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Woman UncagedShe Quit at 16 and Came Back for JoySend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!What if the bravest way to win is to skate for joy instead of judgment? We sat down with hearts still buzzing after watching Alysa Liu light up the ice, and we followed that thread into a bigger conversation about self-worth, presence, and success without self-betrayal. Her story of leaving at 16, returning for the love of the feeling, and then radiating ease on the world’s biggest stage cracked something open for us. We trace a cultural pivot away from grind-and-ache ambition toward autonomy and ali...
2026-02-2744 minWoman UncagedBecoming Self-Governed: Resist Coercion and Control to Claim Your AuthoritySend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 6, season 5 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this latest episode, we dive into self-governance as a daily practice that blends inner sovereignty with community power, and we track how that intersects with money, autonomy, and the right to be heard. From miscarriage criminalization becoming more common to the slow creep of voting barriers, we name where control is showing up and how not to “obey in advance” when systems attempt to usurp our agency.We also pull apart narratives designed to send wome...
2026-02-2244 minWoman UncagedWhy Is It So Hard To Say No?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!What if the most loving thing you say this week is no? Welcome to Season 5 Episode 5!We unpack why so many women default to appeasement: early grooming to be pleasing, the fawn response as a learned safety strategy, and the sales culture that pressures quick yeses. Then we rebuild choice from the body up. Learn how to slow urgency, map your personal signals for yes and no, and test boundaries in low-stakes moments so you can recognize red flags sooner. We talk about i...
2026-02-1449 minWoman UncagedEmbracing a Pleasure-Led Life Without ApologySend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!What if pleasure wasn’t a guilty whisper but a wise guide? We dive into a frank, tender conversation about how women can reclaim pleasure from the grip of productivity culture, sin narratives, and the “tiny treat” marketing trap. From basking in the sunlight on a winter day to long, meandering talks that light up the mind, we explore how genuine delight is inseparable from presence—and how noticing the moment where pleasure turns into numbing can break cycles of restriction and excess.We also widen th...
2026-02-0732 minWoman UncagedChoosing Mutuality Over Metrics: Rethinking WealthSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Want to know why a bigger bank balance can calm your nervous system yet still leave you restless? We dig into the messy, honest truth: money absolutely fixes spreadsheet problems, while falling short on the deeper needs that make life feel rich. Together we unpack how women are taught to restrict instead of invest, to overgive instead of receive, and to measure worth by sacrifice rather than sovereignty. This tension shapes careers, relationships, and whether or not we have the ability to walk away from what harms...
2026-02-0348 minWoman UncagedIs Patriarchy's Real Target...MEN?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 2, season 5 of the woman Uncaged Podcast! In this week's episode, Laura and Linda explore the patriarchal system from a new angle, wondering aloud what might reveal itself if we look at men as the main objects of subjugation rather than women. Inspired by a recent podcast episode of The Tea with Jameela Jamil, we investigate this idea to see if it holds water. We talk about how young men are those most often sent off to die in wars or that frequently h...
2026-01-2450 minWoman UncagedBacklash and Bravery: The Attack on FeminismSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 5th season of Woman Uncaged! In episode one, we dive into the erasure of older women and why that loss matters for everyone. When women who know their minds disappear from view, men lose models for growth, relationships flatten, and a market built on insecurity thrives. We challenge the claim that women are naturally more conformist and look at how submission is enforced by systems (military, corporate, and cultural) that prize obedience. We also take a hard look at beauty standards and the cult...
2026-01-2047 minWoman UncagedStaying Radically Human in this AI/Automated WorldSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 75th episode of Woman Uncaged, which is also our season four finale. In this episode we’re naming something a lot of us can feel in our bones: the world is speeding up, getting more convenient, more automated and somehow less human. We're interrogating culture, power, convenience, efficiency, and what gets lost when humans outsource too much of our humanness. What does it mean to stay radically human when the culture keeps training us to live like machines? We ta...
2025-12-2350 minWoman UncagedHas Self-Care Become the New Impossible Beauty Standard?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 15, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode we discuss self-care...but maybe not in the way that you would think.Self-care has become an unquestioned mandate for women. In some ways, of course it is an improvement over the impossible beauty standards of yesteryear (which were solely externally focused), but in other ways, it has become an extension of them, requiring yet another unattainable level of perfection. There is always more that we could be doing for our wellness...
2025-12-1447 minWoman UncagedThe Power of One Word to Shape a YearSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 14, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast, we dive into one of our favorite end-of-year rituals: choosing a Word of the Year. As we record in December, we’re both deep in reflection mode, looking back at the words that have guided us in past seasons and feeling into what might want to shape the year ahead. We share how this practice first came into our lives, how it has evolved, and why we now app...
2025-12-0935 minWoman UncagedThe Cost of Denying Our Own PowerSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 13, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! When we deny our own power, we project it outward...onto our spouses, other people, and even institutions. In this episode, we share how we see this phenomenon in ourselves, our clients, and the world at large, providing real world examples to illuminate a dynamic that often goes unseen and unspoken. We begin to untangle how power, agency, and responsibility relate to one another, and how anger can make us feel powerful, but doesn't necessarily mean w...
2025-11-2946 minWoman UncagedSlow Uncaging for Long-Lasting ChangeSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Episode 12 of Season 4!In this episode, we unpack a truth we’ve both lived over and over again: real, lasting change is rarely quick, and the pressure to deliver (or receive) instant transformation can actually get in the way of the deeper work.We talk about the myth of the “insight machine,” the belief that coaches must produce rapid breakthroughs to prove their value, and how clients often feel pressured to change fast because of the investment they’ve made. Through stories...
2025-11-1948 minWoman UncagedSingular Focus: Necessary or Vestige of the Patriarchy?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Episode 11 of Season 4!In this week's episode, we explore the sought-after idea of "singular focus" and how that applies in our lives, our work, and our activism in support of the causes that matter to us. Singular focus is often hailed as being valuable and necessary to doing deep work that has impact, but both of us have found this type of focus to be mostly elusive in our lives. Is that a problem to be solved? Does it mean that we are...
2025-11-1247 minWoman UncagedWhen You Don’t Know What’s NextSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Episode 10 of Season 4! In this Halloween episode of The Woman Uncaged Podcast, we explore the concept of liminal space: those in-between times when something has ended but the next chapter hasn’t yet revealed itself. Recording on Samhain, a time when the veil between worlds is said to be thin, feels especially fitting as we explore the emotional, spiritual, and practical dimensions of this “in-between.” We talk about how disorienting it can feel when the life you’ve known no longer fits, ye...
2025-11-0348 minWoman UncagedUnbranding Ourselves: Uncaging from Commodity CultureSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 9, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! Today, Laura and Linda explore the modern phenomenon of treating ourselves like a brand. What do we gain from it, and what do we stand to lose?In the age of online businesses and social media influencers, there is pressure to approach ourselves (especially if we are solopreneurs) as a brand and thereby turn our lives into content. But while brands require consistency, human beings thrive on change and growth. When we look at ourselves like...
2025-10-0848 minWoman UncagedInstinct, Power, and Embracing Your Inner WildSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 8, season 4! In this episode of Woman Uncaged, we ask: what does it really mean to be wild? We bust the myth that wildness is about chaos or running barefoot through the woods—it’s actually something intrinsic, already alive inside us. With Linda, we explore how reclaiming our wildness connects us to power, boundaries, instinct, and the rhythms of the natural world.We talk about the shift from “good girl” or “rebel” to the wise and wild woman, and how honoring our...
2025-10-0249 minWoman UncagedOur Quest for the Fresh in a World Gone StaleSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 7, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! Today, Laura and Linda dive into their quest for what feels new and fresh, with a healthy side of ranting about what has started to taste very stale. In this world that is constantly trying to sell us on a five-step program we don't need, vying for our attention (without offering any nourishment in return), and convincing us that convenience will somehow make our lives more juicy and meaningful, Laura and Linda realize that what feels f...
2025-09-2451 minWoman UncagedUncaging the Creature WithinSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 6, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this episode, we dive into the juicy, messy, and deeply human truth of what it means to remember our creatureliness. We’ve noticed how often our culture talks about bodies like they’re machines—systems that should function the same every day, optimized, predictable, “high vibe” on demand. But we are not coffee grinders or computers. We are animals. We are creatures. And forgetting that truth comes at a cost: exhaustion, anxiety, disconnection from our own bodies...
2025-09-1546 minWoman UncagedNo More Codependence: Uncaged RelationshipsSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast, Season 4, Episode 5! In this episode, we dive into a question that so many of us wrestle with but rarely have clear models for: what does a healthy relationship actually look like?We talk about why so many of the examples we’ve grown up with, including songs, movies, even our own families, often normalize codependence, drama, or self-sacrifice instead of grounded, reciprocal love. Together, we explore what it means to meet one another as whole beings, to com...
2025-09-0850 minWoman UncagedMoving Beyond the Carrot and the StickSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 4, season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In today's episode we dive into how to move beyond the carrot and the stick in our relationships with ourselves, with how we raise children, how we train dogs, and how we relate to one another. We live in a paradigm that is dependent upon, and celebrates, punishment and reward as heathy ways to engineer the behavior we want, but what if there was another way? What if using the carrot and the stick actually comes a...
2025-08-3150 minWoman UncagedThe Stranger in the Mirror: Uncaging Your True SelfSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Season 4, Episode 3 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast! What happens when you realize that the life you’ve built—and even the relationships you’ve nurtured—don’t actually reflect who you are? In this conversation, we dive into how so many women begin silencing their true voices in adolescence just to belong, and how that survival strategy often follows us into adulthood. The result? Friendships that drain instead of nourish, partnerships where we feel unseen, and a nagging fear that if we stopped performing...
2025-08-2546 minWoman UncagedUncaging Cronehood: Redefining Aging for OurselvesSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 2 of season 4 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this episode Laura and Linda dive into uncaged cronehood, that developmental stage in a woman's life that occurs between midlife and elderhood. Often misunderstood, pathologized, or entirely ignored societally, we explore another possibility for this phase of life. What if it is an opportunity for women to uncage themselves more fully? To unhook from the collective culture so that we can do more of our work outside of the dominant patriarchal paradigm? To step out of...
2025-08-1747 minWoman UncagedUnworking the Dream: Freedom in a Post-Job WorldSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!In this episode of Woman Uncaged, we explore the radical idea of a post-job world. Inspired by the rise of AI and automation, we unpack what it could mean—socially, economically, emotionally—to live in a world where traditional jobs are no longer the default. Rather than succumbing to fear or dystopian visions, we wonder aloud: what if this shift opened the door to more creativity, rest, equity, and community? What if universal basic income or healthcare became the foundation for a society not built around exhaustion and...
2025-08-0849 min
The Nope CoachNetworking without Schmooze with Laura and SuzeTired of networking events that feel like one big awkward sales pitch? In this episode, I'm joined by Laura Gates Lupton for a real (and hilarious) behind-the-scenes look at how we created Networking Without the Schmooze an online event made especially for introverts, highly sensitive humans, and people who'd rather fake a power outage than give an elevator pitch. We talk about: Why traditional networking feels like Gollum trying to make small talk. The magic of prompts (and why they're not just "tell us what you do"). What really...
2025-06-1822 minWoman UncagedMatriarchy: The Ultimate Uncaging?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast Season 3, Episode 17!In this episode, we ask a bold and rarely explored question: What would life be like if we lived in a matriarchy? We dive into what that word really means, beyond the idea of simply putting women in charge, and explore the deeper values it might center: interdependence, collaboration, reciprocity, and community.We imagine what could be possible if we stepped away from the extractive, isolating norms of patriarchy and moved...
2025-06-1839 minWoman UncagedAre you mothering your man?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast Season 3, Episode 16!For those of us in heterosexual relationships, it can be very easy to get into the habit of mothering our men. It's not only socially acceptable, it's applauded! In this episode of Woman Uncaged, we explore how the mothering energy can be misplaced in our romantic relationships, what distinguishes mothering from simply caring, and what we lose out on as women as a result. We dive into over-functioning, how outdated gender roles can still play...
2025-06-1146 minWoman UncagedFrom Stuffed Closets to Starved Souls: Why Consumption Can’t Fill the VoidSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast Season 3, Episode 15! We’ve all reached for something shiny—on a shelf, in a cart, online—hoping it might soothe a deeper ache. In this episode of Woman Uncaged, we explore the emotional undercurrents of consumer culture: the difference between needs and wants, the myth of retail therapy, and why we keep trying to fill inner emptiness with outer stuff. We talk about the culture of discard, the fear of feeling, and how longing—when misu...
2025-06-0149 minWoman UncagedThe Delicious Pull of an Erotic LifeSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 14 of season 3 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast! Today's episode was inspired by Tamara of Museguided's recent substack on erotic decisions (found here: https://museguided.substack.com/p/erotic-decisions). In this episode, we explore:- How we define the erotic - How choosing desire over duty is an erotic decision- The role of feeling in the erotic - Laura's recent year of following her intuitive, felt sense of knowing- The...
2025-05-2543 minWoman UncagedRevved Up & Rattled: Nervous System Wisdom for Uncaged WomenSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast Season 3, Episode 13! How does nervous system regulation relate to being uncaged? That's what we're talking about today.We discuss:the badge of honor busyness can behow a revved up nervous system has come to seem "normal"how our push to maximize contributesantidotes to stresshow we each work with our clients who are experiencing stressthe impact of our severance from nature on our livesthe importance of grounding and centeringwhat we each turn to for ourselves w...
2025-05-1837 minWoman UncagedCollaboration: The Key to Dismantling Patriarchy?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 12 of season 3 of the Woman Uncaged podcast.In this week's episode, we chat about:- The NBC article about how female bonobo monkeys fend off male aggression that inspired this episode- How patriarchy persists by keeping women separated from one another- Why patriarchy has been so darn successful at staying around even though women actually outnumber men- Internalized misogyny and how that affects our communities- How...
2025-05-1147 minWoman UncagedWhat Now? Figuring It Out Without Freaking OutSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to this Season 3 bonus mini-episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast! We've all heard this advice often given to women who are moving into new phases of life: "Before you make any major decisions or start dating or take on new obligations, develop a deeper relationship with yourself first. Spend some time focusing on you and pouring into your own life." But, how does one do that? That's what we're talking about today. We explore:...
2025-05-0625 minWoman UncagedSavor the slow: A rebellion against the rushSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Woman Uncaged Season 3, Episode 11.We discuss:What we're missing by not having spaciousness and slowness in our lives.Our fear of boredom and feelings.How rushing around impacts our relationships with other humans.How connection happens in the slowness.How we introduce slowness in our own lives.What we stand to gain by introducing more slowness and spaciousness into our lives. Time scarcity.T...
2025-04-2753 min
Playhouse Friends: FUN Networking, Collaboration, and Visibility for Service ProvidersTea Talk, Current Crushes, and Navigating Online Spaces with Suzanne Culberg and Laura Gates-LuptonSuzanne and Laura are chatting about the highs and lows of online networking, the joy of discovering new favorite reads, and the importance of saying 'no' in a world that keeps asking 'yes'. Our hosts bring real talk about living the online-biz dream, from drinking chai lattes to setting meaningful connections. Expect some laughs about cat approvals and emails you didn't know you signed up for. 😸📚 This water cooler episode is a taste of business advice mixed with personal tidbits from two Playhouse pals that are sure to brighten your day!Learn more about Suzanne and Laura at:
2025-04-2118 minWoman UncagedOur Phallic-Centric Culture Exposed!Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 10 of season 3 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! Today we are exploring the costs of our phallic-centric culture, what it means for women, and how we can imagine something different.We explore: - How erectile dysfunction meds are being marketed to younger men and why that's an issue- A european company that is offering a course on menopause and how vastly that differs from American corporations- How a phallic-centric culture ignores women's needs a...
2025-04-2148 minWoman UncagedPermission, Purse Strings and PowerSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Woman Uncaged Season 3, Episode 9.We discuss:- The Good Girl and the wish for permission (especially when it comes to money)- When one person in a couple is the primary earner, how that impacts access to money and agency in the relationship- The systems that condition us to seek permission to meet even our basic needs- The cost of hierarchies in our relationships- The cost of...
2025-04-1349 minWoman UncagedCreating Belonging Wherever We AreSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 8 of season 3 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode, we dive into belonging, why it can be tricky in our modern times, and how to use it as a verb in our lives. We explore:- How do we feel a sense of belonging if we don't see what we value mirrored back to us in the places we are- Instead of continually searching for where we belong, how do we belong ourselves t...
2025-04-0553 minWoman UncagedIntuition or Anxiety?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Woman Uncaged Season 3, Episode 7.We discuss:- our definitions of intuition-how to discern between intuition and anxiety-what happens when we don't pay attention to our intuition-times when we've listened to our intuition, even in the face of tremendous pressure not to-the link between self-trust and intuition-fear of our own power-how to cultivate your relationship with your intuition-Laura's...
2025-03-3146 minWoman UncagedStaying Uncaged in Troubling TimesSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Woman Uncaged Season 3, Episode 6. We are talking today about how the Trump Regime wants and expects us to exist within their fascist imagination. They have a cage they would love to put us in!How does the Uncaged Woman navigate this time? By doubling down on being true to herself. We discuss:Why being ourselves is both a threat and beneficial to ourselves and the greater good.What it looks like to be "...
2025-03-1648 minWoman UncagedBreaking free from diets, budgets and joyless livingSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 5 of season 3 of the Woman Uncaged podcast. Today we are exploring breaking free of budgets, diets, and joyless living!We talk about:- Women and budget culture and how it relates to diet culture and restriction generally - Laura's thoughts on budget culture as a money coach and where she starts with her clients- How women's spending is often referred to as "frivolous" - Why spending on our joy is seen as...
2025-03-0948 min
Ambitious and Balanced Working MomsUnraveling money myth's and mindsets (with Laura Gates-Lupton)Today, we are diving deep into money, mindset, and financial freedom with life and money with coach Laura Gates-Lupton. We’re breaking apart the stories we tell ourselves about money as women—stories that make us feel trapped, insecure, and totally responsible for everything. Laura sheds light on the differences in how men and women approach money, why women carry so much guilt around it, and how we can redefine financial freedom for ourselves. If you’ve ever felt weighed down by money stress, this episode is for you! Topics in this episode:The hidden emotional burden...
2025-03-0355 minWoman UncagedEmbodying The Unstoppable WomanSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 4 of season 3 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode we talk about the reality of the unstoppable woman! What does it mean to be unstoppable and how can we unearth and channel this energy in ourselves?We explore:- The sentence that Laura heard from her coach that inspired this conversation: "Being the kind of woman who doesn't allow anyone or anything to hold her back is what dismantles patriarchy" - Carrie Bradley...
2025-03-0248 minWoman UncagedNavigating Constraints As We Follow Our Heart's CallSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome back to season 3 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast! In this week's episode, we dive into the very real constraints that we may encounter as we claim our power to choose and design our lives. We talk about: - How to hold onto our visions, and take steps to make those visions real without falling into fantasy - Not be willing to bring things into reality because they won't match the dream and what this costs us- H...
2025-02-2349 minWoman UncagedReclaiming the Power of AttentionSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to season 3 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode, we dive into consciously reclaiming the power of our attention in this modern world that is constantly vying for it. We discuss:- How attention is a non-renewable resource and the power of consciously choosing where we are placing our attention- Linda's exploration of setting up timers for certain apps on her phone- Laura's experience with the dating app and how it takes her attention
2025-02-1644 minWoman UncagedThe Myth of the Unstable WomanSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast Season 3. We talk about:-who is better, generally speaking, at managing emotions (men or women) & why?-the cost of not recognizing ourselves as whole human beings at work-the fear of being labeled as unstable -having emotions and still being in control-the "inconvenience" of having and expressing emotions-grief as a natural part of life-the gift of sensitivity -how emotions do...
2025-02-0944 minThe Nope CoachEmbracing the Nope Coach: Strategies for Confident Boundary SettingEver feel like you're drowning in a sea of "yes" when all you want to do is scream "no"? You're not alone. In this eye-opening episode, I turn the tables and become the interviewee, as my dear friend Laura Gates-Lupton takes the helm to explore the fascinating world of boundary-setting and the power of "no." The Birth of the Nope Coach Why "no" is often seen as a bad word How saying yes all the time can lead to burnout and resentment The importance of including yourself in your circle of care The Art of...
2025-01-0835 minWoman UncagedThe Uncaged Woman and Sexual FreedomSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the final episode of season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast. Today, let's talk about sex, baby!In this episode, we dive into:- The different expectations and messages that we receive about sex as women vs. men- The split many women experience of being either a virgin or a whore- Blooming in midlife and beyond - How it felt for Laura to experience her sexuality again - Reclaiming the young maiden energy - The imp...
2024-12-2247 minThe Nope CoachFinisher: Turning Plans into Action with Laura Gates-LuptonSuzanne Culberg and Laura Gates-Lupton discuss the challenges solopreneurs face in managing their time and overcoming distractions to get things done. The conversation touches on the allure of planning versus the difficulty of execution, dealing with an influx of enticing offers, and setting boundaries. Suzanne and Laura introduce their unique program, Finisher, designed to help participants complete their projects through focused coworking, brainstorming, and networking. They share practical tips and personal anecdotes to provide insights into staying productive and the importance of collaboration and community. In this episode Suzanne and Laura...
2024-12-1034 min
Marketing Root Work PodcastThe Money Show with Financial Feminist Laura Gates-LuptonSend a textAh money! You can't have a business without it and money tends to be an especially fraught issue for women. Even for women who are very successful entrepreneurs and business owners.In this episode, Laura offers her practical, compassionate perspective on how she helps and empowers women around asking for, earning, and having money.If you find the Marketing Root Work podcast valuable, please become a subscriber! My mission is to change the way small business owners market themselves and it’s very important to me that I re...
2024-12-0926 min
The AI Business Leadership PodcastAI-First Operational Change Management: Setting the Right AI Mindset with Phil LuptonIn this engaging episode of the AI Business Leadership Podcast, host Laura Nelson, Head of Product at SolvedBy.Ai, is joined by Phil Lupton, a seasoned operational change director and strategic transformation expert. From his rich experience of leading change management in hospitality and retail industries, from grassroots to senior executives for organisations like Wagamama, Travelodge, and Rank Group - Phil shares his insights of driving innovation by establishing a deep-rooted change culture that focuses on continuous improvement, adopting an AI-mindset. He emphasises incremental change over large-scale transformations and embracing AI to drive innovation, efficiency, and growth in competitive...
2024-12-0622 minWoman UncagedWomen, You Need to Stop Doing This (eye roll)Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 18 of season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! This week's episode was inspired by something Laura heard on a religious radio station while driving through rural Pennsylvania (it was the only kind of radio she could get!). We explore:- A pastor's biggest advice for women- Why are women always the ones who have to change and accommodate?- How this harms both women AND men- The demonization of women's curiosity- Our "advice" for t...
2024-12-0446 minWoman UncagedBeyond the fire: embracing joy, love, and the full spectrum of experience in these challenging timesSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast, Episode 17 of Season 2! In this episode we explore how to maintain our softness in the face of difficult times, and a reclaiming of our emotional range no matter what is happening. We talk about:-how suffering doesn't equate caring-how we can feel more than one emotion at a time-how we can't tell what a person is feeling based on their behavior-how we need the rebel energy and that fire, but...
2024-11-2349 minWoman UncagedWhy do we have to be so nice all the time?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 16 of season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! This week's episode was inspired by Linda's little "outburst" last week during a group gathering. At this point, some of us have simply had it and we are sick of having to be nice, caring, and compassionate about everything all the time!We dive into:- Why Linda and Laura were both proud of Linda for having the outburst in the first place!- The gift and the peril of seeing underneath...
2024-11-1746 minWoman UncagedPost-election aftermath and preparing for what comes nextSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 15, Season 2 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast. We weren't sure we were up to recording an episode this week after the devastating news that we're facing another 4 years (more if he has his way) of Trump's attempt at tyranny. But we decided to go ahead and talk about how this is impacting us, and how angry we are at the idiotic misogynists who are gloating that "there will never be a woman president" and saying "your body, my choice." Be warned, o...
2024-11-1144 minWoman UncagedRanting and Raving and Leaning On One Another: How We're Getting Through This ElectionSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Episode 14 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode, we address the elephant in the room: the election happening in the U.S. on Tuesday. While we intended to focus on ways to care for ourselves and one another during challenging times, we also needed a space to rant and rave about how the cages appear to be strengthening and multiplying rather than dismantling. We dive into...- How many of us are struggling during this time and how...
2024-11-0240 minWoman UncagedExploring the costs of convenience in an online worldSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 13th episode of Season 2 of Woman Uncaged. Today, we're talking about the struggle many of us (especially those of us with internet-based businesses or remote work) are having with balancing our online existence with our offline lives.We dive into:-how our lives moved online when the pandemic hit-wondering whether being online so much truly serves us-the balance of relationships online and offline-not always choosing the convenient option-asking what convenience costs...
2024-10-2744 min
Highly Sensitive Money for Highly Sensitive People who want to align their values with their moneyBreaking the Money Taboo with Psychotherapist turned Money Coach Laura Gates-LuptonBreaking the Money Taboo with Psychotherapist turned Money Coach Laura Gates-Lupton
In this episode, our guest Laura Gates-Lupton and I embark on a candid conversation about the intersection of money, feminism, and sensitivity. Laura, a former psychotherapist turned money coach, shares her journey from a career in social work to empowering women to break free from financial constraints. We delve into the impact of childhood financial backgrounds on adult money habits, the importance of recognizing and leveraging one's value in the workplace, and the emotional aspects of financial growth. Laura's insights offer a fresh perspective on how t...
2024-10-231h 01Woman UncagedPutting Work In Its Place!Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Episode 12, Season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! Today we return to a favorite topic of ours: work and money-making and how they have taken on an outlandish importance in our modern lives. In the episode, we dive into: - An example of how regular work can support what matters in our lives without taking over our lives- How things might look different if we treated money like firewood- How the industrial revolution shifted how we approach work
2024-10-1947 minWoman UncagedNighttime whispers: exploring the magic of our dreamsSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Woman Uncaged, Episode 11 of Season 2! Today we're talking about dreams, of the nocturnal variety. We talk about cultivating a relationship with our dreams, our recurring dreams, and what our dreams mean in our waking lives.Linda (aka the dream whisperer) shares how a dream and a Tarot card lead her to make a big life shift.We share how our dreams shift over time, and why we find it important to write them down, while staying open to the...
2024-10-1345 minWoman UncagedLaura's Midlife Reinvention: A Personal StorySend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 10, season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode, Laura shares a major personal shift that she is undergoing. Seventeen weeks ago, Laura separated from her husband of 29 years and moved to a new city and state. This is a deep, honest, soulful, and beautiful conversation on reinvention and becoming more fully ourselves; you don't want to miss it. We dive into...- What it means to reinvent your life at midlife- How Laura oriented after waking...
2024-10-0645 minWoman UncagedWhat if perfectionism isn't a problem?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 9, season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! This week's episode was inspired by the book The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler. This episode is especially for you uncaged women out there who have ever been called "perfectionists" (and not in a positive way) or who have struggled with letting go of this aspect of yourself. What if you didn't have to?We dive into: - What if perfectionism isn't an obstacle that we need to overcome?...
2024-09-2942 minWoman UncagedCan you choose your own oppression? #tradwifeSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Episode 8 of Season 2 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast.We talk about the lifestyle and aesthetic of #tradwife. Why has it become so popular? Why is this a choice that women are making? What aspects are appealing? What is the role of the patriarchy here?We reference: Trevor Noah's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trad-wife-paradox-with-anne-helen-petersen/id1710609544?i=1000666979786Anne Helen Peterson's substack Culture Study: https://annehelen.substack.com/
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No, Low and Mid-Strength DrinksHow important is brand design to help reach new audiences?PB Creative introduce a panel with brand leaders to discuss the role of creativity and design when growing your business.With Amy Lupton from PB Creative, Imme Ermgassen from Botivo, Melanie Masarin from Ghia, Daniya Stewart from Dry Drinker and Christof Tremp from Rebels 0.0%.The sound in the smaller rooms was not quite as good as the main room - so do excuse the sound quality! The talks and panels were obviously amazing!Click here for the full biographies of the speakers.
2024-09-1945 minWoman UncagedGrowing an Uncaged Business with Suzanne CulbergSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Episode 7 of season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode we have a very special guest joining us: The Nope Coach herself, Suzanne Culberg, speaking about how to create a truly uncaged business. We dive into:- When Suzanne felt like she lost the fun in her business and how she reclaimed it- Why we leave the 9-5 only to work 24/7- How getting busy with clients can lead us to us forgetting to m...
2024-09-1746 minThe Nope CoachTurning Procrastination into ProductivitySuzanne and Laura Gates-Lupton discuss their new offering aimed at combating procrastination and perfectionism. In this insightful conversation, they share their personal experiences as small business owners, explore the challenges of implementing courses and projects, and introduce their unique program, 'Shelf to Success: Rescuing Courses from Digital Limbo.' This episode is a valuable resource for anyone looking to take actionable steps toward achieving their goals, whether in business or personal life. Tune in to learn how to create and hold space for progress and discover the power of community and support in overcoming obstacles.
2024-09-1229 minWoman UncagedMeaning, Vitality, and Feeling Astonishingly AliveSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the Woman Uncaged Podcast Season 2, Episode 6! Today we're talking about what makes for a well-lived life, which was inspired by the article "The Mondays We've Got Left" on We're all Getting Older, a substack Laura reads regularly, by Lou Blaser. You can read that article here: https://open.substack.com/pub/loublaser/p/how-many-mondays-left?r=blsi2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web (Laura mistakenly referred to the source as "Oldster" which is another Substack she reads regularly.)We refer to...
2024-09-0840 minWoman UncagedWhen Perpetual Healing Prevents Us From LivingSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 5, season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! This week's episode was inspired by a song called Healing is Not My Purpose by Toni Jones (available via Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/3YjTY55wEzj5PJXexonZPj?si=7b28501a392c49a3 ) "The healing should be in service to living." - LauraIn this episode, we explore:- How our addiction to self-improvement leaves so much joy and life on the table- Why so many o...
2024-09-0244 minWoman UncagedEmbracing your multipassionate selfSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 4 of season 2! The pressure to choose one area of focus, or one passion, can have a paralyzing effect, and therefore, become part of the patriarchal cage. In this episode we talk about what it means to be multipassionate, and why it's important to embrace your multipassionate self. We explore: -Why is purpose almost always tied up with what we do for work?-Why is "what do you do?" the predominate question we ask others when we...
2024-08-2547 minWoman UncagedWhy Creativity Matters with Karen LightSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Episode 3, Season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this episode, Linda speaks with artist and coach Karen Light about Why Creativity Matters (beloved co-host Laura was on vacay while this episode was recorded!). "Relaxation is the best friend of creativity." - Karen LightKaren and Linda dive into:- Creativity and how it often overlaps with being multi passionate - How Karen defines creativity (hint: it includes, but goes beyond, art)- Why Ka...
2024-08-1844 minWoman UncagedFostering Joyous RelationshipsSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to Episode 2, Season 2 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast! In today's episode we dive into the topic of relationships and are they as much work as we are led to believe?!Topics and questions we discuss include...- What if relationships are not meant to be work, but rather the antidote to it?- Laura's perspective as a former therapist (where many come to work on their relationships)- Replacing "working" on our relationships with "cultivating" more...
2024-08-1142 minWoman UncagedHow do we cultivate self-belief in the face of unrelenting misogyny?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!in the midst of being bombarded by patriarchal messages like "women shouldn't be allowed to get an education until they've had two babies" and if you're a single woman, you have "no direct stake in the future" of the US, how do we cultivate and maintain our own unwavering self-belief and self-worth? That's what we dive into in Season 2, Episode 1. We talk about: The two types of goals and how we can use one of them to cultivate and strengthen our sel...
2024-08-0444 minWoman Uncaged(Uncaged) Women just wanna have fun!Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 23rd episode of Woman Uncaged with Linda Katz and Laura Gates-Lupton For kids, fun is a priority and their main motivator. So where does that go? Why, as adults, does fun have be slotted into "left over" time? Where did the freedom, that our younger selves thought we'd have as adults, go?What is worth doing just for you? With no need for a particular outcome?How does striving for a specific end goal strip our lives of fu...
2024-06-1648 minWoman UncagedWe are over the invisibility of womenSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 22 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast!We discuss:- Recent examples of the invisibility of women- How women's invisibility impacts our physical wellness- How patriarchy attempts to control women in myriad ways, including the how a bill was blocked that would protect access to contraception- How certain people's opinions DO matter more depending on the issue- Women and the medical system (the mystery of menopause, the success...
2024-06-0840 minWoman UncagedMust we work at EVERYTHING?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 21 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast!We discuss:- Linda shares how she has started bringing the energy of work into so many areas of her life (working on ourselves, our bodies, our pets, our kids, our relationships...so much work!)- How a desired end state that we are trying to engineer our way towards can infuse life with that work energy- How work can be addictive even when it leads to burnout and exhaustion
2024-05-3148 minWoman UncagedIs it really a midlife crisis?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 20 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast! We discuss:-Is it a midlife crisis or a midlife questioning?-How failing to listen to the deeper questions and the deeper yearnings, may move us into crisis mode or physical symptoms.-How does the male version differ from the female version?-What are the opportunities of this stage? -And what are the questions?-How stuff doesn't make up a life.-The difference of grief as an emotion...
2024-05-2637 minWoman Uncaged"Get back in the trap!"Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 19 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode, we use a topic that has been popping up in several of Laura's coaching sessions recently as a jumping off point to talk about money, relationships, reenvisioning work, and more. We cover: - Women in heterosexual marriages where the husband works a full-time job that he feels trapped in and the response is to want his wife to get a job and jump in the trap too- Different wo...
2024-05-1748 minWoman UncagedWork: Conundrums and Confessions- featuring guest co-host, author Julie FalatkoSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!In our 18th episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast, Laura welcomes a special guest to the Woman Uncaged Podcast. Julie Falatko is an award-winning, prolific children's author, who also teaches online classes, and writes a fabulous newsletter on Substack called Do The Work.Julie and I discuss:-what counts as "work"-does work have to be hard and unenjoyable?-why do we feel guilty when we enjoy work?-why do we value the misery of work over the joy?
2024-05-1133 minWoman UncagedThe Ouchiness of Unsubscribes for Women in BusinessSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to episode 17 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast. This conversation was prompted by newsletter that Laura wrote, of which the subject line was very similar to this episode! (You can read that Monday Missive here, if you wish: https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?u=ed5e7ea6928f28b2d95ef8fb3&id=d77933f7a0.)We talk about: -the struggles we've had as women in business when it comes to promoting ourselves, and why it is that every single time we do, pe...
2024-04-2837 minWoman UncagedYou do SO Much!Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 16th episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast with Laura Gates-Lupton and Linda Katz! Today we are diving into women DOING. SO. MUCH. In this episode, Linda shares why she fell apart when Ursa's dog food order was late (as her husband said, "I don't think this is just about the dog food...") and Laura speaks about feeling proud of herself for cancelling brunch.Other topics we explore include:- When you're you doing so much and yet it still n...
2024-04-2252 minWoman UncagedFear and the Uncaged WomanSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 15th episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast with Laura Gates-Lupton and Linda Katz! This episode was inspired by this quote: "Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them." Margaret Atwood, 1982We dive into:Why the fears you feel, as a woman, aren't irrational. Why it's so hard to be brave and be seen.Why this isn't an individual issue. What the root of the fear i...
2024-04-1451 minWoman UncagedCultivating Radical Self-TrustSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 14th episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast with Laura Gates-Lupton and Linda Katz! In this episode we talk about how to cultivate radical self-trust and why that is such a pivotal part of living an uncaged life. We explore and discuss:- The role that self-trust plays in claiming our own freedom- How patriarchy breeds distrust in ourselves that has us outsourcing our knowing- Being sold someone else's formula for life- H...
2024-04-0542 minWoman UncagedThe Uncaged Woman and Romantic Relationships with MenSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 13th episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast with Laura Gates-Lupton and Linda Katz! In this episode we talk about how necessary it is to center our own happiness and success, in order to be uncaged, and how difficult that can be in heterosexual relationships."What I’m asking women to do is to center their own happiness and center their success in a way that is radical. And probably going to be deeply destabilizing for their relationships.” Lyz Lenz
2024-03-3150 minWoman UncagedWho Are You Beyond the Roles You Play for Others?Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 12th episode of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode, Laura and Linda dive into the feminine archetypes that are missing in our patriarchal culture and how that plays into defining ourselves beyond the roles we play for others. We explore and discuss:- The feminine archetypes that have gone missing, using Toni Wolff's structural forms of the feminine psyche (Mother, Amazon, Companion, Wise Woman) as a jumping off point- Aspects of womanhood are celebrated and...
2024-03-2344 minWoman UncagedThe Other F word: Freedom and the Uncaged LifeSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 11th episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast with Laura Gates-Lupton and Linda Katz! In this episode we talk about freedom and its role in the uncaged life.We explore and discuss:-Inner cages vs. Outer cages-Why rebellious energy feels like freedom, but isn't-Why its so hard to simply enjoy ourselves-The many forms of freedom, including defining our own schedules-The role of justifiable excuses vs. permission-The big hurdle o...
2024-03-1737 minWoman UncagedEnlivening Maturity with Irreverence and EmotionSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 10th episode of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's conversation, Laura and Linda redefine maturity. Too often, being mature often evokes an image of boring "adulting" and overall fuddy-duddy-ness (yep, we made that word up!). What if maturity was enlivened with emotion and irreverence? In this episode, we explore:- What is maturity and why is it ripe for redefinition?- What is emotional maturity? What does it look like and not look like?- Why dogs...
2024-03-0842 minWoman UncagedThe Joy ThermometerSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 9th episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast with Laura Gates-Lupton and Linda Katz! In this episode we talk about Joy. We explore and discuss:Why is joy scary and vulnerable? Why do we expect the other shoe to drop?What does it mean to steal joy from the present and give it to the future?If... when... then...thinking.What is the joy thermostat?Upper limit problems.How does our propensity to...
2024-03-0243 minWoman UncagedThe Web: Why Connection is Crucial to UncagingSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 8th episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast with Laura Gates-Lupton and Linda Katz! In this episode we dive into a topic that we have touched upon briefly in previous episodes: THE WEB. In this episode, we explore...- What is the web and why is it so important in the journey towards becoming an uncaged woman?- Why is interdependence necessary and how does that differ from codependence?- Needing other people to validate t...
2024-02-2245 minWoman UncagedWomen and VisibilitySend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the 7th episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast with Laura Gates-Lupton and Linda Katz! This episode was recorded in February 2023.The world suffers when women who have these amazing ideas and thoughts and opinions and expertise shrink, and don't share them, because there is this whole additional pressure on when are we worthy enough to be visible. ~Linda KatzThings we explore in this episode:Visibility can be hard and normalizing what it's like to put yourself in t...
2024-02-1740 minWoman UncagedReclaiming the Power of Positive ImaginationSend us a text. We'd love to hear from you!Welcome to the sixth episode of the Woman Uncaged Podcast with Laura Gates-Lupton and Linda Katz! In this episode we delve into where our power to dream and positively imagine has gone. Some of the questions and topics we explore include:- How our imaginations have atrophied except in cases of planning for the worst possible outcome?- Is a pessimist the same thing as a realist?- Why are we great in crises, but anxious when things are good?- Where...
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