Wise Women Forward

Wise Women Forward
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The origin story of humanity is wrong. This is the correction. A companion to the documentary Wise Women: Humanity’s Untold Origins, this podcast explores the ideas we were never meant to question—women’s power, post-reproductive wisdom, evolution, and the cultural systems that buried them. Hosted by filmmaker Christopher Henze and producer Dominique Debroux, Wise Women Forward features conversations with thinkers, elders, artists, and disruptors who challenge the myths of patriarchy, menopause, and “how things have always been.” This isn’t self-help. It’s a reframe of who we are—and where

  1. 1d ago

    When Women Stop Being Quiet: Nory Boulton, Civic Sage

    What happens when a woman who spent years trying not to offend anyone decides she has something to say? She becomes Civic Sage. Nory Boulton describes herself as an accidental political influencer. In this episode of Wise Women… Forward, she joins Dominique Debroux and Christopher Henze for a candid conversation about finding your voice, turning anger into agency, and why speaking about uncomfortable things may be one of the most important things women can do. They explore Nory’s journey from a conservative Christian upbringing to becoming a progressive political voice; the conditioning that can keep women silent; raising boys in a culture still shaped by patriarchy; women’s largely unspoken calculations around personal safety; and what happens when women finally find language for things they’ve felt for years but never quite knew how to name. And perhaps the biggest question of all: Do wise women really need to step into their power—or is it time for society to recognize the power they already have? Follow Nory / Civic Sage:https://linktr.ee/civicsage Rent Wise Women — Humanity’s Untold Origins:https://www.bingeable.net/civicsage Learn more about the film:https://www.wisewomenmovie.com #WiseWomenForward #CivicSage #NoryBoulton #WhenWiseWomenLead #WomensVoices #FemaleLeadership #MidlifeWomen

    When Women Stop Being Quiet: Nory Boulton, Civic Sage

  2. Sep 22

    Helen Armstrong: Reclaiming Your Voice in Midlife

    Helen Armstrong spent 27 years as a senior HR executive in financial services, succeeding in a highly masculine corporate world while quietly managing the parts of herself she had learned weren’t safe—or appropriate—to show. Today, as founder of Claris Vox, Helen works with high-achieving women who are ready to stop performing, reconnect with themselves and reclaim the voices they learned to turn down. In this episode of Wise Women… Forward, Helen and Dominique talk about the conditioning that teaches women to seek approval, keep the peace and make themselves smaller; the often-overlooked “fawn” response; what happens when midlife begins loosening those old patterns; and why so many women have trouble answering one deceptively simple question: What brings you joy? Helen also shares her own remarkable experience of rediscovering her literal voice through singing and vocal toning—and why she believes voice, intuition, creativity, pleasure and self-trust are deeply connected. Maybe midlife isn’t about inventing a new woman. Maybe it’s about finally hearing the one who was there before the world taught her to go quiet. Find Helen Armstrong Helen’s work: www.helenarmstrong.life Download Helen’s free booklet, What Went Quiet: www.helenarmstrong.life/gifts/ Instagram: @helenarmstrong.life LinkedIn: Helen Armstrong Wise Women… Forward Info about the film: wisewomenforward.com Watch Wise Women: bingeable.net/wisewomen We don’t retreat. We advance. Forward.

    Helen Armstrong: Reclaiming Your Voice in Midlife

  3. Sep 15

    The Power of Connection: Mimi Fernandez on Women’s Health, Menopause & What Comes Next

    Mimi Fernandez has spent more than two decades working across public health, media and health communications—and she believes something important is finally happening: women are talking. In this episode of Wise Women… Forward, Mimi joins Dominique Debroux and Christopher Henze for a candid conversation about the changing landscape of women’s health, the growing openness around menopause, and the power of women advocating for themselves—and for one another. We talk about HRT, health screenings, menopause research, men becoming more curious and supportive, and why the seemingly small act of connecting people can create very big change. Mimi also shares something more personal: the questions about purpose that can arrive in midlife, the importance of friendship when your mind starts spiraling, and what she learned after coming through cancer treatment. And then there’s her deceptively simple call to action: Create more connection. Don’t hold back. Support each other. Share what you know. Because moving women forward doesn’t begin somewhere “out there.” It begins with us. Learn more about Mimi’s work:https://menopauseresearch.net/home Connect with Mimi:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimifernandez1/ Learn more about Wise Women:https://wisewomenmovie.com Rent the film:https://bingeable.net/wisewomen

    The Power of Connection: Mimi Fernandez on Women’s Health, Menopause & What Comes Next

  4. Aug 25

    Who Were You Trained to Be? With Susanne Goldstein

    How much of who you are was actually chosen by you? Susanne Goldstein—consciousness architect, storyteller, feminine leadership mentor, and creator of Better Human—joins Dominique Debroux and Christopher Henze for a conversation about the unconscious “codes” we inherit from family, culture, gender, trauma, and the world around us. Susanne has spent nearly four decades working on a deceptively simple question: Can we interrupt our automatic reactions long enough to choose differently? Her answer begins with what she calls the “millisecond technique”—creating a tiny space between stimulus and response where awareness, and therefore choice, becomes possible. From there, we go somewhere particularly relevant to Wise Women: what happens as women age and some of those old codes begin to loosen? We talk about menopause and midlife, healing, healthy anger, purpose, resilience, women and money, feminine leadership, and the freedom that comes when you stop organizing your life around other people’s approval. And Susanne delivers a midlife relationship standard we may never forget: any man entering her life isn't competing with another man. He's competing with her complete freedom and peace. Exactly. This episode is about recognizing who you were trained to be—and discovering who you might become when you finally get to choose. Explore Susanne Goldstein and Better Human: Better Human Info about our movie: Wise Women - Humanity’s Untold Origins Rent the film: Wise Women on Bingeable Guest: Susanne Goldstein, Better HumanHosts: Dominique Debroux & Christopher HenzePodcast: Wise Women… Forward #WiseWomenForward #SusanneGoldstein #BetterHuman #Midlife #Menopause #FeminineLeadership #WomenOver50 #PersonalGrowth #Reinvention

    Who Were You Trained to Be? With Susanne Goldstein

  5. Aug 17

    I’m Allowed to Be Wise Now: Catherine O’Kane on Love, People-Pleasing & Coming Back to Yourself

    What happens when you stop trying to be everything for everyone? Dominique talks with Canadian registered clinical counsellor, relationship expert and author Catherine O’Kane, co-author with her husband Duane of Real: The Power of Authentic Connection. Their conversation goes straight into the stuff many of us have spent decades quietly carrying: people-pleasing, over-functioning, romantic expectations, gender roles and the impossible idea that one person should somehow fulfill all our needs. Catherine explains why humans are built for connection and community—and what can happen when we stop performing our assigned roles and begin showing up as whole, vulnerable people. They also talk about Catherine's own marriage, the subtle ways patriarchal expectations become embedded inside us, and the unexpected authority that can arrive with age. As Catherine says of her gray hair: “I’m allowed to be wise now.” And there's a particularly uncomfortable little truth for those of us who chronically give and give: when we over-function, Catherine argues, we may actually be training the people around us not to do their part. Ouch. Also: worth hearing. A warm, funny and wonderfully candid conversation about relationships, community, authenticity and what changes when a woman comes back to herself. Find Catherine Website: Catherine and Duane O’Kane Inc.Book: Real: The Power of Authentic Connection by Catherine & Duane O’KaneDocumentary: REAL And from Wise Women… Learn more about our film Wise Women – Why Menopause Matters at wisewomenmovie.com Rent the film at bingeable.net/wisewomen

    I’m Allowed to Be Wise Now: Catherine O’Kane on Love, People-Pleasing & Coming Back to Yourself

  6. Aug 5

    Science Meets the Body’s Wisdom with Dr. Debs Eastwood

    Dr. Debs Eastwood is a medical doctor, anesthetist, wellness educator, and founder of Your Wellness on Tap. After nearly 20 years in the NHS, she is stepping away from conventional medicine to build a more integrated vision of health through the Sage Health Institute. In this episode, Debs shares how the loss of her younger brother transformed her understanding of medicine, healing, and purpose. She and Dominique discuss the strengths and limitations of acute medical care, the art within anesthetics, clinical hypnotherapy, holistic therapies, and why the body must be treated as a whole—not a collection of isolated symptoms. They also explore midlife reinvention, learning to trust intuition, and what becomes possible when women stop measuring success only by what looks impressive on paper. This is not a rejection of medicine. It is an invitation to take the blinkers off. Your Wellness on Tap: https://yourwellnessontap.com/ Dr. Debs Eastwood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debs-eastwood-31309b112/ Wise Women official site: https://wisewomenmovie.com Watch the film: https://bingeable.net/wisewomen Women’s health, holistic health, integrative medicine, midlife, reinvention, menopause, clinical hypnotherapy, wellness, women in medicine, mind-body health Keywords / Tags Women’s health, holistic health, integrative medicine, midlife, reinvention, menopause, clinical hypnotherapy, wellness, women in medicine, mind-body health

    Science Meets the Body’s Wisdom with Dr. Debs Eastwood

  7. Aug 1

    Say It and Stay: Tia Newcomer on Women’s Voices at Work

    CEO and board director Tia Newcomer joins Wise Women Forward for an honest conversation about purpose, caregiving, menopause and the power of women using their voices at work. Tia shares the personal turning point that led her from major corporations into mission-driven leadership—and explains why culture and performance are inseparable. We discuss the pressures that can push women out of the workforce, the professional double standards surrounding emotion and communication, and what leaders can do to support women through pregnancy, caregiving and menopause. Her advice to women who are thinking about walking away? “Say it and stay.” Before you leave, name what you see, ask the difficult question and give change a chance. We also explore how wise women can pay their experience forward by talking more openly about health, careers, money and the choices women face throughout their lives. Connect with Tia: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tianewcomer/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tia_newcomer_ceo Learn more about Wise Women:https://wisewomenmovie.com Rent the film:https://bingeable.net/wisewomen

    Say It and Stay: Tia Newcomer on Women’s Voices at Work

  8. Jul 14

    Where Wisdom Meets Medicine: Dr. Carla Rotering on Healing, Agency, and the Power of Midlife

    What happens when a physician at the height of her career realizes she has lost her way in her own healership? Dr. Carla Rotering—physician, author, speaker, leadership mentor, and psychospiritual teacher—joins Dominique Debroux and Christopher Henze for a powerful conversation about bringing the human being back into medicine. Carla shares how professional overwork and a personal “existential freefall” led her to reconsider everything she had been taught about healing. A lung specialist who had never spoken to her patients about breath as medicine, she began exploring what conventional care leaves out: relationship, intuition, collaboration, spiritual well-being, and the expertise each person carries within their own body. Together, they examine why women’s symptoms and inner knowing are still too often dismissed, how medical culture can silence both patients and practitioners, and why healing must become a partnership rather than a hierarchy. Carla also reflects on the liberation of postmenopausal life—the moment when approval loses its grip, the hormonal storms settle, and a woman can say: “I have nothing left to prove. I’m all about putting goodness into the world.” A soulful, candid conversation about courageous leadership, patient agency, women in medicine, and the wisdom available when we stop treating aging as decline and begin recognizing it as a generative new phase. Learn more about Dr. Carla Rotering:https://www.drcarlarotering.com/ Discover Wise Women – Why Menopause Matters:https://wisewomenmovie.com/ Rent the film:https://bingeable.net/Dr._Carla_cares

    Where Wisdom Meets Medicine: Dr. Carla Rotering on Healing, Agency, and the Power of Midlife
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The origin story of humanity is wrong. This is the correction. A companion to the documentary Wise Women: Humanity’s Untold Origins, this podcast explores the ideas we were never meant to question—women’s power, post-reproductive wisdom, evolution, and the cultural systems that buried them. Hosted by filmmaker Christopher Henze and producer Dominique Debroux, Wise Women Forward features conversations with thinkers, elders, artists, and disruptors who challenge the myths of patriarchy, menopause, and “how things have always been.” This isn’t self-help. It’s a reframe of who we are—and where

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    Wise Women Forward
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
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