09-1928 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E6: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer— Why The Chicken Crossed The RoadThis episode gets at the heart of what I mean when I say "luminous living" — it's about allowing ourselves to live the fullest RANGE of who we are, and in doing so amping up our wattage so that we are able to shine more brightly in the world. I also spend time exploring the value of "mustering" as a means to both honor and ready ourselves for making a courageous or bold move and talk about the tools I use (for myself and my clients) that help me grease the skids when I am most resistant or scared to move ou...2016-07-2636 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E5: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer— Sense-Making —> Masculine & Feminine BearingsIn this episode, I do my damnedest to drill down to the nitty gritty details of defining the masculine and the feminine for myself. In the process, I highlight why that process/conversation is so hard to have — with ourselves AND with others — and how easy it is to avoid it all together. I also shine a light on why I see it as one of the most central conversations of our time, and make a case (if for no one else than myself) for why differentiating and defining masculine and feminine energies within ourselves is at the heart of livi...2016-07-2547 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E4: Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer—Gathering MyselfThis episode looks at the ways we can SEE ourselves more clearly as women — and how the missing pieces of our self perception can inadvertently contribute to dimming our own lights and not showing up fully as we are. Embedded in this episode is an invitation to actively contribute our own visibility — first to ourselves, and then to each other — as a means to embody the fullest expression of our worth and more freely share our gifts (which adds value to how we live/lead).2016-07-2531 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E3: Unscripted: A Women's Living Prayer— My Story Of UprootingThis episode explores the hidden gems that lurk in the messy detritus of a life - and invites readers to put on some mud boots and dig in to the discomfort that can so easily be stepped over. At the heart of this topic is a call to examine all the data points inside ourselves — the good, the bad, and the often the ugly — as a means to shine a light on and validate our desire so that we can ultimately muster the courage to intentionally disrupt the status quo to get where we want to go.2016-07-2526 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E2: Unscripted: A Woman's Living PrayerThis is Episode #2 of kickoff season for my podcast, An Unscripted Woman. After setting the stage for this latest creative endeavor of mine (hint: it's my response to the request I hear so often: When will the audio version of your book be released?), I jump right in by reading the first chapter (Unscripted) of my book Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer. I conclude by riffing a bit on what I've noticed, learned, experienced since writing that chapter.
Note: Weekly episodes will begin starting in September 2016, with each episode corresponding to the next subsequent chapter of my book. If you'd...2016-07-1931 min
An Unscripted Woman PodcastS1E1: Unscripted: A Women's Living Prayer— An InvocationThis is the kickoff episode for my podcast, An Unscripted Woman. After setting the stage for this latest creative endeavor of mine (hint: it's my response to the request I hear so often: When will the audio version of your book be released?), I jump right in by reading the beginning chapter (An Invocation) of my book Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer. I conclude by riffing a bit on what I've noticed, learned, experienced since writing that chapter.
Note: Weekly episodes will begin starting in September 2016, with each episode corresponding to the next subsequent chapter of my book. If you'd...2016-07-1830 min
Love Maine Radio with Dr. Lisa BelisleReclaiming Personal Power #248How do we convert obstacles into opportunities? For each of us, the answer is different—but some basic principles, such as hard-work, persistence and ingenuity, seem to be universal themes. Today we speak with two individuals who describe their process of reclaiming personal power. Angela Coulombe survived the debilitating effects of Lyme Disease to run marathons internationally, while raising awareness of Lyme. Lael Couper Jepson, author of Unscripted: A Woman’s Living Prayer, founded the organization SheChanges to help women make important shifts in their lives. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2016/06/reclaiming-personal-power/2016-06-1700 min
The Courageous PathMustering Courage: Interview with Lael Couper JepsonI have been waiting for some time to interview this incredible woman, my former coach, who helped me change my life to do this work. Join me for this illuminating conversation with Lael Jepson of SheChanges about mustering courage, getting to the edge of fear, and riveting storytelling.
Lael Couper Jepson is the owner of SheChanges, a Portland-based business that supports women in more fully unleashing their power to be architects of change – for their lives, their business, or as leaders within organizations and communities.
As a certified professional coach with an extensive background in consulting and organizational change, Lael ha...2016-06-1539 min