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

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Connect with Elizabeth Lesser

Elizabeth’s website

Elizabeth’s new book: Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

Resources  mentioned


Omega Institute

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