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St Mary’s SermonsSermon, February 18, 2026, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church
in Portsmouth, RI on Ash Wednesday.
2026-02-2507 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS2 Ep7: Women’s Safety Is a Societal Issue - Tackling Harassment at the Root with Amy WatsonSend a textWhat if women’s safety stopped being framed as something women have to manage — and started being treated as a societal responsibility we all share?In this episode of the She Leads Collective Podcast, Mary Gregory is joined by Amy Watson, social impact entrepreneur and founder of HASSL — a global movement and social enterprise tackling harassment and violence against women at the root.Amy challenges the long-standing narrative that places responsibility for safety on women, and explains why real, sustainable change means addressing the system...
2026-02-2543 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS2 Ep6: Resilient Leadership For Women - Confidence, career headwinds and the barriers women face. With Alex Webb and Skye DeaneSend a textWhat does it really mean to be a resilient leader — and how is that different from simply being resilient and pushing through?Mary Gregory is joined by Alex Webb and Skye Deane, co-founders of Resilient Women Leaders, for a warm, practical conversation about navigating career headwinds, rebuilding confidence, and leading sustainably through uncertainty, change — and even crisis.Together, they explore:The difference between resilience and resilient leadershipWhy leadership is not about title — “everyone is a leader because everyone influenc...
2026-02-1843 minSt Mary’s SermonsSermon, February 15, 2026, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church
In Portsmouth, RI on the Last Sunday After the Epiphany.
2026-02-1711 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS2 Ep5: From Burnout to Allyship - Lee Chambers on Resilience, Masculinity and Gender EquitySend a textWhat happens when success comes at too high a cost — and your body forces you to stop?In this powerful and deeply human conversation, I’m joined once again by Lee Chambers, this time to explore his own leadership journey — one shaped by ambition, adversity, caregiving, and profound personal transformation.Lee shares how burnout and serious illness in his twenties led him to relearn how to walk, rethink masculinity, and redefine success. We talk openly about him becoming a full-time caregiver, the invisible labour carried by women, and how th...
2026-02-1133 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS2 Ep4: Self-Leadership First - Values-Led Leadership, Unseen Work and Privilege with Lucy PhilipSend a textWhat if one of the most powerful things a leader can do isn’t to fix others — but to understand themselves first?In this episode of the She Leads Collective Podcast, I’m joined by Lucy Philip, winner of Best Female Leader at the Best Business Women Awards, founder of Purposefully Blended (now celebrating 10 years), former nurse, coach, and single parent to three children.Lucy shares why leadership begins with self-leadership — understanding your unconscious patterns, noticing what you default to under pressure, and choo...
2026-02-0453 minSt Mary’s SermonsSermon, February 1, 2026, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church
In Portsmouth, RI on the Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany.
2026-02-0213 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS2 Ep3: Why Women Are Still Leaving - the systems holding them back with Penny De ValkSend a textPart 2 of 2 episodes with Penny De Valk.Why are organisations still losing talented women — and why does this pattern persist, even when leaders genuinely want things to change?In this second episode of a two-part conversation, Mary Gregory and Penny De Valk move beyond individual leadership journeys to examine the systems shaping women’s experiences at work today.Drawing on Penny’s global work with senior leaders — alongside insights from the McKinsey Women in the Workplace research — this episode explores why the leadership pipeline continues to leak, why...
2026-01-2831 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS2 Ep2: Leading At The Top As A Woman with Penny De ValkSend a textWhy are so many talented women still walking out of organisations — despite decades of investment in leadership development, diversity initiatives and good intent?In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Mary Gregory is joined by Penny De Valk — former MD, CEO and Board Director, and now a global leadership development expert working across the UK, New Zealand and the US. Penny shares her leadership journey and the lived reality of leading at the highest levels: the responsibility, the complexity, and the constant need to balance “taking care” with “taking charge”.Together, Mary and Pen...
2026-01-2342 min
Midlife UnlimitedHow to Not Take Yourself Too Seriously with Guest Mary GregoryJoin the Midlife Unlimited® conversation by sending Kate a textOne of the most amazing results of my own Midlife metamorphosis has been unleashing the ability to laugh at myself. And I love nothing more than helping other women experience this too.The freedom to not just accept our foibles and failures, but to celebrate them as what sets us apart. What makes us US! To stand up and stand out. To harness the power of humour that lies at the very core our our humanity.So I'm delighted to be joined by m...
2026-01-2242 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS2 Ep1: Why the Gender Equity Conversation Isn’t Over — and Why Leadership Still Needs It.Send a textIn this opening episode of Season 2 of the She Leads Collective Podcast, Mary Gregory reflects on why this podcast still matters — and why now.At a time when there’s a growing narrative that “enough has been done” on gender equity, Mary explores the gap between perception and lived experience. Drawing on her decades of leadership experience and years of coaching women leaders and their allies, she looks at what today’s complex challenges demand from leadership — and why more relational, inclusive and human ways of leading are no longer optional.
2026-01-2108 minSt Mary’s SermonsSermon, January 18, 2026, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church
in Portsmouth, RI on the Second Sunday After the Epiphany.
2026-01-1911 min
Cultural Communication Confidence163 - Ego in Leadership with Mary GregoryIn this podcast episode, I'm joined by Executive Leadership Coach, and author Mary Gregory, who specialises in human-centred leadership, confidence and gender equity. Together, we explore ego as a human defence system rather than a flaw, and how fear often sits behind leadership behaviours such as people pleasing, control and self-doubt. We look at how ego shows up differently for women, why many capable leaders hold themselves back, and what it takes to speak up and be heard without losing authenticity or falling into performative confidence. Our conversation also examines how culture, conditioning and gender...
2026-01-1634 minSt Mary’s SermonsSermon, January 4, 2026, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church
In Portsmouth, RI on the Second Sunday After Christmas.
2026-01-0512 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenBonus Episode with Lee Chambers -Voice of the Boys: What UK Boys Say About Masculinity, Identity and Gender EqualitySend a textAs we look towards the future of gender equity, we often focus our attention on women and girls. But boys and girls don’t grow up in separate worlds — they learn together, socialise together, challenge one another, and eventually work and lead together. So if we want a future that is safer and more equitable for women, we must also understand the boys who will become the men of tomorrow.In this special bonus episode, I’m joined by Lee Chambers, organisational psychologist, founder of Male Allies UK, and one of the...
2025-12-1727 minSt Mary’s SermonsSermon, December 7, 2025, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church
in Portsmouth, RI on the the Second Sunday of Advent.
2025-12-0910 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1 Ep26: Leading With Humanity: Five Leadership Lessons Shaping 2026Send a textIn this Season One finale of the She Leads Collective Podcast, Mary Gregory shares five powerful leadership lessons that will shape the future of work in 2026. Drawing on 26 episodes and 24 remarkable guests, Mary reflects on the themes of humanity, allyship, visibility, the undiscussables, and the evolving definition of power in leadership.Season One of the She Leads Collective Podcast began as a 10-episode idea and grew into 26 conversations exploring inclusive leadership, women’s leadership, men as allies, workplace culture, and the "undiscussables" that shape our careers and confidence.In this se...
2025-12-0316 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1 Ep25: Radical Non-Judgment: Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary with Fiona LindsaySend a textWhat if the talent your organisation needs isn’t in plain sight? Creative maverick, coach, producer and writer Fiona Lindsay joins me to unpack radical non-judgment, deep listening and the power of story to help people feel seen, speak with impact and thrive.This week I’m joined by Fiona Lindsay—founder of Awaken Her, creative producer, writer and globally acclaimed coach who blends psychology, performance and storytelling to unlock potential. We explore Fiona’s philosophy of radical non-judgment—how a childhood of constant change and a career in...
2025-11-2648 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenBonus Episode -Why Women Can’t Change the System Alone: An International Men’s Day ReflectionSend a textIn this short International Men’s Day bonus episode, Mary reflects on why women cannot create systemic gender equity alone — and why understanding and engaging men is essential for real change.This special bonus episode marks International Men’s Day with a powerful reflection on the vital role men play in creating gender-equitable workplaces. Drawing on conversations with four podcast guests — Daniele Fiandaca, Robert Baker, Zeenat Ahmed-Peto and Craig McMurrough — Mary explores the emotional pressures men face, the leadership behaviours that accelerate inclusion, and why women leaders can’t carry this work alone.
2025-11-1907 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1 Ep24: Pitch Invasion - Taking On Equality For Women In Football with Karen DobresSend a textWhat happens when someone who never liked football ends up helping to change the game—forever? Karen Dobres, former Lewes FC director and author of Pitch Invasion, joins me to share how “Equality FC” became the first club to equally resource their men’s and women’s teams, and what that taught her about leadership, allyship, and challenging the status quo.Love it or loathe it, football shapes our culture. In this episode, Karen Dobres—former director at Lewes FC and author of Pitch Invasion—tells the story of how a community-owned club on Englan...
2025-11-1949 minSt Mary’s SermonsSermon, November 16, 2025, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church
in Portsmouth, RI on The Twenty-third Sunday After Pentecost.
2025-11-1710 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1 Ep23: Reimagining Masculinity at Work with Daniele FiandacaSend a textWhat if the very system we’ve been trained to succeed in is holding all of us back? Inclusive leadership and male-allyship specialist Daniele Fiandaca joins me to explore healthier masculinity, practical ways to include men in DEI, and why empathy is a leadership muscle—not a “female” trait.In this conversation, Daniele (founder of Token Man and co-founder of Hard as Nails) explains why he avoids the word “patriarchy” when engaging men, how “the man box” harms everyone, and what shifts actually move cultures beyond policy into day...
2025-11-1247 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1 Ep22: The Power of Permission: Speaking Up With Intention with Ronke Kokoruwe , TEDx CoachSend a textWhat would change if you gave yourself full permission—not just to lead—but to speak with courage, clarity and intention? In this uplifting conversation, lawyer-turned-coach, TEDx licence holder and “Queen of Joy” Ronke Kokoruwe shares how women can stop waiting to “feel confident” and start speaking from intention, presence and joy.We trace Ronke’s journey from the law to coaching, unpack the myth of confidence, and explore practical ways to move from freeze to flow. Ronke introduces powerful prompts (“Why am I talking?” and “Why am I there?”), the role of breathwork...
2025-11-0549 minSt Mary’s SermonsSermon, November 2, 2025, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, RI
on the Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost.
2025-11-0410 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1 Ep21: Women-Only Leadership Programmes: Fix or Future? with Dr Rob Sayers-BrownSend a textAre women-only leadership programmes a solution—or part of the problem? Dr Rob Sayers Brown joins me to explore leadership identity, human vs social capital, and why inclusive design must go deeper than “fix the woman.”In this candid conversation, occupational psychologist Dr Rob Sayers Brown unpacks what actually helps women (and other under-represented leaders) thrive. Drawing on his professional doctorate research into women-only leadership programmes—and his lived experience as a gay man—Rob explains why leadership is still shaped by narrow, gendered and heteronormative norms, and what to do about i...
2025-10-2954 minSt Mary’s SermonsSermon, October 26, 2025, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, RI
on the Twentieth Day After Pentecost.
2025-10-2711 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1 Ep20: Domestic Abuse and It's Hidden Impact at Work - with Vanessa WhiteSend a textThis week on the She Leads Collective Podcast, host Mary Gregory is joined by Vanessa White, accredited Relationship and Divorce Master Coach, to mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Together they open up an important and often hidden conversation: how abuse at home can impact confidence, performance, and leadership at work.Vanessa shares her lived experience of domestic abuse and how it shaped her mission to support others through recovery, resilience, and rediscovery. The conversation explores:The subtle signs of abuse and coercive control — and why th...
2025-10-2251 minSt Mary’s SermonsSermon, October 19, 2025, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, RI
on the Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost.
2025-10-2112 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1 Ep19: Menopause at Work: Helen Tomlinson on Culture ChangeSend a textReleased the week of World Menopause Day (18 October), this episode features Helen Tomlinson, the UK’s first Menopause Employment Champion. She shares why midlife isn’t a decline—it’s a power stage—and how employers can move from token gestures to real culture change. What happens when a musical-theatre dream becomes a mission to transform workplaces for millions of women? Helen Tomlinson—Head of Inclusion at Adecco and the UK’s first Menopause Employment Champion—has used her voice to shift policy, challenge stigma and help organisations get practical abo...
2025-10-1549 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1 Ep18: Baby Loss and Belonging - Compassion in Action at Work with Shelley KaySend a textWhat happens when the loss that shapes your life is the one the world rarely talks about? In this deeply human conversation released to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week (9–15 October, UK), Shelley Kay—Talent & Development Business Partner and co-lead of the Gender Perspectives Network at the Adecco Group—shares her personal experience of five miscarriages and how she transformed private heartbreak into advocacy at work.Shelley and I explore why baby loss remains shrouded in silence in many organisations, what that silence costs people trying...
2025-10-0840 minSt Mary’s SermonsSermon, October 5, 2025, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, RI
on the Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost.
2025-10-0711 min
The Poems We Made Along The WayEpisode 30: Mary Jean Chan - Queering clarity through poetryOn today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way Gregory Kearns speaks to Mary Jean Chan about clarity, truth vs fact in a poem and the drafting process as a form of play.Mary Jean Chan is the author of Flèche (Faber & Faber, 2019), which won the Costa Book Award for Poetry. Bright Fear (Faber, 2023), Chan's second book, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection, the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Writer’s Prize. They co-edited the anthology 100 Queer Poems (Vintage, 2022) with Andrew McMillan and served as a judge for the 2023 Booker Prize...
2025-10-061h 07
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1 Ep17: Beyond the Man Box - How Men Become True Allies with Robert BakerSend a textWhat does it take to turn good intentions into real change? In this conversation, Robert Baker—founder of Potentia Talent Consulting, board member at European Women on Boards, UN Women UK, and Women in Quantum Development, and former co-president of PWN Global—shares how to engage men as allies and build inclusive, gender-balanced cultures that last. We explore the “aha” moments from his men’s workshops (including stereotypes we don’t notice), how to counter the “zero-sum...
2025-10-0146 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1 Ep16: Stand Up to Stand Out: Funny Women Awards Founder, Lynne ParkerSend a textWhat happens when someone tells you “women aren’t funny”? If you’re Lynne Parker BCAa, you build a movement. In this episode, Lynne — Founder & CEO of Funny Women CIC and host of How to Have Fun at Work podcast— shares the origin story of Funny Women, the growth of the Funny Women Awards (from 70 entrants to 2,000+ across performance, writing, film and content creation), and why comedy is one of the most powerful confidence tools in leadership and life.We talk about platforming new talent (not...
2025-09-2449 minSt Mary’s SermonsSermon, September 21, 2025, The Rev. Dr. John Gregory PriorA sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. John Gregory Prior at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in
Portsmouth, RI on the Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
2025-09-2210 min
She Leads Collective Podcast: stories, allyship and confidence tools for womenS1Ep15: From Shadows to Spotlight: How women can shine in a noisy world with Nishma Patel RobbSend a textWhat if the most powerful intelligence today isn’t artificial — but authentic?In this episode of the She Leads Collective Podcast, I’m joined by the incredible Nishma Patel Robb — Ex Google Brand Chief, past President of WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications Leadership), and now Founder of Glittersphere, a movement that’s part TED Talk, part Studio 54, all about making women visible.Nishma shares her story of growing up as the youngest of three daughters in a creative South Asian/British household, navigating barriers in the media...
2025-09-1754 min