Empowering Change: A Vision for Women's Rights and Societal Transformation

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Phil has a thought-provoking and insightful conversation with Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, Attorney Wendy Murphy, Business Professional Amy Porterfield, and Women’s Advocate Rushma Saujani that explores the intersections of gender, societal expectations, and the transformative power of education and empowerment.
Learn how each of these powerful women encourages resilience, bravery, and a willingness to take risks with children; the detrimental effects of gender differences in education, mental health, and leadership and how to define success on one's own terms, resisting societal expectations, and championing individuality. Dr. Phil champions the guest’s journey and advocacy which offers valuable lessons for building a more equitable and inclusive future.
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0:00.0	You say feminism is not toxic, people are toxic.
0:04.4	How do you define feminism?
0:06.1	There is a definition and then there's a cultural
0:08.5	misunderstanding of the definition.
0:10.7	Feminism simply means that you believe in women's social, political, and economic
0:14.8	equality.
0:15.8	That's it.
0:16.8	And when you explain it like that, everybody says, oh, well, then I'm a feminist. Judge Rosemary Aquilina served as a 55th District Court judge for four years and
0:37.0	then has been elected as a 30th Circuit Court judge in Ingham County in
0:40.8	November of 2008. She retired honorably from the Michigan Army National Guard after 20 years of service.
0:48.0	She was the first female JAG officer in the Michigan Army National Guard, also the most requested JAG officer of all time, not by accident.
1:00.0	She served as administrative assistant to state Senator John F Kelly for 10 years and she actually hosted
1:08.3	Ask the Family Lawyer which was a syndicated show. She is a published author.
1:15.0	She has fictional novels, feel no evil, triple cross killer,
1:19.0	and all rise. We'll talk about those in a minute too.
1:22.5	She's got a memoir coming out real soon
1:24.8	called Just Watch Me.
1:27.1	That was not a title picked at random.
1:30.2	There's something in your courtroom
1:31.6	that I really admire, and that that is you let people speak you let people say what they want to think that bother some people I guess
1:39.6	Because you let people speak whether everybody thinks they should have a voice or not but you kind of let
1:44.6	everybody talk right well it's my belief that it's not my courtroom a lot of
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