I AM MY Passion Project
by Lorna Nakell
The I Am My Passion Project podcast is a feminist platform hosted by Lorna Nakell that provides much needed conversations about the challenges of being a woman in our current society as well as the possibilities for empowerment. Episodes include rich conversations about everything from life transitions, healing from betrayal trauma, how porn is destroying our intimacy and creating a culture of harm against women, and aging amazingly, to deep diving into American film classics and dissecting them through a feminist lens. Each season has a different theme. So, grab a mug of “fight the patriarchy” tea (available soon—ha ha) and settle down into your Womanhouse to start scheming how you can be your own passion project, if you aren’t already.
Episodes
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Stories by Strangers: Creative Agency for Abuse Victims with Nitya Mehrotra
Activist art can have a revolutionary impact on our culture, inspiring social change. This type of work can provide important conversations that have the power to bring awareness to injustices in our society. The types of artwork created can be done in a variety of media including painting…
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Dream Building with Brenda: week 3
Welcome to week 3 of Dream Building with Brenda! Use the worksheets Brenda created for you as you build your dreams in this 3-week mini-workshop: thewomanhouse.com/dreambuildingwithbrenda ----- Finding your passion in life and planning a strategy for seeing your new dream to fruition— especially...
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Dream Building with Brenda Bryan: week 2
Welcome to week 2 of Dream Building with Brenda! Use the worksheets Brenda created for you as you build your dreams in this 3-week mini-workshop: thewomanhouse.com/dreambuildingwithbrenda ----- Finding your passion in life and planning a strategy for seeing your new dream to fruition— especially...
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Dream Building with Brenda Bryan: week 1
Welcome to week 1 of Dream Building with Brenda! Use the worksheets Brenda created for you as you build your dreams in this 3-week mini-workshop: thewomanhouse.com/dreambuildingwithbrenda ----- Finding your passion in life and planning a strategy for seeing your new dream to fruition— especially...
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What's that Stench? NCOSE's Dirty Dozen List
Every year the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) puts out their Dirty Dozen List. Just this past April they put out their 2024 list. This is a list of mainstream entities that facilitate, enable, and even profit from sexual abuse and exploitation. “Sexual exploitation and abuse…
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50 Shades of Sexism Reviews the Movie: Casablanca with Darina Neyret and Lorna Nakell
I Am My Passion Project has a new segment called, 50 Shades of Sexism! This new episode is a platform for co-hosts Darina Neyret and Lorna Nakell to apply a feminist lense to classic American Movies. You can have your favorite movies and think that they're non-threatening, charming, or "fun for…
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The World is a Better Place When Women Lead with Belinda Clemmensen
What are the ways that women are being held back from achieving their full potential as leaders in the workplace/in the world and how can we fix the broken system that created this inequity? Belinda Clemmensen is the author of the book, Women, Leadership, and Saving the World: Why Everything Gets...
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My Financial Girlfriend Talks Money Empowerment for Women with Lisa Brumm
In the rich man's world Ah, all the things I could do If I had a little money It's a rich man's world —Abba Ah, money... We all need it to support our daily lives and lifestyle dreams. Women don't make as much of it, and therefore aren't able to save as much of it. You might have an excellent...
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50 Shades of Sexism Reviews the Movie: Barbie with Darina Neyret and Lorna Nakell
I Am My Passion Project has a new segment called, 50 Shades of Sexism! This new episode is a platform for co-hosts Darina Neyret and Lorna Nakell to apply a feminist lense to classic American Movies. You can have your favorite movies and think that they're non-threatening, charming, or "fun for…
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Photography: Beyond Toxic Beauty Standards with Darina Neyret
Are you a woman looking for a confidence boost that doesn't involve being hit on by a stranger in a bar? Have you been through some hardships and need a way to look at yourself in a more loving light? Are you already feelin' yourself and just wishing you could find the right talent to capture it…
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Online Dating: Safety Tips for Women with Michelle Traub
What is going on in the online dating world? Is it full of empathetic/loving men, the ghosts of princes, or narcissists trying to make you feel like a rube? In this episode of I Am My Passion Project author Michelle Traub shares insights and tips that will help keep women dipping their toes into...
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Creating Safe Networking Spaces for Women with Dill Ward
Dill Ward's great passion is creating energized & joyful social events that build community, inspire business development, and promote the work of women with her organization called Women with Moxie, courageous women in business. After hosting over 250 events both in person and online, Dill still...
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50 Shades of Sexism Reviews the Movie, Love Actually (part 2) with Lorna Nakell and Darina Neyret
I Am My Passion Project has a new segment called, 50 Shades of Sexism! This new episode is a platform for co-hosts Darina Neyret and Lorna Nakell to apply a feminist lense to classic American Movies. You can have your favorite movies and think that they're non-threatening, charming, or "fun for…
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50 Shades of Sexism Reviews the Movie, Love Actually with Lorna Nakell and Darina Neyret
I Am My Passion Project has a new segment called, 50 Shades of Sexism! This new episode is a platform for co-hosts Darina Neyret and Lorna Nakell to apply a feminist lense to classic American Movies. You can have your favorite movies and think that they're non-threatening, charming, or "fun for…
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Let's Redesign the World as a Better and Safer Place for Women with Lorna Nakell
The current population of the world is approximately 8 billion people. That’s a lot. That’s a lot of people like you and me living through some challenges; shuffling about, making decisions, building things, eating, pooping, having sex... Of that 8 billion people, 50.5% are male and 49.5% are...
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Reclaiming the Holidays after Betrayal with Heidi Kinsella
While the holidays can be challenging for many folks for a variety of reasons (dealing with travel, having to spend time with extended family that you might not get along with, trying to stay on track with eating and spending money, etc.) it can be especially hard for couples who are additionally...
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How our Pornified Culture Grooms Girls to be Sex Objects, with Dr. Gail Dines
I know you might have thought that season 1 was done, but here we are with a bonus episode. For this episode I interview the renowned expert on our pornified culture, Dr. Gail Dines. During our lively conversation she explains how girls and women are forced by our society into one of two roles:...
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How the Companies We Love Profit from Porn Industry Abuses, with Haley McNamara
It can take less than 11 seconds for a 9-year-old child to access hard-core porn on the internet without a credit card and without proof of age. This episode shines an olympic-sized spotlight on the abuses that porn has on individuals watching porn, taking part in it as a performer, and on…
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Keys to Aging Amazingly After 70, with Dr. Maria Sheehan
If you think health and wellness has to go downhill after 50, or even 40, think again. My guest for this episode proves by example that with the right nutrition and fitness plan it's possible to not just age well but reach big health goals—even in your 70s. At 77, Dr. Maria Sheehan is a natural...
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The Feminist Voice of a 70+ Triple Threat in the Villian Era, with Leah Baer
"What good is sitting alone in a room? Come hear the music play.—come taste the wine, start celebrating. Right this way, your table's waiting," sings actor Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles in Cabaret. The message: do the best you can to overcome your hardships so that you can live life as full as...
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Thriving After Betrayal with a Certified Coach, with Susan Rankin
Often what betrayed partners need most after getting to safety (whether emotionally, physically, or both) and getting their nervous system calmed down, is to hear that they are not alone. . . . to be validated and shown that there is a supportive community available for them. And, that's what…
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Living in Your Passion at Any Age, with Brenda R Bryan
How do you find your unique voice and use that voice to empower yourself, bringing about transformation in the things that you do and the way you show up in life? Brenda R Bryan is the guest on this episode and she rocks the title of Kick Ass Inspirational Speaker and the Diviner of Human...
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More Than Just a Giving Tree, with Jen Neitzel
Artists who have experienced traumatic childhoods are more likely to fully immerse themselves in the creative process, having a more robust fantasy life, and feeling emotions more strongly. Think Van Gogh, or Nicki Minaj—if you don't want to go back that far. And, the creative process can look…
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NoLo 2.0: My Betrayal Story
In the spring of 2022 I discovered that my husband of 21 years had cheated on me in a variety of ways. Before that day, I thought we were good. Even after hearing how romantic love can fade over the years and be replaced by practical love, I felt my love for Noah grow and deepen every year. I was...
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The Broke-ass Renaissance Woman, with Jennifer McNeely
Jen and I went to college together at Cornish College of the Arts in the art department back in the '90s. We sort of went our separate ways after college, but last year she reached out to me to be an artist in her Supperfield Museum of Contemporary Art in Seattle, where she currently lives.…
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The Someday is Now, with Bonnie Katz Sailors
We all hope that cancer never touches our lives, but if it does, we hope we will be on the list of resilient survivors. My guest for today’s episode, “The Someday is Now,” is Bonnie Katz Sailors. She is a 51 year-old, three-time cancer survivor who was at the height of her fitness game as the…
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Women Over Fifty, I See U
Turning fifty can be a pivotal point in a woman's life. It's a fork in the road where we can choose to stay the course continuing on the path that is known—the path we've been paving for years, or we can choose to vier off the path and jump into the deep; into the unknown—hopefully in the warm...
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Introducing I AM My Passion Project with Lorna Nakell
Turning 50 can be a pivotal moment in a woman’s life. Our patriarchal society has set constraints and expectations on all women—but mature women specifically—with harmful belief systems, media and advertising propaganda. These degrading messages can make us feel ashamed of how our bodies look and...
About this show
The I Am My Passion Project podcast is a feminist platform hosted by Lorna Nakell that provides much needed conversations about the challenges of being a woman in our current society as well as the possibilities for empowerment. Episodes include rich conversations about everything from life transitions, healing from betrayal trauma, how porn is destroying our intimacy and creating a culture of harm against women, and aging amazingly, to deep diving into American film classics and dissecting them through a feminist lens. Each season has a different theme. So, grab a mug of “fight the patriarchy” tea (available soon—ha ha) and settle down into your Womanhouse to start scheming how you can be your own passion project, if you aren’t already.
Hosted by
Lorna Nakell