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She's Got The Mic

She's Got The Mic

De: Lauren Chapnick
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She’s Got the Mic is the podcast for women entrepreneurs and aspiring speakers who are ready to trust their intuition, own their voice, and grow a business using the power of speaking and visibility.


Hosted by Lauren Chapnick, a lifelong entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and registered nurse, this show explores what happens when women stop waiting for permission and start using their voice—on stage, online, and in their business—to create momentum, confidence, and impact.


Each episode features women on the journey to becoming speakers, alongside entrepreneurs who are already using speaking as a strategic tool to grow their business. You’ll also hear from expert storytellers and intuitive leaders sharing real conversations about confidence, reinvention, presence, and showing up before you feel ready.


This isn’t about hustle or perfect messaging. It’s about intuition, boldness, creativity, and having the courage to take the mic.


If you’re a woman who speaks—or feels called to speak—and wants to use her voice to grow her business, you’re in the right place.


Because when a woman owns her voice, she can own any room.
And when you hand a woman a microphone? Magic happens.


🎤 Take the mic. Own your voice. Build what’s next.

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Episodios
  • How to Learn a Keynote Without Memorizing a Script
    Feb 20 2026

    Send fanmail to Lauren and let us know how you like the show!

    Links:

    https://www.laurenchapnick.com/

    Text the word SPEAK to 833-681-6463 for weekly Hell Yes Energy texts and updates.

    In this episode of She’s Got the Mic, Lauren shares a powerful speaking lesson learned the hard way during a conference where she attempted to deliver a brand new talk after only two weeks of preparation. Instead of feeling grounded and connected, she found herself in her head, distracted by stage noises, lighting, and internal pressure to remember every word.

    This experience sparked a deeper reflection on the difference between memorizing a talk and truly learning it. Lauren explores what happens when speakers rely on scripts instead of embodiment and how this can lead to moments of disconnection, anxiety, and even blanking on stage. She opens up about a real moment where she lost her place during a keynote and the surprising way she recovered, reinforcing that imperfect speaking experiences often become our greatest teachers.

    Lauren introduces her current approach to talk preparation, a technique she calls the set list method. Rather than memorizing paragraphs of text, she practices using prompts and guiding questions that represent each moment of the story. This allows her to stay flexible, present, and responsive to audience energy while still delivering powerful content. The result is storytelling that feels authentic, dynamic, and alive rather than rehearsed and rigid.

    Throughout the episode, Lauren discusses how speaking presence is deeply connected to being in the body rather than trapped in the mind. She shares how meditation, repetition, and speaking material out loud can help speakers develop muscle memory, strengthen confidence, and improve stage performance. Listeners will also hear examples of how stories evolve through practice and why the first written draft of a talk is rarely the final version delivered on stage.

    This conversation is especially valuable for women speakers, coaches, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who want to grow their visibility, deliver transformational keynotes, and connect emotionally with audiences. Whether you are preparing your first talk or refining an established keynote, this episode offers practical guidance for building talks that feel natural, memorable, and impactful.

    Lauren also invites listeners to reflect on their own speaking experiences, including moments of forgetting lines, bombing, or feeling disconnected on stage. Instead of viewing these moments as failures, she reframes them as opportunities for growth, refinement, and deeper self trust.

    By the end of the episode, listeners will walk away with a simple but powerful shift. Stop memorizing your talk and start learning it through repetition, embodiment, and structure that supports flow rather than rigidity.

    If you are working on a keynote, workshop, or signature talk and want a preparation method that helps you stay present, connect with your audience, and deliver value without sounding scripted, this episode will resonate deeply.

    Lauren's "Set List" of most recent story:

    • Opening
    • Where are you?
    • What do you feel?
    • What do you hear?
    • What do you smell?
    • What do you see?
    • What are you thinking?
    • Why are you here?
    • Who speaks first?
    • Sum it up in 3 words.
    • Trip home.
    • #1 rule
    • Following year?
    • What did Rob say?
    • How did it feel in your body?
    • Vision?
    • What did you ask yourself?
    • What did other people think?

    To be played at opening of all SGTM episodes, this is a promo for the Speakers Collective.

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    21 m
  • How Women Entrepreneurs Can Reduce Stress and Beat Decision Fatigue
    Feb 12 2026

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    Links: https://www.laurenchapnick.com/

    Are you feeling overwhelmed by decision fatigue as a woman entrepreneur or speaker?

    In this episode of She’s Got the Mic, Lauren Chapnick shares the four powerful questions she uses to reduce stress, trust her intuition, and make clearer decisions in business and life. Whether you are launching something new, growing a membership, producing live events, or simply juggling entrepreneurship and motherhood, this conversation will help you reset your nervous system and lead with more confidence.

    Entrepreneurs are professional decision makers. From pricing to partnerships to parenting, we make hundreds of decisions every single day. When you are building something new, that pressure can feel intense. Lauren explains how stress is a physiological response, but leadership is defined by how you choose to respond to it.

    If you are a woman speaker, coach, founder, or creative who feels stuck in overthinking or second guessing, this episode will help you simplify your choices and reconnect with your inner voice.

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    • How to reduce decision fatigue as a woman entrepreneur
    • How to trust your intuition and strengthen your hell yes muscle
    • A simple mindset shift for confident leadership
    • How to regulate your nervous system when business stress spikes
    • Why fun and joy are strategic tools for business growth
    • How to become the version of yourself who achieves your goals

    Lauren walks through her signature framework for reducing stress and building a bold, aligned business:

    1. How can this be easy?
    2. Is it a hell yes?
    3. Who do I want to be?
    4. How can this be more fun?

    These four questions help women entrepreneurs simplify complex decisions, build confidence, overcome imposter syndrome, and move forward without burnout.

    If you are navigating public speaking opportunities, pitching sponsors, growing your audience, or stepping into bigger leadership, this episode will remind you that clarity does not come from overthinking. It comes from alignment.

    This episode is for women entrepreneurs, public speakers, coaches, founders, and creatives who want to grow their business using their voice, feel less overwhelmed by constant decision making, and become more confident leaders in both business and life.

    If this episode resonated with you, follow the show, leave a rating and review, and share it with another woman who is ready to take the mic.

    For weekly Hell Yes Energy and behind the scenes invites to live speaking experiences, text SPEAK to 833-681-6463.

    Now go trust your gut, get off your butt, and make some noise.

    To be played at opening of all SGTM episodes, this is a promo for the Speakers Collective.

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    19 m
  • From Corporate VP to Joy CEO Lori Pine on Reinvention Purpose and Speaking
    Feb 4 2026

    Send fanmail to Lauren and let us know how you like the show!

    Links:

    https://www.loripine.com/

    https://www.laurenchapnick.com/

    What happens when you have the title, the bonus, and the career you worked for, and still feel like something is off?

    In this episode of She’s Got the Mic, Lauren Chapnick sits down with leadership coach and speaker Lori Pine, also known as the Joy CEO. Lori shares the real story behind her exit from corporate America after 25 years, including the moment during COVID when success on paper did not match what was happening at home.

    Lori opens up about ambition, external validation, and what it looks like to rebuild your identity when the corporate armor comes off. You will hear how a pivotal conversation with her son and a sudden shift at work became the wake up call she could not ignore, and how she chose a new definition of leadership built on freedom, joy, and intentional living.

    This is an honest and energizing conversation about reinvention, motherhood, grief, resilience, and using your voice to grow a business and create meaningful connections.

    In this episode we talk about

    • Leaving corporate leadership and navigating a major career pivot
    • The hidden cost of ambition and chasing external validation
    • The COVID burnout moment that forced a hard look at home life
    • Trusting intuition and recognizing a sign you cannot ignore
    • Becoming a stay at home mom for the first time and what that changed
    • How Lori built her coaching business and found her first clients
    • Why group coaching and women’s community matter so much
    • Speaking as a business growth strategy and thought leadership tool
    • Getting booked to speak at Harvard and major companies
    • The memorable hula hoop analogy for control boundaries and personal power
    • Practical ways to choose joy through mindset shifts and daily decisions
    • Advice Lori would give her younger high achieving self about slowing down and enjoying the journey

    If you are a woman who is

    • Craving more joy and fulfillment in your life and work
    • Building a coaching business or considering a career change
    • Feeling burnt out but still driven and ambitious
    • Interested in speaking to grow your brand and credibility
    • Ready to stop proving yourself and start living on purpose

    this episode will land.

    Memorable moment

    Lori shares the simple but powerful concept of what is in your hula hoop. What is inside is what you control. Everything outside is not yours to manage. It is a visual that sticks with you long after the episode ends.

    Connect with Lori Pine

    Find Lori at loripine.com and connect with her on Instagram and LinkedIn. She also shares free resources on her website including a gratitude journal, and you can learn more about her six month group coaching experience The Connect and join the wait list.

    Keep in touch with Lauren and She’s Got the Mic

    If you enjoyed this episode, hit follow, rate, and review, and send it to a woman who is ready to take the mic.

    For a weekly hit of Hell Yes Energy plus behind the scenes invites to live speaking experiences, text the word speak to 833-681-6463.

    Until next week, trust your gut, get off your butt, and make today awesome.

    To be played at opening of all SGTM episodes, this is a promo for the Speakers Collective.

    Support the show

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    39 m
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