What If Women Were the Storytellers? - with Elizabeth Lesser
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An exploration on how origin tales, hero myths, and power stories define what it is to be human…
In this episode, Elizabeth Lesser, co-founder of Omega Institute, speaks with Karen about how women have been defined in a certain, often subjugated, way because of many well-known origin stories, like Adam and Eve. Elizabeth passionately presents a plea for women to dig deep to tell new stories about the human experience. We talk about how these storylines written by men influence our values today, how women often unconsciously collude with these stories, the exhausting one-sided view of power, and how new brave stories must come from a place Elizabeth calls "innervism."
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Key Topics
Origin stories - Adam and Eve, Cassandra
How stories convey values
What power is and what it can be
How women collude with the old story
Why men are also in need of new stories
Gaslighting
The importance of scars
Innervism
Do No Harm, Take No Shit meditation
Telling brave new endings
Connect with Elizabeth Lesser
Elizabeth’s new book: Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
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