An Unscripted Woman Podcast

Lael Couper Jepson
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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

  1. Jul 17

    S6E10 On Moving Through Transition

    How do you get yourself unstuck? How can you move yourself forward when you can't see where you're going? How do you make a change when you don't know what you're doing? These are the themes Lael Couper Jepson explores with her SheChanges community in this episode. Listen in as she shares her email she sent to her community on September 16, 2022—and then riffs on how what she's learned and experienced since about how the themes from that email are even more relevant today. FMI about Lael and her work: https://shechanges.com To become a subscriber to her emails: https://shechanges.com/become-a-subscriber/ Resources referenced in this episode: Pema Chodron's quote from her book When Things Fall Apart https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/684222-things-falling-apart-is-a-kind-of-testing-and-also Lael speaking about the difference between change and transition as Keynote at In Her Words conference Nov '2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du3T4RjAEMM

    S6E10 On Moving Through Transition

  2. Jul 17

    S6E9 On Boundaries + Intimacy

    Have you ever questioned the stories you've been told about yourself—to understand how that story came to be or if it's true? Why do so many of us women stay in relationships that don't serve us or make us feel safe? What would it look like to disappoint another in order to be true to ourselves? These are the themes Lael Couper Jepson explores with her SheChanges community in this episode. Listen in as she shares her email she sent to her community on September 19, 2025—and then riffs on how what she's learned and experienced since about how the themes from that email are even more relevant today. FMI about Lael and her work: https://shechanges.com To become a subscriber to her emails: https://shechanges.com/become-a-subscriber/ Resources referenced in this episode: Read a web version of this email https://shechanges.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=2b44928ae11fb9384c4cf38708677c48.104&s=20e61b707bf3ce7e60dc496b08d0bb5a Lael Love Notes https://shechanges.com/testimonials-1-on-1/ Lael's July '25 subscriber email referenced about gaslighting women https://shechanges.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=73278a4a86960eeb576a8fd4c9ec6997.103&s=68e915dad2a37bb667907b62d23e6b37&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=It%20s%20not%20mean%2C%20it%20s%20discerning&utm_campaign=New%20Moon%20Sept%20%2025%20-%20Being%20Discerning Oriah Mountain Dream's poem The Invitation http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com Lael's book Unscripted: A Woman's Living Prayer—look for the Front Row Seats chapter referenced in this episode to read more https://www.amazon.com/Unscripted-Womans-Lael-Couper-Jepson/dp/1518806228/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TMTJLFUTIVNP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bAS_6DPmXxkB5wqqSMceANcgS0HyW110ypB1dm3GIV0.Lat41QOeuITLW5lKmIqV3kcPp0f0huLwBkWoI_k0XvM&dib_tag=se&keywords=lael+couper+jepson&qid=1784301727&sprefix=lael+couper+jepson%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-1 Taylor Swift's podcast interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lX9XESvDE&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=It%20s%20not%20mean%2C%20it%20s%20discerning&utm_campaign=New%20Moon%20Sept%20%2025%20-%20Being%20Discerning

    S6E9 On Boundaries + Intimacy

  3. Jul 17

    S6E8 On Making without Knowing

    How do you know making something, investing in a dream or taking a leap of faith will be worth it? How do you hold the faith when you're scared, full of doubt, and feeling like you're crazy? What does it look like to honor your instincts instead of listen to your fears? These are the themes Lael Couper Jepson explores with her SheChanges community in this episode. Listen in as she shares her email she sent to her community on June 26, 2026—and then riffs on how what she's learned and experienced since about how the themes from that email are even more relevant today. FMI about Lael and her work: https://shechanges.com To become a subscriber to her emails: https://shechanges.com/become-a-subscriber/ Resources referenced in this episode: Read the web version of Lael's email https://shechanges.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=9fc3d7152ba9336a670e36d0ed79bc43.113&s=68e915dad2a37bb667907b62d23e6b37 Lael speaking at In Her Words conference in 2025 https://www.instagram.com/reels/DRCmyTOjlDv/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=If%20you%20build%20it%2C%20they%20will%20come&utm_campaign=June%20%2026%20-%20If%20you%20build%20it%20they%20will%20come Lael's Homecoming women's retreat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xF08ZU3KKs Lael's women's circles https://shechanges.com/groups/ Lael's SheSpeaks evening of women's storytelling (playlist) From 2019 https://on.soundcloud.com/btW915lq61zYrltv56 From 2018 https://on.soundcloud.com/VX61LlQATZEbBgbDPZ Field of Dreams scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95RYgkNNPvU&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=If%20you%20build%20it%2C%20they%20will%20come&utm_campaign=June%20%2026%20-%20If%20you%20build%20it%20they%20will%20come Under the Tuscan Sun scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdJGMZDY0-8&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=If%20you%20build%20it%2C%20they%20will%20come&utm_campaign=June%20%2026%20-%20If%20you%20build%20it%20they%20will%20come

    S6E8 On Making without Knowing

  4. Jul 17

    S6E7 On Being Creative

    What's the real story about being creative that nobody talks about? What happens when our logical minds collide with our creative urges? How do our stories and beliefs about art, artists, and creativity get in the way of us offering more solutions, beauty, and medicine into the world? These are the themes Lael Couper Jepson explores with her SheChanges community in this episode. Listen in as she shares her email she sent to her community on May 12, 2023—and then riffs on how what she's learned and experienced since about how the themes from that email are even more relevant today. FMI about Lael and her work: https://shechanges.com To become a subscriber to her emails: https://shechanges.com/become-a-subscriber/ Resources referenced in this episode: Lael's two books https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lael+Couper+jepson&crid=17K5UU6WH14TB&sprefix=lael+couper+jepson%2Caps%2C160&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 Lael's storytelling and speaking https://www.laelspeaks.com Rick Rubin's book The Creative Act: A Way of Being Lael's' group for men https://shechanges.com/the-men-i-know-group/ Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's books— All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for Climate Crisis What If We Get It Right: Visions of Climate Futures

    S6E7 On Being Creative

  5. Jul 17

    S6E6 On Being Too Much + Re-Centering

    How do you manage that voice inside you that tells you you're too much? How do you resist the urge to make everyone else's comfort your top priority? What would it look like to honor your inconvenient truth and give voice to your honest experience—and trust that it's actually of service and not doing harm? These are the themes Lael Couper Jepson explores with her SheChanges community in this episode. Listen in as she shares her email she sent to her community on July 28, 2023—and then riffs on how what she's learned and experienced since about how the themes from that email are even more relevant today. FMI about Lael and her work: https://shechanges.com To become a subscriber to her emails: https://shechanges.com/become-a-subscriber/ Resources referenced in this episode: To read the web version of Lael's email https://shechanges.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=d09bf41544a3365a46c9077ebb5e35c3.76&nosocial=1 Becoming, a memoir by Michelle Obama Lael's In Her Words writing circle experience for women https://shechanges.com/in-her-words/ Japanese art of Kintsugi that showcases the cracks (imperfections) with gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi

    S6E6 On Being Too Much + Re-Centering

  6. Jul 17

    S6E5 On Focusing While Distracted

    How do you listen for your truth when the world is so damn loud? What does it look like to fight for change without contributing to the noise and violence? How do you stay grounded and whole when there are so many distractions and so much need? These are the themes Lael Couper Jepson explores with her SheChanges community in this episode. Listen in as she shares her email she sent to her community on February 21, 2025—and then riffs on how what she's learned and experienced since about how the themes from that email are even more relevant today. FMI about Lael and her work: https://shechanges.com To become a subscriber to her emails: https://shechanges.com/become-a-subscriber/ Resources referenced in this episode: For map that Lael references, check out the web copy of her email below to see Read a web copy of Lael's email here https://shechanges.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=6974ce5ac660610b44d9b9fed0ff9548.98&s=20e61b707bf3ce7e60dc496b08d0bb5a Jerry Tello speaking at Bioneers conference https://bioneers.org/jerry-tello-recovering-sacredness-zstf1911/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=This%20might%20help&utm_campaign=Feb%20%2025%20-%20This%20helped Julia Louise Dreyfus podcast Wiser Than Me https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wiser-than-me-with-julia-louis-dreyfus/id1678559416 Valarie Kaur's Revolutionary Love compass tool https://revolutionarylove.org/learn/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=This%20might%20help&utm_campaign=Feb%20%2025%20-%20This%20helped Katie Couric Interviewing Heather Cox Richardson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-78R0monV4&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=This%20might%20help&utm_campaign=Feb%20%2025%20-%20This%20helped Jess Craven's newsletter Chop Wood, Carry Water on Substack https://chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/about?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=This%20might%20help&utm_campaign=Feb%20%2025%20-%20This%20helped Brooke Baldwin interview on her book Huddle https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brooke-baldwin-do-you-need-a-huddle-to-break-free/id1750227241?i=1000763951354 Trisha Hersey's interview "No More Grind" on We Can Do Hard Things podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-can-do-hard-things/id1564530722?i=1000582486920 Susan Cain's TED talk on a blueprint for a quiet revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1SM9NxxmJo

    S6E5 On Focusing While Distracted

  7. Jul 17

    S6E4 On Being Dangerous

    What does it mean to be of service by making trouble—to be disruptive, to actively dismantle, to create inconvenience? Where might we be holding ourselves back because we think people can't "handle" us? Where are we waiting for permission, the "right" time, or to feel comfortable—when really we need to simply express our righteous rage to be of service? These are the themes Lael Couper Jepson explores with her SheChanges community in this episode. Listen in as she shares her email she sent to her community on June 28, 2021—and then riffs on how what she's learned and experienced since about how the themes from that email are even more relevant today. FMI about Lael and her work: https://shechanges.com To become a subscriber to her emails: https://shechanges.com/become-a-subscriber/ Resources referenced in this episode: Brittney Cooper—Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers her Superpower Valarie Kaur—See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love The Day Iceland Stood Still documentary trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3BLwtd1Z0k

    S6E4 On Being Dangerous

  8. Jul 17

    S6E3 On Being a Wild Woman

    How keep it real when you feel self-conscious and unsightly—especially in public? What's the difference between losing your sh*t and finding your inconvenient truth? How can we bring more grace to the moments when we access our full power, remember who we are, and speak our truth? These are the themes Lael Couper Jepson explores with her SheChanges community in this episode. Listen in as she shares her email she sent to her community on June 10, 2022—and then riffs on how what she's learned and experienced since about how the themes from that email are even more relevant today. FMI about Lael and her work: https://shechanges.com To become a subscriber to her emails: https://shechanges.com/become-a-subscriber/ Resources referenced in this episode: Heather Perry—Telling her eel story at Tell Tale https://vimeo.com/188881928?turnstile=1.-0j5zQIfhdX7afigiwBDD223uwxZ3uLV6qcNCRdtD_cjRW8OXu-JmT_EvxSYC000EOfkz-iA1vibqFhvBGHNika6IZ3ArbyXkVLyfSnUtEu-EB1EIUrpTS3q43YV5eX_RoTUkSq_r8-GS41guDpL68_omAsd-4zR5x22Mrv8D1OI5x6RfCJ3u9NYUSe3ukZulxD4basa6s5n8GMT-WlzrzHtfryiD-b6NrjRfYYg59xqm6mLyduQGGDHWnoZn042-dleNAbU2ll-l7Iew2ABd24OOnNfdsoePFK0CjUWPjPPXTWCmHBOkgH6XRUV23HOdTADBE8qJdUQoevFfnWSp4E8QOjBaczolyXY0KJSVseBA1Hx0yS3miEwlckWjj0kOaEo88PJkvP92raCP2l_6RvGjkEOCwsOY-Wv2XMo__Hn8mVFwRMHCY0F57-GytBFjU6TBPkYNbxmIhWgjP172fuPqOt9yXHLTTrZ1zInEQnoS0DyBrkXAf6qz3iNccl9-rZLuLUPn_SGZf8tXiykWqX5RrBGpSzZdo7C5b2DLCCh2qPm4_dsi9swIXeiz3t0ZSU_PiSLD0Fkfz_-ga73SA.vJLw6-Je_J1SBtn-X0hINg.023cba0cfd41a4c2a027889dcf4558be66869332667aa7b3efd4f77635c995b2

    S6E3 On Being a Wild Woman
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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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  • Creator
    Lael Couper Jepson
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    58
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    An Unscripted Woman Podcast