The Naked Room

For the one-year anniversary of The Naked Room, I’ve stopped listening to THIS type of advice. Actually, I stopped a while ago. And instead, I’m in the chapter where I lead with my heart AND my curiosity. Corporate culture is still deeply rooted in my psyche, so it’s felt like a major act of rebellion for me to write my own rules and to simply stop listening to folks who dole out advice that is lo...

This week in TNR, Ashley Chappell joins me, and I was riveted during this entire conversation. Ashley and I met a handful of years back while I was still managing the photography team at Red Bull. She had shared her personal story with me just recently, and I’m grateful that she chose to share it here because I know that she’s going to inspire anyone else who listens in. Ashley shares her poignant...

I’ve just turned 43 today, and I’m reflecting. Fire is FUELED. 🔥 My why is more clear than ever before: women deserve a space to tell their stories where feel like they are safe from being talked over. If you agree that women deserve to stop being interrupted and our stories are more important than ever, then it’s time you subscribe. Get full access to The Naked Room at thenakedroompod.substack.c...

What’s up, roomies? I hope everyone’s doing alright out there. I’m sending you lots of LOVE. I’ve realized how obsessive I get with understanding the “why” of how we ended up where we are, feeling into this awakening I and loads of other mid-life women have been heading into face first, eyes wide open. There are a bunch of majors here, but one of the biggest catalysts for how we arrived in this mo...

I felt pulled to put my thoughts into a voice memo today. My grandmother popped into my psyche last night (I mean, she’s always there because she’s my spirit guide), but something prompted me to share how she sent me a very clear message of comfort on my 40th birthday three years ago. It seemed to resonate with a lot of people, so I wanted to pass the message along and tell more stories. Is there...

“It was my mental health and bipolar diagnosis that led me along a path of spirituality.” At just 23, after moving to Seattle, Malisa Nguyen faced immense challenges in her career and mental health, often retreating to the bathroom during busy shifts to manage anxiety attacks. It was during this challenging moment in her life that she sought guidance from a psychic. They encouraged her to pursue c...

This is my first solo episode. I’ve been meaning to get into the habit of doing them regularly, but life has been catching up to me … I have so many thoughts on so many things, and I’ve been feeling compelled to make some more “snackable” episodes. Today, I felt pulled to chat with y’all about listening to our inner voice and letting our intuition be in the driver’s seat more often. This episode i...

Yay! A special LIVE edition of TNR with our dear IRL friend, the incredibly talented and insightful, Mariana Bell. Mariana just put out her latest album, Give It A GO! (released August 16), and it's a complete pivot from her previous sound from the last couple of decades. She talks about her process in creating it and how she really embraced the art of letting go and surrendering while making it....

This week in TNR, Nicole Cutright discusses how she got incredibly good at climbing the corporate ladder for 15+ years … BUT each time she’d get into a new role, she’d ask the question: “is this really it?” Nicole started to contemplate what else was out there. What else might be more aligned? This led her to work with a coach who helped Nicole answer some of the questions she had about her life a...

This week in The Naked Room, we chatted with Nina Bevar. She’s an awareness coach who works with women looking for guidance in taking big life leaps. She’s worked with women who are deciding whether or not to move to another country, leave the job that doesn’t fit anymore … women who are having a mid-life awakening and can’t settle for a life that no longer feels aligned! Women just like us, babe....

A few weeks ago, we got a listener call asking about whether we’re “noticing this thing happening with women?” This thing called an awakening … women everywhere are reinventing themselves, asking the bigger questions about their lives and deciding not to settle for a life that doesn’t align … Enter our guest this week, Erica Breuer. She remembers the exact moment, like down to the day and hour whe...

Our guest this week knows a thing or two about relationships and dating. Mina Yang’s journey into relationship coaching came from her own experience chasing the wrong partners, which included her decade-long marriage. She became aware enough of her patterns to dive deeper. What she discovered? Her childhood beliefs were leading her to sabotage her own happiness! Now, because of her own self-awaren...

It's kismet that one of our listeners called in this week asking about the very thing that's been on so many of our minds lately: we're calling it The Great Awakening There's this interesting and exciting phenomenon happening with women everywhere. We are tired of following the rules that society told us to, so we're writing our own. We're tapping out and building the life that works for us. We're...

Pretty sure we have the universe to thank for connecting us to Tyler Brickley. His whole mission is spreading kindness, and it gives us all the feels ⤵️ Tyler started the Kindness Mob on New Year's Day 2023, driven by a simple yet powerful question: What if the first comments on a video were kind instead of cruel? Frustrated by the ease with which negativity accumulated in comment sections, Tyler...

This week, we got really lucky to snag some time with the incredible Ashley-Lauren Elrod! Ashley-Lauren is an Emmy-nominated producer and trauma-informed intuitive healing professional. Pulling from her personal experiences, she is a prominent voice for childhood abuse + assault survivors. Her work has led her to collaborate with prominent organizations like the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center...

Back in April, we recorded an episode with the one, the only Mike Underell. The conversation got a lot of people talking, and someone called into our voicemail line to ask him a question. As per usual, he answered openly and honestly Listen in, and then go support his work dismantling the patriarchy from within 💪 Mike Underell ⤵️: https://www.instagram.com/mikeinprogress_/ https://substack.com/@m...

Annnnnd we're back!! Did you miss us? This week in TNR, buckle up for a wild life story from our guest, Joanna Fajardo. Joanna grew up very religious. Once she got a bit older, certain things she witnessed started to making her question everything she knew. She had a realization that she was in what she calls a "high-control group", often referred to as ... a cult. She exited years ago, and that c...

When a listener called in and left a voicemail on TNR hotline, the Kelly and JL jumped on making an episode out of it! The topic of forgiveness is a hard one for a lot of people ... how do you forgive someone else, and just as importantly, how do you forgive yourself? What does it take? How can you truly let go? Kelly and JL do some cathartic friend therapy: Kelly dives into a very personal circum...

This week in TNR, Kelly and JL chat with Delaney Debinski! Skydiving, new media entrepreneurship, and moving across the pond, OH MY! Delaney relocated to Belgium from the States, and that’s influenced all facets of her life. She created Delavie Creative (in French, delavie means “of life”) to help her clients strike a balance between the work and the personal to build a sustainable lifestyle. And...

TNR’s #1 MVP and supporter, Kelly’s mom, Brenda Lawson, joins Kelly + JL to celebrate the holiest of all the Hallmark holidays, Mother’s Day. Tune in for reflections on motherhood and being a daughter. Being a mom is the most wonderful (and scariest and frustrating and incredible, on and on — all the emotions ) experience any woman can have. There’s no relationship like that of the one between a m...

This week in TNR, Annie Choi joins Kelly and JL to talk about something that sometimes feels like the Wild West: dating and relationships in 2026. Being on the apps is exhausting, and Annie shares her insights on the current dating landscape: the good, the bad, and the face palm moments. Like that one time a dude asked her how they would keep in touch after she said she was getting off the apps. D...

Sup, Roomies! This week, a fan wrote in a question that Kelly and JL couldn't deny -- it's a doozy! One of the biggest questions of all the questions ... "Do you believe in God?" JL and Kelly contemplate their definition of what God means to them, how curious it is that so many religions are rooted in similar beliefs, and yet, WHY so much division? (Make it make sense!) JL can't stop talking about...

There's a MAN in TNR this week! The Substack algo sent Kelly a beacon of hope in Mike Underell. Male feminists are few and far between, so a conversation with Mike was categorized as a need to have. Mike shares insights on allyship, the power of women's sports, and how he's dismantling the patriarchy from within . He challenges other men to question their own programming and breaks down his own pr...

We're going back to the most popular decade in 2026: THE 90s! WOOT! JL and Kelly lived it, and they are reminiscing through some good ole trivia. It's SO challenging to fit such a robust decade into one episode, so they may be back for moreeee. What's your favorite memory from the 90s? Or, if you weren't there, what do you wish you could have experienced? Follow TNR on Substack + socials: https://...

Last week in TNR, Kelly and JL got real about AI and the Analog Revolution ... and then the verdict came back on the Meta / YouTube case. Some folks are comparing this case to the Big Tobacco fallout back in the late 1990s. The ruling called out what we've known for a while now: tech addiction is real. JL and Kelly discuss their own relationships with social media going back to the godfather, AOL...