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Welcome to Episode 14 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode, we address the elephant in the room: the election happening in the U.S. on Tuesday. While we intended to focus on ways to care for ourselves and one another during challenging times, we also needed a space to rant and rave about how the cages appear to be strengthening and multiplying rather than dismantling.

We dive into...
- How many of us are struggling during this time and how the heck are we supposed to get through the next few days
- Why obsessively following the news isn't helping
- How we are seeing stress and anxiety with our clients
- How the United States can be an indicator of where tides are turning world wide
- Odessa, Texas' transgender bathroom bounty law
- Why this election is deeply personal
- The importance of figuring out ways to move forward and how that requires us to stay resourced
- How having a safe space to cry or rage is vital, as is claiming our joy
- The importance of sisterhood and relationship
- How misogyny is the undercurrent of many of our conversations on reproductive rights
- How the reality of abortion differs from the stories that are told
- Why the standard idea of caring for ourselves isn't enough; we need to care for and with one another
- The importance of getting in touch with your anger

Correction:
Linda misspoke. The party in Sweden she was referring to is actually called the Sweden Democrats.

Resources:
Erin in the Morning: https://www.erininthemorning.com/
ProPublica Article: https://www.propublica.org/article/josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage-texas-abortion-ban

~Linda's website: https://singingbirdcoaching.com/ ~Laura's Monday Money Missives: https://goodwithmoney.substack.com/

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Welcome to the 13th episode of Season 2 of Woman Uncaged.

Today, we're talking about the struggle many of us (especially those of us with internet-based businesses or remote work) are having with balancing our online existence with our offline lives.

We dive into:
-how our lives moved online when the pandemic hit
-wondering whether being online so much truly serves us
-the balance of relationships online and offline
-not always choosing the convenient option
-asking what convenience costs us
-how knowing what we value helps us make our choices, which may not always be convenient
-how being in good girl patterns influences our ability to choose
-our opinions about how our online existence has influenced our abilities to be in deep relationship
-the freedoms online life affords us
-how to create bridges between the online and offline world

Life Reinvention Sessions with Linda and Laura:
If you'd like to nab one, visit:
https://lauragatesluptonmswcpc.as.me/lifereinvention (if there are no slots available, they've all been taken)

~Linda's website: https://singingbirdcoaching.com/ ~Laura's Monday Money Missives: https://goodwithmoney.substack.com/

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Welcome to Episode 12, Season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! Today we return to a favorite topic of ours: work and money-making and how they have taken on an outlandish importance in our modern lives.

In the episode, we dive into:

- An example of how regular work can support what matters in our lives without taking over our lives
- How things might look different if we treated money like firewood
- How the industrial revolution shifted how we approach work
- The way an 8-hour workday makes very little sense in most cases
- Making our jobs work for us rather than us simply working for them
- Examples of different ways of living and working that we don't typically hear about
- Resisting the pressure to make work the organizing principle of our lives
- Why Laura doesn't like money goals even though she's a money coach!
- Why both Laura and Linda fully support a liberal arts education
- How easy the cages are to jump into even when we don't consciously want to
- What we might get to reclaim as human beings, and what could we do with our time, if we were less consumed with work
- How difficult it is to know when we've done "enough" work, especially when we work for ourselves
- Building in and embracing seasonality in our production, work, and businesses
- Not only the external cages, but how we have internalized these societal voices

Resources:
Michael Neill
How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto by Tom Hodgkinson
Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing as We Age by Mary Pipher
Redefining Rich: Achieving True Wealth with Small Business by Shannon Hayes

Life Reinvention Sessions:
If you'd like to nab one, visit:
https://lauragatesluptonmswcpc.as.me/lifereinvention

~Linda's website: https://singingbirdcoaching.com/ ~Laura's Monday Money Missives: https://goodwithmoney.substack.com/

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Welcome to Woman Uncaged, Episode 11 of Season 2! Today we're talking about dreams, of the nocturnal variety.

We talk about cultivating a relationship with our dreams, our recurring dreams, and what our dreams mean in our waking lives.

Linda (aka the dream whisperer) shares how a dream and a Tarot card lead her to make a big life shift.

We share how our dreams shift over time, and why we find it important to write them down, while staying open to the magic and mystery they breathe into our lives as they help us to grow.

Linda describes how she proves to others in her dream that she is, in fact, dreaming.

This was a fun conversation. We hope you enjoy it, and we'd love to know: Do you dream regularly? Do you have a way of working with your dreams? Text us or email us and let us know your thoughts: womanuncagedpodcast@gmail.com.

If you'd like to hire Linda for a session to explore a dream, you can reach out to her at singingbirdhealth@gmail.com. Tell her Laura sent you! ;-)

We have 1 session left! Book in today! We are offering THREE Life Reinvention Sessions! If you'd like to nab one, visit:
https://lauragatesluptonmswcpc.as.me/lifereinvention

~Linda's website: https://singingbirdcoaching.com/ ~Laura's Monday Money Missives: https://goodwithmoney.substack.com/

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Welcome to episode 10, season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode, Laura shares a major personal shift that she is undergoing. Seventeen weeks ago, Laura separated from her husband of 29 years and moved to a new city and state. This is a deep, honest, soulful, and beautiful conversation on reinvention and becoming more fully ourselves; you don't want to miss it.

We dive into...

- What it means to reinvent your life at midlife
- How Laura oriented after waking up to a totally new and different life
- What it's like to claim your life at midlife
- The importance of the transitional phase to hear your own voice
- One of the best decisions Laura made when landing in her new life
- The value of experimentation to find out what truly belongs to you
- The difference between UPHOLDING something and CLAIMING something
- The gift of Laura not having a car for the last many weeks
- What Laura would share with a woman on the cusp of a major life reinvention
- The choice between claiming one's own life or supporting someone else's and how freaking difficult that choice really is
- The ring ceremony that Laura and Linda did while Laura was visiting

We are offering THREE Life Reinvention Sessions! If you'd like to nab one, visit:
https://lauragatesluptonmswcpc.as.me/lifereinvention

And if you'd like to do a Dog Day Session with Linda, you can read more about it here: https://singingbirdcoaching.com/calling-all-dog-mamas/

~Linda's website: https://singingbirdcoaching.com/ ~Laura's Monday Money Missives: https://goodwithmoney.substack.com/

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Welcome to episode 9, season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! This week's episode was inspired by the book The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler. This episode is especially for you uncaged women out there who have ever been called "perfectionists" (and not in a positive way) or who have struggled with letting go of this aspect of yourself. What if you didn't have to?

We dive into:
- What if perfectionism isn't an obstacle that we need to overcome?
- How men are rarely, if ever, called perfectionists in a derogatory way
- How perfectionism relates to exceptionalism and how our society tells women it's better to embrace being mediocre
- Maladaptive vs. adaptive perfectionism
- How perfectionism can be a strength, if we work with it
- What is needed for those who have experienced or seen their perfectionism as an obstacle to transform it into an ally?
- Setting intentions vs. goals and why we need both
- How society benefits from maintaining our focus on end goals and ignoring the pleasure of the process
- The 5 different types of perfectionism as identified by Ms. Schafler
- The importance of creating nourishing structures in our lives
- The problem of seeing maladaptive perfectionism as a immutable identity
- Why both Laura and I hate the idea of "how you do one thing is how you do everything"
- How Laura's new offering of Stop Hitting Snooze with Laura and Suze is perfect for perfectionists who struggle with starting or finishing new projects

Resources:
The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler: https://www.amazon.com/Perfectionists-Guide-Losing-Control-Peace/dp/059332952X

Ira Glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91FQKciKfHI

Laura's New Offering:
Finisher: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uF_cdWN_nrV2Crtk3ry6TOFaoyHQaeIXw6Etg0FWCoc/edit?usp=sharing

~Linda's website: https://singingbirdcoaching.com/ ~Laura's Monday Money Missives: https://goodwithmoney.substack.com/

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Welcome to Episode 8 of Season 2 of the Woman Uncaged Podcast.

We talk about the lifestyle and aesthetic of #tradwife.

Why has it become so popular?

Why is this a choice that women are making?

What aspects are appealing?

What is the role of the patriarchy here?

We reference:
Trevor Noah's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trad-wife-paradox-with-anne-helen-petersen/id1710609544?i=1000666979786

Anne Helen Peterson's substack Culture Study: https://annehelen.substack.com/

The book: Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate.

How about you, dear listener? What do you think about #tradwife. Text us or email us and let us know your thoughts: womanuncagedpodcast@gmail.com.

~Linda's website: https://singingbirdcoaching.com/ ~Laura's Monday Money Missives: https://goodwithmoney.substack.com/

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Welcome to Episode 7 of season 2 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode we have a very special guest joining us: The Nope Coach herself, Suzanne Culberg, speaking about how to create a truly uncaged business.

We dive into:

- When Suzanne felt like she lost the fun in her business and how she reclaimed it

- Why we leave the 9-5 only to work 24/7

- How getting busy with clients can lead us to us forgetting to market, creating seasons of feast or famine

- Going from a cog to CEO (Chief EVERYTHING Officer)

- Why it is imperative to know why you are going into business to begin with and remembering that throughout the journey

- How so much of coaching feels like it has become an MLM

- The nature of exchange and why we might want to question the modern dream of making boatloads of money by doing nothing

- Finding your own sustainable rhythm

- How work can easily start to fill all your hours as an entrepreneur and other traps we fall into

- The importance of finding right-fit clients and the perils of having an agenda for our clients

Books Mentioned:

Helen Luke, The Woman of Woman: Awakening the Perennial Feminine

Rob Bell, Where'd You Park Your Spaceship Series Book 2

Where to find out more about Suzanne:

Website: https://www.suzanneculberg.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@suzanneculberg

~Linda's website: https://singingbirdcoaching.com/ ~Laura's Monday Money Missives: https://goodwithmoney.substack.com/