Paula Stone Williams, Boomer, joins us to talk about the fearless face of authenticity as part 3 of our 4-part series about the book Fearless Female Leaders by Kathy McAfee and Rosemary Paetow (Eps, 182, 183).
Paula is a Pastoral Counselor and internationally known speaker on gender equity and religious tolerance. As Kathy and Rosemary wrote this in their book after interviewing Paula: “She who had been born into a boy’s body and was given the name Paul by her parents knew she was meant to be a girl… After leading a double life he made the fearless decision to move forward with her gender transition... for the first time in her years on earth she was feeling seen, heard, loved and valued for who she truly was. A woman.”
Topics covered in the Episode:
Transition journey
Male & woman leadership insights
Gender equity
Authenticity
Mary Oliver’s The Journey
Actions to take the deep inner journey
What keeps us from leading
Rejection
Types of gifts
Women apologizing
Here are three takeaways from the episode:
1. Women can have very strong leadership tendencies and tend to have great confidence coupled with great humility.
2. The call toward authenticity is sacred, is holy, and for the greater good and it’s terrifying and never easy.
3. What stops us from leading is
not what we fear but what gave birth to the fear. It’s something that comes from thinking we’re unworthy of deep human connection as we are. You cannot
lead from a place of strength until you deal with this dragon.
Mentioned in the episode:
Paula’s Ted Talks
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=paula+stone+williams+ted+talk
Mary Oliver’s The Journey
https://margaretmcgoverne.com/2019/01/08/poem-of-the-month-the-journey-by-mary-oliver/
Ep. 182 From Origin Story to Empowerment: A Conversation w Fearless Leaders, Kathy McAfee and Rosemary Paetow
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/CcYH6G3ZYLb
Ep. 183 Flying High: Jane Dyer’s Journey of Fearlessness in the Face of Sexism
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/VAjC3kby5Lb
Ep. 177, Worthy: Self-Confidence, Self-Worth, and Insights from Jamie Kern Lima’s Book
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/qqParJ3ZYLb
58. Sorry? Apology help from the Book: Sorry, Sorry, Sorry
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Lz5OiP0eFLb
More About Paula:
She lives in Lyons, Colorado, where she serves as Mayor Pro Tem. Paula has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, TED, NPR, PBS, and many other media outlets. Her TED talks have had over nine million views. Paula’s memoir, As A Woman, What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2021.
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