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Good Life Project

Elizabeth Lesser | Doing Power Differently

Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

Education, Wellness, Self-improvement, Midlife, Health & Fitness, Intentional Living, Personal Growth, Living Well, How To

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Elizabeth Lesser wants to set the record straight. The one that started all the way back with Adam and Eve. The origin story that positioned man as firstborn and favored and women as second-born and scorned. The mythology that seems to exist in nearly every faith, tradition, culture and history about the “place” of women in relationships, family, society, business, power and the world. Lesser decided it was time to do some myth-busting, some reconciliation and some reimagining about what this world, on every level, might look like if truth found its way into the narrative and power were more evenly distributed.

As the co-founder of the iconic Omega Institute, recognized internationally for its workshops and conferences in wellness, spirituality, creativity, social change and women’s leadership, Elizabeth has been gathering people from all walks of life to explore the intersection between gender, power, equity and impact for more than 40 years. She has presented at TED, was named to Oprah’s Super Soul 100, and is the author of several bestselling books, including Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow, and Marrow: Love, Loss & What Matters Most, which first brought her onto the podcast a few years back and also led to the gift of her friendship since. Her newest book Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes (https://amzn.to/3hXAyrg) is a powerful and compelling dive into the stories society has told about women and power, along with a rally cry and a reclamation to tell a different story and build a different world.


You can find Elizabeth Lesser at:

Website : https://www.elizabethlesser.org/

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/elizlesser/

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0:00.0

My guest today, Elizabeth Lesser, wants to set the record straight, the one that started

0:11.4

all the way back with Adam and Eve.

0:13.2

The origin story that positioned man as first born and favored and women as second born

0:19.6

and scorned, the mythology that seems to exist in nearly every faith, tradition, culture

0:25.2

and history about the place women hold in relationships, family, society, business, power

0:31.4

and the world.

0:32.6

And Lesser decided it was time to do some myth busting, some reconciliation, and some

0:37.8

reimagining about what this world on every level might look like, if truth found its way

0:43.7

into the narrative and power were more evenly distributed.

0:47.8

Elizabeth has been our guest on the podcast before, as the co-founder of the iconic Omega

0:53.6

Institute recognized really internationally for its workshops and conferences and wellness,

0:59.6

spirituality, creativity, social change and women's leadership.

1:03.7

She has been gathering people from all walks of life to explore the intersection between

1:09.8

gender power, equity and impact for more than four decades.

1:13.9

She has presented a TED, was named to Oprah's Super Soul 100 and is the author of several

1:19.8

best-selling books, including Broken Open, How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and Marrow

1:25.2

Love, Loss and What Matters Most, which first brought her onto the podcast a few years

1:29.7

back and also led to the gift of a friendship between us.

1:33.7

Her newest book, Cassandra Speaks, When Women Are The Storytellers, The Human Story Changes,

1:39.0

It's a powerful and compelling dive into the story society has told about women in power,

1:44.8

along with a rally cry and a reclamation to tell a different story and build a different

1:50.1

world.

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