Untamed Leader
Untamed Leader is a podcast for loving rebels who are ready to speak, live, and lead from the radiant pulse of their purpose—the wild-hearted ones dedicated to transforming the vibe in the room and igniting meaningful change.
Through heart-to-heart conversations, breakthrough coaching moments, solo reflections, and inspiring stories from the edge of becoming, Untamed Leader explores what it means to lead from the inside out. Host Lauri Smith weaves together three essential leadership threads: vision, creativity, and voice.
Here, leadership is a sacred art.
Intuition guides creation.
Presence shapes communication.
And your voice channels the rhythm already alive in your soul.
Whether you’re already visible—or standing at the edge of visibility—something in you knows:
It’s time to lead untamed.
Episodes
75 episodes
Untamed Leader: The Next Chapter Begins
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 ke...
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Season 3
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5:41
Beyond the Cello: Speaking Without the Shield
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....
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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48:04
Boxes We Live In, Boxes We Leave
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 Bo...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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38:11
Career vs. Calling: The Near-Death Pivot that Changed Everything (bonus)
In this bonus episode, Speaker, coach, and Next Level University CEO Alan Lazaros joins Lauri for a raw, high-voltage conversation about fear, intensity, and the courage to be “too much.” From a high-school speech panic (and a hypnotist’s snowb...
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Season 2
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45:45
A Hyperventilating Thought Leader?
What happens when the person who once hyperventilated in middle school at the mere thought of speaking… becomes the woman people ask to take photos with after her talk?In this episode, Lauri sits down with Kelly Schuknecht, mark...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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41:54
Forget Memorization. Find Your Flow. (bonus)
What happens when “memorize it” kills your aliveness? In this bonus episode, speaker and leader Kurt Uhlir shares how forcing a script spiked his stress, shut down vulnerability, and flattened his presence — and how returning to flow ch...
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Season 2
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37:04
From Quieted to Clear: Owning the Room After You’ve Been Erased
What happens to your voice when survival requires silence?Kat Polsinelli stepped onstage at 10… and years later, found herself slowly losing her voice inside a decade-long abusive relationship she never expected to be in. In this ...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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46:35
Earth & Sky: A Soulful Speaking Tune-Up (mini-sode)
In this bonus minisode, you’re invited into a grounding ritual — one that rose up unplanned during a conversation with a guest, and insisted on being shared.This is a moment to pause.To feel the truth of where you are.To reconnec...
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Season 2
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6:38
On the Brink (Literally): Evelyne’s Becoming
Voice and visibility coach Evelyne Brink returns with a story that’s part pilgrimage, part primal scream, and fully alive. From being told her voice was “dysfunctional” to getting into (and then kicked out of) musical theatre school, Evelyne fo...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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51:59
From Silence to Sound: Finding Your Wild Voice
Therapist and nature-based guide Laura Rose shares how an early love of reading aloud and debate gave way to silence after bullying—then slowly blossomed into a wilder, truer voice through chanting, song circles, land stewardship, and community...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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36:53
Hot Flashes, Cold Facts and "Ohhh… It’s Hormones!" (mini-sode)
It’s 2026 — and somehow, we’re still not talking enough about menopause.In this unfiltered minisode, Lauri and her friend and fellow coach Kelly Myerson swap real stories about navigating hormonal shifts, medical gaslighting, an...
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Season 2
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9:58
Tuned In: How to Lead Without Losing Yourself
What if your sensitivity isn’t something to manage — but the very source of your power?In this heart-opening conversation, Lauri sits down with Bridges and Beacons host and authentic disruptor Kelly Myerson, a leadership coach a...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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43:19
Permission to Be Messy: Punk Wisdom for Leaders
What if real leadership isn’t about being impressive… but being responsive?In this second Untamed Leader Conversation, Lauri Smith welcomes back Bridget Baker (founder & CEO of Bridget Baker Branding) and Brian Perry (story ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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53:35
Untamed Leader: Standing in Your True Frequency
What if leadership isn’t about certainty or strategy?In this first-ever Untamed Leader Conversation, Lauri Smith is joined by intuitive guide Jeni Holla and catalyst-for-change Giselle Jennaway for a raw, spacious, and deeply em...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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49:59
Out of the Box: Lauren’s Speaking Breakthrough
What happens when you put soulful speaking into practice?In this playful and powerful follow-up with Lauren Goldberg, we move from conversation into coaching. Lauren bravely steps into the hot seat to try out a 60-second pitch for...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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26:29
Beyond the Box: Lauren’s Journey from Silence to Self-Discovery
What happens when the world tells you to squeeze into a box you were never meant to fit?In this soulful conversation, self-discovery and leadership coach Lauren Goldberg shares her powerful journey from a childhood of silence and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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29:14
Singing After Silence: How Markus Found His Voice (Again)
At three years old, Markus dragged a chair onto a “stage” and started speaking. He never forgot who he was—until a traumatic moment at nine and a half led him to “wall in” his soul and lose his speaking voice. In this intimate conversation, Mar...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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47:46
Unleash Your Wild Woman
What opens up when we decide the ‘good girl’ role isn’t ours to play anymore?In this special Inside the Speakers Studio episode, Lauri Smith traces her journey from playing small to unleashing her fire — from meek “Mary Warren” ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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17:35
Saying Yes (and Sometimes No): Sarah Stockham on Aligned Speaking
What happens when a lifelong teacher and musician steps out from behind the piano and picks up the mic?In this heartfelt conversation, Simply Sarah host Sarah Stockham shares her journey from back-row musician to mic-on lead...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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44:14
Beyond Cookie Cutter: The Soulful Speaking Way
Why “One-Size-Fits-All” Speaking Doesn’t Work — and what to do instead.In this intimate solo episode, Lauri pulls back the curtain on the deeper “why” behind her work—and how it breaks free from the industrial, cookie-cutter speak...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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28:01
From Anxiety to Aligned: Purpose-Driven Marketing Meets Soulful Speaking
What happens when a natural listener with a “small voice” decides to step into visibility?In this candid and inspiring conversation, digital marketing strategist Berlyn Komar shares how she stretched herself beyond anxiety and discomfort...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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31:08
The Radiant Zone: Where Speakers Come Alive
Most speakers aim for comfort. But “comfortable” rarely moves an audience.In this solo episode, Lauri Smith invites you into the Radiant Zone—the place where speakers come alive, audiences lean in, and transformation happens. Along the w...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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11:52
Beyond the Kremenator: Speaking with Flow and Fire
In part two of my conversation with Kremena Yordanova, we turn to the present — her evolving relationship with speaking, her dance with imposter syndrome, and the art of showing up unscripted and real. Kremena shares her favorite speaking exper...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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21:26
From Stage Freeze to Soulful Flow: Shedding the Masks We Wear
Before becoming a keynote speaker and conscious leadership voice, Kremena Yordanova was known as “The Kremenator” — a corporate leader who could get things done, but at the cost of masking her softer self. In this first part of our conversation...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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29:09
Magnetic Selling: From Icky to Aligned
What if selling could feel like service?In this solo episode, Lauri Smith unpacks the vulnerable, often uncomfortable act of making offers—and how to transform it from something that feels icky and manipulative into an act of alignment, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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20:25