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Murphy Baughns

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We're minting unconventional women into superSHEROs—wrestling with dragons, learning their names, breaking patterns, and rewriting the rules as we go. You're done being invisible. No skimpy costume required. This podcast is for the already brave. sherorising.substack.com

Sep 5

NSCR Episode 8 - The Case of the Ritual of Becoming

EPISODE 8 DESCRIPTION Superman needed a phone booth. Three minutes off, regular person. Three minutes on, suit, cape, ready. But the phone booth is portable for you — it’s not a location, it’s a practice. We’ve been sold a lie: that you need to feel ready before you step up. That confidence comes first, then action. That you have to earn permission to show up as yourself. So we wait. We hesitate. We delay until we feel ready, confident, prepared. And that day never comes. The truth? The ritual comes first. The readiness follows. In this episode, we unpack the portable ritual you need — thirty seconds between who you were and who you’re becoming. We talk about why honing is not fixing (you’re not broken, you’re being sharpened). We explore what happens on the days you have nothing left, when only the ritual saves you. And we discover that confidence isn’t something you find — it’s something you practice into existence. In this episode: * The phone booth metaphor (Superman’s secret, now yours) * Why the ritual comes before the readiness * Honing as friction that reveals awesomeness * Building your personal 30-second transformation * The days after treatment, when ritual is armor A note: You don’t have to feel ready. You just have to show up and do the ritual. The rest follows. Go be her. Take flight. Subscribe for weekly episodes on the No Skimpy Costume Required podcast. New episodes every Saturday. SHERO Rising is reflection, not prescription — not medical or mental health advice. Take what serves you, leave the rest, and trust the professionals who know your situation. In crisis? Call or text 988 (US). This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to SHERO Rising at sherorising.substack.com/subscribe
Aug 1

NSCR Episode 4: The Case of the 96 Lights

THE CASE OF THE 96 LIGHTS An electrician spent days replacing all ninety-six lights in a parking garage. Nobody noticed. Except one woman who took thirty seconds to tell him it mattered. We’ve been sold a lie: that the mark of a powerful woman is her ability to do it alone. That needing people is weakness. That self-sufficiency is the same thing as strength. So we perform independence. We handle everything. We come home to silence and call it peace. And somewhere in the middle of that, we disappear. In this episode, we unpack the myth of the maverick — the woman who’s slowly vanishing because she refused to ask for help. We talk about the built-in community structures that never included unmarried, child-free women. We explore what it means to build a real Pride instead of standing alone on a rock. And we discover that moments of awesome — the ones that cost nothing and change everything — are how we actually save each other. In this episode: * The 96 lights story (and why it’s the whole mechanism) * The lie of the maverick — and what it costs * How to build community when the traditional structures skip over you * Moments of awesome: creating visibility for people doing invisible work * What a real Pride looks like (spoiler: it’s not a squad, it’s a Pride of lionesses) A note: This episode is for every woman who’s been told she’s strong enough to do it alone. You are strong. You’re also allowed to need people. That’s not weakness. That’s wisdom. No woman is an island. Game on. Subscribe for weekly episodes on the No Skimpy Costume Required podcast. New episodes every Saturday. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to SHERO Rising at sherorising.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 25

NSCR Episode 3 - The Case of No Vigil Needed

THE CASE OF NO VIGIL NEEDED If your mother ever planned a prayer vigil because you weren’t married, this is for you. For decades, you’ve been told there’s a timeline. Get married, have babies, leave a legacy. Miss those checkpoints and—well, apparently your mother needs divine intervention. In this episode, we unpack the story of a 27-year-old colleague whose mother literally organized a prayer vigil because her daughter wasn’t engaged. We talk about what it means to be “left on the shelf,” the cultural narrative that dismisses unmarried and child-free women as incomplete, and the moment you realize: I’m not willing to accept this anymore. This is the heart chapter of the SHERO story. The one that makes unconventional women cry with recognition. Because you’re not irrelevant. You’re not done. You’re becoming. In this episode: * The vigil story (and why it’s the turning point for so many women) * What “left on shelf” really means—and what we do about it * How to refuse a narrative that was never yours to begin with * The beginning of the quest: “There’s got to be a better way” A note: This episode is fierce, tender, and unapologetic. It’s for women who’ve been told they’re not enough. You are. Full stop. Olly olly oxen free. Game on. Subscribe for weekly episodes on the No Skimpy Costume Required podcast. New episodes every week. Join the SHERO Rising community on Substack for companion content, teaching notes, and daily practices. Get full access to SHERO Rising at sherorising.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 18

Episode 2 — The Case of the Unholstered Truth

There’s a truth you’ve been carrying with the safety on. You know the one. This week’s case is about what it costs to keep it holstered — and what changes when you finally say the thing. One origin story, one dragon tale, one portable tool from the Mobile Phone Booth, and a quest to draw your own truth this week. Callback: Episode 2. SHERO Rising is reflection, not prescription — not medical or mental health advice. Take what serves you, leave the rest, and trust the professionals who know your situation. In crisis? Call or text 988 (US). There’s a truth you’ve been carrying with the safety on. You know the one. This week’s case is about what it costs to keep it holstered — and what changes when you finally say the thing. One origin story, one dragon tale, one portable tool from the Mobile Phone Booth, and a quest to draw your own truth this week. Callback: Episode 2. Get full access to SHERO Rising at sherorising.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 12

NSCR Episode 1: From Meek Mouse

Episode 1 — The Case of the Meek Mouse She speaks up in her head and stays quiet in the room. She’s capable, smart, and somehow always the one who shrinks. This week we open the case of the meek mouse — where that quietness actually came from, why it was never a personality flaw, and what happens when she finally takes up the space that was hers all along. Plus: your first quest. Bring it back by episode number — this is Episode 1, and we’re keeping receipts. SHERO Rising is reflection, not prescription — not medical or mental health advice. Take what serves you, leave the rest, and trust the professionals who know your situation. In crisis? Call or text 988 (US). Get full access to SHERO Rising at sherorising.substack.com/subscribe
May 3

SHERO Spark #1

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Apr 16

NSCR 1: Here She is

Introducing NO SKIMPY COSTUME REQUIRED Podcast! I'm Murphy. Get full access to SHERO Rising at sherorising.substack.com/subscribe

7 Episodes

We're minting unconventional women into superSHEROs—wrestling with dragons, learning their names, breaking patterns, and rewriting the rules as we go. You're done being invisible. No skimpy costume required. This podcast is for the already brave. sherorising.substack.com

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Murphy Baughns
Years Active

2026
Episodes

7
Rating

Clean
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