378: The Power of Women's Voices and Stories to Change the World

Show Notes

What’s an early memory of using your voice?

That's the question we kicked off our recent 3-day in-person client retreat with - and the women’s answers were incredibly powerful.

March is Women’s History Month and March 8th is International Women’s Day (#IWD2024), so this episode is about the power of women’s voices and stories to change the world.

From young women activists like Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg to pro-choice women who are running for office to women like YOU who are out there sharing your messages, ideas, and stories, women are making a positive difference in their industries and communities.

In this episode, I talk about:

• The history-changing importance of women getting together to share their stories and experiences
• The self-doubts that too often hold us back from using our voices
• Why we need feminism more than ever
• My recent realization of the story I had been telling myself vs. the bigger story of what happened when I delivered my TEDx talk about women and power in 2016

 

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Mentioned:

Emily’s List: https://emilyslist.org/ 

New York Times’ opinion column: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/opinion/alabama-embroyo-dobbs-reproductive-freedom.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE0.Htka.UI-TJYUThV1R&smid=url-share

Carol Gilligan: https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.publications&personid=19946 

 

Related Podcast Episodes:

• Episode 319: The 3 Stages We Go Through as Women When We Use Our Voice
• Episode 267: The Way to Gender Equality is through Public Speaking
• Episode 163: A Feminist Approach to Public Speaking
• Episode 162: Why We're #ChoosingWomensVoices - and You Should Too
• Episode 92: Deconstructing My TEDx Talk: Why We’re Uncomfortable with Women in Power

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