{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Improv and Scripts with Heather Lefkowitz","description":" Modern Day Flappers is a podcast dedicated to exploring women's identity beyond traditional scripts.  My hope is for listeners to discover their own story in the lives of the women interviewed and cultivate love for themselves and those around them. My guest today is Heather Lefkowitz we met at Vanderbilt Divinity School.  She\u2019s most happy when she\u2019s learning new things, affirming people\u2019s gifts and talents, and laughing \u2013 she laughs a lot \u2013 For 15 years she worked in higher education.  She also is an improviser both teaching and performing.  She has helped me, companies, and educational realms to be better communicators and make our mission and vision clear.  She is also a member of Music City Improv: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musiccityimprov\/reviews   \u00b7      Childhood in the 70s with divorced Parents \u00b7      Nora Ephron \u2013 collection of essays she wrote in Esquire \u00b7      What do you think about the \u201ccountry kitchen\u201d? \u00b7      TJ Jagodowski \u2013 improve and the one \u201cright\u201d word. \u00b7      How do we make peace with scripts? \u00b7      How do we make peace with scripts while raising a girl? \u00b7      \u201cWhen I got married and had a kid it freed up an enormous amount of space in my head\u2026\u201d  I never subscribed to the scripts but it did free up space to be able to do what I wanted.  What takes up space in your life? \u00b7      Middlemarch by George Eliot \u2013 Virginia Woolf called it \u201cnovel written for grown-up people\u201d \u00b7      Learn about \u2013 Theresa of Avila \u2013 you won\u2019t regret it. Teresa of Avila\u2019s Interior Castles is a key text in mystical theology \u00b7      \u201cMindset: The New Psychology of Success\u201d by Carol Dweck \u2013 fixed verse growth mindsets \u00b7      Being in the kitchen \u2013 separate the noise in your head and ask do I enjoy this? \u00b7      Hippie Barbie: http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/bhp\/hippie-barbie but I am more inclined to go with Graduate School Barbie: http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/10\/graduate-school-barbie.html   ","author_name":"Modern Day Flappers","author_url":"http:\/\/www.moderndayflappers.com","html":"