Here'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.

Episode 2 features a conversation between Lael and May (who elected to maintain her privacy for this, using a different name). May’s 3 threads she brings are Loneliness, Service, and Mattering, and we weave these in conversation.

—We talk about the raw capacity we have as humans to take what feels broken, disconnected, and fractured, and make something beautiful and strong from it—like that Japanese art form, Kintsugi. 

—This conversation was recorded right after Mother’s Day, and we reflect on the emotion (rage, grief, despair) of being “celebrated” in this moment in our history when women have lost our reproductive rights this past year. 

—We explore that fine line between feeling deeply of service and feeling consumed—how to know when you're there and what the difference is. 

—We talk a lot about community—why it matters, what it looks like, and how to get it—and also play with ideas we have to harness the power of it that we've not yet tried as a society. 

—We talk about what gives us hope and what keeps us sane in these weird and wild times we find ourselves in. 

It's thoughtful, emotional, insightful, and inspiring. 

Welcome to our conversation. We're happy to have you overhear it. 

Learn more about Lael at SheChanges shechanges.com/

Show Notes: resources referenced

Valarie Kaur's book See No Stranger and TED talk
Dalia Lithwick's book: Lady Justice
The Japanese art form: Kintugi
On Being Podcast with Vivek Murthy
Tricia Hersey's book Rest as Resistance

S5:E2: On Her Mind — A Conversation Between Lael + May

Conversations that are all about change powered by women—how we do it, why we do it, what it's like, and what happens as a result. Hosted by Lael Couper Jepson of SheChanges, this is the place where we explore the messy, unfinished business that lives in our heads—and is fueled by our hearts. We keep it real, refuse to boil it down, and serve it up as it is—unscripted, unedited, and unapologetic. We believe you can handle us. 

Lael Couper Jepson is the founder of SheChanges, a strategic outpost for senior leaders and business owners, and is also the author of two books: Unscripted, A Women's Living Prayer, and Ignite: Lighting the Leader Fire. Learn more about Lael at www.SheChanges.com

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