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The Soulful Speaking Podcast is now the Untamed Leader Podcast.

The name has changed.
The pulse has not.

How did we get here?

Over years of conversations about voice, presence, and creative courage, a deeper truth kept surfacing. Soulful speaking was never just about speaking. It was always about leadership as a sacred art — the kind that stands steady in chaos, holds vision in the storm, and inspires others forward.

Soul-driven. Intuition-guided. Untamed.

If you’ve been listening for a while, you may have felt this coming.

Welcome to the next chapter.
Welcome to Untamed Leader.

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What happens when your voice disappears—right when you need it most?

In this deeply human conversation, Lisa Roche, host of the Find Your Flow podcast, joins Lauri to explore what it really means to find your voice when your body says no.

Lisa shares a powerful story of freezing, sobbing, and being unable to speak in front of others—despite years of performing on world-class stages. What followed wasn’t a technique or mindset shift, but a profound reckoning with vulnerability, community, and worth.

Together, Lauri and Lisa weave theater, music, somatics, spirituality, and leadership into a conversation about why so many of us hide behind our own “cellos” like slides, scripts, or peppy masks—and what becomes possible when we drop down into the truth beneath our words.

This is not a conversation about sounding better.
It’s about becoming more available.
To ourselves. To others. To life.

If you’ve ever felt your throat close, your breath disappear, or your truth hover just out of reach—this episode is an invitation to come home.

Takeaways
1. Your voice doesn’t disappear because you’re weak—it disappears because something tender is asking to be met
2. Performance anxiety is often unprocessed vulnerability, not lack of skill
3. Many speakers hide behind “cellos”: slides, scripts, roles, or personas that feel safer than presence
4. True safety doesn’t come from control—it comes from connection
5. Harmony is not agreement; it’s different truths resonating together
6. Speaking becomes transformational when it’s a two-way energetic exchange, not a projection
7. Community can hold what the individual cannot
8. Finding your voice also means remembering and embracing your worth
9. When we stop trying to heal others, clarity and boundaries emerge

Soul Sucker Quiz

Take the Soul Sucker Quiz to learn which Soul Sucker screams the loudest in your mind so you can release them from being in charge and set your voice free!

https://voice-matters.com/soul-sucker-quiz/

The Speaker Alter Ego Quiz

Take the Speaker Alter Ego quiz to find out which protective mask hides your natural radiance so you can learn how to get present, connect deeply, and share your vision when it matters most!

https://voice-matters.com/speaker-alter-ego-quiz/

Support the show

Thank you so much for listening!

Take the free Speaker Alter Ego Quiz to find out which protective mask is hiding your wild, untamed radiance.
https://voice-matters.com/speaker-alter-ego-quiz/

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Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauri-smith-voice-matters/

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What happens when the life that looks successful on paper no longer feels true inside?

In this episode, best-selling author and real estate entrepreneur Betsy Pepine shares the deeply personal journey that led her to write Breaking Boxes: Dismantling the Metaphorical Boxes That Bind Us. From family-of-origin expectations and gender norms to professional identities and marital labels, Betsy reflects on the invisible structures that shape our choices—and what it takes to step beyond them.

We explore how speaking for her book differs from speaking for a company, why writing was both challenging and healing, and how choosing a more authentic path transformed not only her career—but her voice. This conversation is a reminder that some boxes protect us for a time… and some are meant to be taken apart.

Takeaways
1. Success can quietly coexist with deep dissatisfaction.
2. Some boxes protect us for a season, then begin to confine us.
3. Speaking for a company requires a different voice than speaking for yourself.
4. Vulnerability often eases once the truth is already out in the world.
5. Family-of-origin expectations can shape decades of career and identity choices.
6. Labels and forms subtly influence how others see us—and how we see ourselves.
7. Writing can be both a creative craft and a deeply therapeutic process.
8. Authentic speaking allows the full range of head, heart, and humanity to show up.

Soul Sucker Quiz

Take the Soul Sucker Quiz to learn which Soul Sucker screams the loudest in your mind so you can release them from being in charge and set your voice free!

https://voice-matters.com/soul-sucker-quiz/

Support the show

Thank you so much for listening!

Take the free Speaker Alter Ego Quiz to find out which protective mask is hiding your wild, untamed radiance.
https://voice-matters.com/speaker-alter-ego-quiz/

Follow me on:

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/voice_matters_llc/

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauri-smith-voice-matters/

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@voicematters9646