Monica Lewinsky is an activist, podcaster and producer. At the age of 24, Lewinsky, a White House intern, found herself in the eye of a global scandal. She was subjected to a mass public shaming - losing her livelihood, her anonymity and the future she had once imagined for herself.
Now, 51 Lewinsky has garnered a new generation of admirers, who with the advent of social media and shifting cultural tides, have rightly reinterpreted the shocking way she was treated. Her podcast, which launched earlier this year, is called ‘Reclaiming’ and features interviews with guests who are in the process of reclaiming their own narratives, just as she was forced to do. She joins us to talk about her experiences with shame, her perfectionism and why the pain she went through has given her purpose.
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✨ IN THIS EPISODE:
00:00 Intro
01:32 Early Life and Career
03:12 Reclaiming Her Narrative
06:17 Reflections on Turning 50
11:19 First Memory of Failure
18:40 Struggles After the Scandal
23:12 Navigating Post-Scandal Job Search
23:58 The Fragility and Vulnerability of Public Scrutiny
25:03 Media Obsession and Public Perception
25:59 Surviving the Media Onslaught
27:16 Reflections on Love and Power Dynamics
30:22 The Impact of Betrayal and Somatic Therapy
35:50 The Handbag Business Venture
40:12 Lessons Learned and Final Thoughts
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