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Untamed LeaderChaos to Clarity: The Systems Behind an Untamed LifeSend Lauri a messageWhat if the reason your business feels stuck isn't the strategy — it's all the disconnected parts that nobody's connecting? Fractional COO Lauren Zaslansky Conner has spent decades doing exactly that: linking the systems, the people, and the purpose that most businesses leave siloed.In this episode, Lauren shares how a "jungle gym career" — moving through corporate, startup, and fractional consulting worlds — taught her that everything is connected: work, family, finances, identity. We talk about the Disney turning point that changed everything, what it takes to navigate bureaucratic blobs when you're advocating for a...
2026-06-0244 minUntamed LeaderLeadership As A ChoiceSend Lauri a messageWhat if the greatest leadership credential isn't a title or a degree — it's the moment you realized you had no idea what you were doing?Charlie Sheppard — founder of the Human Presence Institute and president of Sheppard Partners — spent four decades helping executives and teams develop presence, influence, and real communication. But it started somewhere much humbler: a management role he wasn't ready for and a feeling he describes simply as "woefully unprepared."In this bonus episode, Charlie shares the discovery path that moment set him on — from modeling great le...
2026-05-2927 minUntamed LeaderPost-Crisis: The Leadership Gap No One Talks AboutSend Lauri a messageWhat happens to a leader's clarity after the crisis passes — when things go quiet and the pressure turns inward? Savio P. Clemente, TEDx speaker, journalist, bestselling author, and two-time cancer survivor, brings that answer from somewhere most guests never travel: 29 days of silence in a hospital quarantine room.In this episode, Savio and Lauri explore a hidden gap in leadership — not the crisis itself, but what follows it. They unpack metacognition as the edge beyond emotional intelligence, what it actually means to reframe suffering without minimizing it, why healing is never line...
2026-05-2650 min
Powerful On PurposeThe Mask That’s Holding You Back | Lauri Smith on Voice, Leadership & Visibility | Ep 51So many women spend their lives trying to be “acceptable,” polished, and professional—while hiding the very qualities that make them powerful.In this episode of Powerful on Purpose, Lauri Smith shares how reclaiming your authentic voice, presence, and “untamed” self can completely transform the way you lead, communicate, and impact the world.Lauri is a speaker, author, coach, and host of the Untamed Leader Podcast. Drawing from her background in theater, voice coaching, and leadership development, she helps leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers learn how to speak with greater authenticity, emotional connection, and presence.In th...
2026-05-2623 minUntamed LeaderOwn Your Weird: The Branding No One Talks AboutSend Lauri a messagePersonal branding expert and visual designer Rachel Lee built her brand by doing something most people are terrified to do: she showed the world exactly who she is — messy edges, weird quirks, and all. The response changed her life.In this episode of Untamed Leader, Rachel shares how she went from a rule-following, approval-seeking "good girl" to co-founding Neogenesis, a visual branding agency built specifically for creatives and misfit entrepreneurs who are ready to own their weird. Her story is about what happens when you stop curating yourself for other people’s co...
2026-05-1949 minUntamed LeaderFine Is a Trap: Breaking Free from the Work-Sleep-Repeat CycleSend Lauri a messageWhat does it cost to keep saying "I'm fine"? Executive coach Lauren Lefkowitz broke both her shoulders chasing a Roomba.In this episode of Untamed Leader, Lauri and Lauren unpack the price of the work-sleep-repeat cycle — and what it takes to want more for yourself when you've spent a lifetime being good at everything except rest.Lauren is an executive coach and founder of Fine Is a Trap. She spent nearly 20 years in corporate HR, coaching on the side, and overworking at 80–100 hours a week — until she couldn...
2026-05-1253 minUntamed LeaderSoul First: How to Build a Business That Feels Like FreedomSend Lauri a messageWhat does it take to build a global movement of 14,000 people — across 48 countries and six continents — without a single dollar of advertising? Ask Camille Miller.Camille is the founder of the Soul Professional Movement, a three-time Amazon bestselling author, and a former nonprofit executive turned visionary entrepreneur. In this conversation, she and Lauri go deep on the quiet revolution happening inside mission-driven leaders: the shift from control to sovereignty, from reacting to responding, and from strategy to embodied presence.We talk about ego at 22 vs. ego at 58. Abou...
2026-04-2850 minUntamed LeaderForced to Let Go: The Leadership Turn No One Plans ForSend Lauri a messageWhat does it actually take to let go — not because you're wise enough, but because your back gave out and you had no other choice?Entrepreneur and business coach Chris Shurian started his first company the hard way: handling every nail, every conversation, every quality check himself. Then he herniated a disc playing softball. Two weeks flat on his back, no cell phones, and two employees who turned out to be better carpenters than he was. That injury became a turning point — and the start of a career built on a...
2026-04-1649 minUntamed LeaderThe Return: What Untamed Leader is Really AboutSend Lauri a messageWhat does it actually mean to untame a leader—and why does it matter right now? In this Season 3 premiere of Untamed Leader, Lauri Smith flips the mic. Longtime collaborator, singer-songwriter, and authentic communication coach Brian Perry steps in as interviewer—and the result is one of the most honest, searching conversations about leadership, voice, and coming home to yourself that Lauri has ever had on this podcast.Lauri unpacks the real meaning of "untamed leadership" (hint: it's not a rebrand gimmick), the difference between being present and being lost in a sp...
2026-04-0149 minUntamed LeaderUntamed Leader: The Next Chapter BeginsSend Lauri a messageThe Soulful Speaking Podcast is now the Untamed Leader Podcast.The name has changed.The pulse has not.How did we get here?Over years of conversations about voice, presence, and creative courage, a deeper truth kept surfacing. Soulful speaking was never just about speaking. It was always about leadership as a sacred art — the kind that stands steady in chaos, holds vision in the storm, and inspires others forward.Soul-driven. Intuition-guided. Untamed.If you’ve been listening for a whil...
2026-03-0305 minUntamed LeaderBeyond the Cello: Speaking Without the ShieldSend Lauri a messageWhat happens when your voice disappears—right when you need it most?In this deeply human conversation, Lisa Roche, host of the Find Your Flow podcast, joins Lauri to explore what it really means to find your voice when your body says no.Lisa shares a powerful story of freezing, sobbing, and being unable to speak in front of others—despite years of performing on world-class stages. What followed wasn’t a technique or mindset shift, but a profound reckoning with vulnerability, community, and worth.Together, Lauri and Li...
2026-02-2448 minUntamed LeaderBoxes We Live In, Boxes We LeaveSend Lauri a messageWhat happens when the life that looks successful on paper no longer feels true inside?In this episode, best-selling author and real estate entrepreneur Betsy Pepine shares the deeply personal journey that led her to write Breaking Boxes: Dismantling the Metaphorical Boxes That Bind Us. From family-of-origin expectations and gender norms to professional identities and marital labels, Betsy reflects on the invisible structures that shape our choices—and what it takes to step beyond them.We explore how speaking for her book differs from speaking for a company, why wr...
2026-02-1738 minUntamed LeaderCareer vs. Calling: The Near-Death Pivot that Changed Everything (bonus)Send Lauri a messageIn this bonus episode, Speaker, coach, and Next Level University CEO Alan Lazaros joins Lauri for a raw, high-voltage conversation about fear, intensity, and the courage to be “too much.” From a high-school speech panic (and a hypnotist’s snowboard hack) to a near-fatal car crash at 26 that turned a career into a calling, Alan traces the inner rewiring that let him own his truth on stage and in life. They unpack the peak-performance “Goldilocks zone,” why “slow down” isn’t always smart advice, how shame hides at both ends of the bell curve, and why a...
2026-02-1345 minUntamed LeaderA Hyperventilating Thought Leader?Send Lauri a messageWhat happens when the person who once hyperventilated in middle school at the mere thought of speaking… becomes the woman people ask to take photos with after her talk?In this episode, Lauri sits down with Kelly Schuknecht, marketing strategist, thought leadership coach, and founder of Two Mile High Marketing, to trace the true origin of Kelly’s visibility: not a strategy, not a brand pivot—a whisper.Kelly shares the moment she watched other speakers and thought, “I could teach that.” Then the deeper thread: a fear of being look...
2026-02-1041 minUntamed LeaderForget Memorization. Find Your Flow. (bonus)Send Lauri a messageWhat happens when “memorize it” kills your aliveness? In this bonus episode, speaker and leader Kurt Uhlir shares how forcing a script spiked his stress, shut down vulnerability, and flattened his presence — and how returning to flow changed everything. We unpack small-room freakouts, the body’s signals (hello, stress across the chest), and the simple reframe that turns fear into fuel. Then we put it all into practice with a live coaching moment using my Intend • Align • Invite framework. If you’ve ever felt over-scripted, under-present, or stuck between nerves and excitement, th...
2026-02-0637 minUntamed LeaderFrom Quieted to Clear: Owning the Room After You’ve Been ErasedSend Lauri a messageWhat happens to your voice when survival requires silence?Kat Polsinelli stepped onstage at 10… and years later, found herself slowly losing her voice inside a decade-long abusive relationship she never expected to be in. In this intimate conversation, Kat and Lauri explore the invisible architecture of emotional and psychological abuse—how it isolates, rewrites reality, and convinces brilliant people to doubt their own knowing.Kat doesn’t just talk about her story—she tells it. Fully. Embodied. Unfiltered. As a living, breathing journey of control, awakening, and the mome...
2026-02-0346 minUntamed LeaderEarth & Sky: A Soulful Speaking Tune-Up (mini-sode)Send Lauri a messageIn this bonus minisode, you’re invited into a grounding ritual — one that rose up unplanned during a conversation with a guest, and insisted on being shared.This is a moment to pause.To feel the truth of where you are.To reconnect with the pulse beneath your voice — that wild, steady rhythm that holds you long before any words arrive.If you’re longing for a reset…If your speaking feels scattered or over-efforting…If your nervous system is whispering for spaciousness…This minisode...
2026-01-2706 minUntamed LeaderOn the Brink (Literally): Evelyne’s BecomingSend Lauri a messageVoice and visibility coach Evelyne Brink returns with a story that’s part pilgrimage, part primal scream, and fully alive. From being told her voice was “dysfunctional” to getting into (and then kicked out of) musical theatre school, Evelyne follows intuition across continents—Thailand’s Sanctuary, New York cabarets, Brighton pubs—and even into an unlikely season as a #1 Madonna tribute artist. We unpack rejection, rewilding, and the moment you stop auditioning for approval and start embodying who you are. If you’ve ever felt “too much,” broke-but-brave, or called to say no to the shiny path...
2026-01-2051 min
The Bridges and Beacons PodcastBecoming an Untamed Leader with Lauri SmithSend us Fan MailIt was my great honor and privilege to welcome Lauri Smith back to the podcast to discuss where her vision of becoming an Untamed Leader and fostering the development of Untamed Leaders. As I write this, I even wonder if we become untamed leaders or we unbecome who we've been conditioned to be as leaders?About LauriLauri Smith is a speaker, author, Soulful Speaking Coach, and host of the Soulful Speaking Podcast who helps wild-hearted leaders and loving rebels speak from the untamed, radiant pulse of...
2026-01-181h 02Untamed LeaderFrom Silence to Sound: Finding Your Wild VoiceSend Lauri a messageTherapist and nature-based guide Laura Rose shares how an early love of reading aloud and debate gave way to silence after bullying—then slowly blossomed into a wilder, truer voice through chanting, song circles, land stewardship, and community. We explore why language can’t carry all meaning, how sound opens the door, and what shifts when we replace “fit in” with “belong.” If you’re craving permission to express—beyond the rules and into resonance—this conversation will meet you where words begin: in the living pulse beneath them.Takeaways1. Your vo...
2026-01-1336 minUntamed LeaderHot Flashes, Cold Facts and "Ohhh… It’s Hormones!" (mini-sode)Send Lauri a messageIt’s 2026 — and somehow, we’re still not talking enough about menopause.In this unfiltered minisode, Lauri and her friend and fellow coach Kelly Myerson swap real stories about navigating hormonal shifts, medical gaslighting, and the mystery symptoms so many women are told to “just live with.”From sleepless nights to sudden clarity, they shed light (and laughter) on what really happens when your hormones start changing — and why breaking the silence might be one of the most powerful things you can do.If you’ve ever thought, “Is i...
2026-01-0909 minUntamed LeaderTuned In: How to Lead Without Losing YourselfSend Lauri a messageWhat if your sensitivity isn’t something to manage — but the very source of your power?In this heart-opening conversation, Lauri sits down with Bridges and Beacons host and authentic disruptor Kelly Myerson, a leadership coach and occupational therapist who helps women step out of silence and into soul-aligned leadership.Together, they unravel the myth that you have to harden, hustle, or people-please your way into leadership. Instead, they trace the path of staying tuned in — to your body, your boundaries, your values, and the quiet knowing at the center...
2026-01-0643 minUntamed LeaderPermission to Be Messy: Punk Wisdom for LeadersSend Lauri a messageWhat if real leadership isn’t about being impressive… but being responsive?In this second Untamed Leader Conversation, Lauri Smith welcomes back Bridget Baker (founder & CEO of Bridget Baker Branding) and Brian Perry (story and authentic communication coach, singer-songwriter) for an intimate, wide-ranging exploration of what it means to lead—and speak—without the cage.Together, they unpack leadership as stewardship and service, what it means to follow the room (even when it’s “squishy”), and why the most transformational moments often begin in white space, not-knowing, and permission to be messy.
2026-01-0253 minUntamed LeaderUntamed Leader: Standing in Your True FrequencySend Lauri a messageWhat if leadership isn’t about certainty or strategy?In this first-ever Untamed Leader Conversation, Lauri Smith is joined by intuitive guide Jeni Holla and catalyst-for-change Giselle Jennaway for a raw, spacious, and deeply embodied exploration of what it means to lead from truth rather than conditioning.Together, we question inherited models of leadership rooted in control, approval, and performance—and illuminate a different path: one shaped by sovereignty, intuition, and the courage to stand alone in a frequency before anyone joins you.From the difference between “choice...
2025-12-1749 minUntamed LeaderOut of the Box: Lauren’s Speaking BreakthroughSend Lauri a messageWhat happens when you put soulful speaking into practice?In this playful and powerful follow-up with Lauren Goldberg, we move from conversation into coaching. Lauren bravely steps into the hot seat to try out a 60-second pitch for her work—and together we explore how shifting from titles and rambling to intention, alignment, and invitation transforms the way she shows up.We talk about why pain-point marketing feels manipulative, how to lead with vision instead, and the difference between cramming everything into an “elevator pitch” versus offering a soul...
2025-12-0926 minUntamed LeaderBeyond the Box: Lauren’s Journey from Silence to Self-DiscoverySend Lauri a messageWhat happens when the world tells you to squeeze into a box you were never meant to fit?In this soulful conversation, self-discovery and leadership coach Lauren Goldberg shares her powerful journey from a childhood of silence and perfectionism to embracing her voice, her neurodivergence, and her “kush ball” self. Together, we explore the fog of outdated leadership models, the costs of trying to fit in, and how clearing the fog can open up clarity, confidence, and creativity.If you’ve ever felt stuck in a career identi...
2025-12-0229 minUntamed LeaderSinging After Silence: How Markus Found His Voice (Again)Send Lauri a messageAt three years old, Markus dragged a chair onto a “stage” and started speaking. He never forgot who he was—until a traumatic moment at nine and a half led him to “wall in” his soul and lose his speaking voice. In this intimate conversation, Markus Neukom (Steward of the Stillness Council) shares how stillness became his compass, why suffering trained him to hold others through transformation, and how song carried his truth when words could not. We explore agency after trauma, choosing joy without bypassing darkness, and the lifelong path of remembering the origin...
2025-11-1847 minUntamed LeaderUnleash Your Wild WomanSend Lauri a messageWhat opens up when we decide the ‘good girl’ role isn’t ours to play anymore?In this special Inside the Speakers Studio episode, Lauri Smith traces her journey from playing small to unleashing her fire — from meek “Mary Warren” to fiery “Abigail” — and explores the deeper archetypes of Good Girl, Rule Breaker, and Wild Woman.You’ll hear the pivotal story that opened the doorway to her voice, a fresh take on how rebellion and safety shape us, and a soulful invitation to step into your own Wild Woman (or whatever n...
2025-11-1117 min