Monica Lewinsky Reveals All: Life-Changing Lessons on Reclaiming Your Story, Your Power & Your Life! It’s Never Too Late!

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Jamie Kern Lima

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4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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You have the power to reclaim your story, to reclaim the narrative of who you truly are and to reclaim your life! And today we’re talking about RECLAIMING with my guest and friend, Monica Lewinsky. If you’ve ever felt like your past, maybe a past mistake, a bad decision, an embarrassing failure or something painful that’s happened to you in your past is holding you back, or defining who you are…maybe that past version of yourself that others knew you for has been lingering over you and keeping you stuck from stepping into the next most beautiful, powerful version of yourself, today’s episode is for you, and I am SO excited for this! We can learn so much from each others stories, and when we share powerful conversations like the one we’re having today, together, it can help us feel less alone and more enough, in this one miraculous life! Monica Lewinsky is the host of the wildly successful podcast called RECLAIMING, make sure you check that out right away, it’s SO good! She’s also a producer, social and anti-bullying activist, global public speaker, and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. Her focus is on storytelling that moves the conversation forward – around shame, reclaiming identities, and justice for women. She’s also the Executive Producer of The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox out now on Hulu. Monica authored the legendary essay “Shame and Survival” for Vanity Fair in which she re-examined her personal experiences at the center of a political, legal and global media firestorm connected to the impeachment of President Clinton and challenged the often-misogynistic culture of shame that continues to cannibalize the powerless. Monica’s TED talk on “The Price of Shame,” has been viewed over 22 million times. Monica holds a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics. She’s also smart, incredibly witty, maybe the best curator of Instagram content that will make you laugh out loud daily…she’s a loving aunt, competitive Mahjong player, and I’m so honored to say a loving friend. I’m so excited to share this amazing conversation with you! Are You Ready to believe in YOU?🙌 jamiekernlima.com 👈 Sign up for my FREE Inspirational Newsletter and get ready for your self-worth to soar!🩷 Also, please make sure to take 2 seconds and click the “Follow” button right here on this page to follow me and the podcast, I’m so grateful and thank you SO much! ___ And whether you're joining me today for yourself or because someone that you love shared this episode with you, I want to welcome you to the Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast family. And remember this episode is not just for you and me. Please share it with every single person that you know because it can change their life too. Follow Monica here: https://www.instagram.com/monica_lewinsky/ Watch Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky here: https://www.youtube.com/@ReclaimingMonicaLewinsky ____ Chapters: 0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show 13:50 You Can Reclaim Your Power, Your Story & Your Life! 25:35 It’s Never Too Late To Reclaim Your Life 50:20 You Are Worthy & Stronger Than Shame! 1:03:00 Healing Your Life It’s such an honor to share this podcast together with you. And please note: I am not a licensed therapist, and this podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional. Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Follow me here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Sign up for my inspirational newsletter for YOU at:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ jamiekernlima.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Looking for my books on Amazon? Here they are! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WORTHY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Believe IT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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0:00.0	You fell in love with your boss. Yours just happened to be the president of the United States and the most powerful man in the world.
0:07.1	And married. And married. So I think they need to own that.
0:10.0	That became one of the most public vilifications and collected public shamings of just about any woman in our history.
0:17.7	Yeah. I mean, the scale, the scale of the press, you instantly became a
0:22.9	household name. I remember waking up and I lived in the Watergate apartment complex,
0:29.3	newspapers down the entire hallway and seeing my name there for something that was awful and destructive to so many people personally
0:42.6	watching myself be torn apart.
0:46.3	And I already had self-esteem issues.
0:48.4	Like, I wouldn't have been in this situation if I didn't have self-esteem issues.
0:51.5	I think that it was also reflective of women,
0:57.0	how we feel about women, you know,
0:59.2	the same way that there were women tied to a post
1:02.1	and burned at a stake and called a witch.
1:04.6	And so those things have always been
1:07.2	in our collective history.
1:10.4	You know, it was not a physical burning, but a public burning, but an emotional burning.
1:14.8	It wasn't called the Clinton scandal.
1:17.1	It was called the Lewinsky scandal.
1:19.5	It's your name everywhere.
1:21.0	And my family's name.
1:22.0	Your family's name.
1:22.7	You know, it's not even just me, but everybody who had my last name suffered.
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