The Empowered Together Podcast

This week Jennifer and Lucy have a fun, timely, conversation about the importance of play with an expert on this topic, Dana Keller. We are not talking about kids playing with Legos here, this is much bigger than that! Dana does such a great job of explaining to us why playing is important for us as adults and how we can strengthen relationships, be more fully present, and venture into the unknown! Take a moment to turn off and just play, especially during this unprecedented time! Thank you Dana, and thank you listeners for tuning in. Enjoy! 

It was an honor to record this conversation with Tracy Diziere of TDZ Creative Partners. TDZ Creative Partners specialize in bringing business leaders best ideas to life--helping them achieve more, faster than they could alone--with a holistic approach all their own called Creative Partnering. You can find her website at tdzcreativepartners.com/authentic. Thank you for joining us for this beautiful interview. Thank you Tracy for your incredible insight. Listeners, you might want to have a notepad and a pen for this one. Enjoy! 

With our team being safe by staying home, this week's episode is a bit different but very needed right now. Despite having to record virtually, Lucy and Jennifer have a candid conversation about coping and adapting in this strange new world we live in. They discuss what they have been going through personally during this pandemic and they share tips and stories of how we can still empower ourselves and each other. Please listen and learn some tips on how we can take back our power during these uncertain times. Stay safe and enjoy!

Jennifer and Lucy sat down with Erin Johnston to have a heartwarming conversation about Erin's struggles with infertility and how she became the mother of her beautiful son, James, through a surrogate, who also happens to be her sister in law. I hope you are inspired by her story and her willingness to be vulnerable and for sharing with us such a personal struggle. Thank you Erin! I hope her story will bring you joy during this difficult time. From all of us at The Empowered Together Podcast, we hope you all stay safe physically and mentally. Please reach out and be there for one another. Much Love.

Rena Cook joins Lucy and Jennifer in the Songbird Studio for an incredible conversation about finding your power through your voice. Rena is the founder of Vocal Authority, a training, and development business serving corporate clients who want to use their voice in more commanding and authentic ways. She is an author, speaker, coach, voice-over artist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma School of Drama. Rena holds a M.A. in Voice Studies from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, an M.F.A. in Directing from OU and an M.A. in Guidance & Counseling from TU.She is the author of Empower you Voice: For Women in Business, Politics and Life (available in December 2017), and Voice and the Young Actor. She co-edited Breath in Action: The Art of Breath in Vocal and Holistic Practice and was Editor-in-chief of the Voice and Speech Review.Rena taught High School Drama for 16 years before she graduated to higher education. For the next two decades she taught professional actors, many of whom can be seen on Broadway, film and television. Through Vocal Authority, Rena adapts actor training techniques to help individual and groups be more confident and dynamic communicators. This episode is a must listen! Enjoy! 

This week Jennifer and Lucy sit down to talk with Dr. Alissia Zenhausern AKA Dr. Zen. She is a licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor practicing in Scottsdale AZ with a primary focus in women's medicine and fertility. Her dream is to make a positive impact on the world by motivating and creating a movement towards integrative medicine. Dr Zen has a primary goal of educating and empowering her patients to take ownership of their health and to find healing, naturally. Thank you for tuning in to hear about all the amazing things Dr. Zen is doing for women and their health! Enjoy!

Actor and Artistic Director, Brenda Jean Foley joins Lucy and Jennifer in the Songbird Studio for a passionate, informative and honest discussion about being a woman working in the performing arts. As well as being a professional performer, Brenda is also the Co-founder and Artistic Director of The Bridge Initiative: Women+ In Theatre, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and celebrating gender parity and equal representation that could remain unheard. Thank you for listening and enjoy! 

Melanie Herschorn, a digital content creator, speaker, entrepreneur, and mother of two, sits down with Jennifer and Lucy to discuss facing our fears, starting a business, juggling work life balance, and embracing change. Melanie loves curating content and has the writing skills necessary to help grow your business online. She has worked as a print, radio, and TV journalist after earning her Master’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Southern California. We are lucky to have Melanie as our very first guest at The Empowered Together Podcast! Enjoy!

Welcome to our first episode of The Empowered Together Podcast and get to know a little about our hosts, Lucy Atkins and Jennifer Jakobsen, and find out what empowerment means to them and why creating space and community for women is so important. Thank you for listening!