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The ROAR Podcast

The ROAR Podcast

Written by: Danielle Davies
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 🎙️ Welcome to Roar! 🎙️ Ready to turn up the volume on women’s voices? Join host Danielle Davies as she spotlights bold, trailblazing women who are smashing ceilings, breaking rules, and leading with purpose. From fearless entrepreneurs to world-changing activists, Roar brings you real conversations with women who are reshaping the future. Whether it’s about building businesses, sparking social change, or owning your power, each episode is packed with stories, ideas, and inspiration to fuel your next move. 💡 If you’re ready to find your voice and make some noise, this is your space.Danielle Davies Social Sciences
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  • Cheldin Barlatt Rumer on Visibility, Women’s Voices, and Building Power Through Media

    Cheldin Barlatt Rumer on Visibility, Women’s Voices, and Building Power Through Media
    Dec 23 2025

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    What does it actually mean for women to be seen—and who benefits when they are?

    In this episode of Roar, host Danielle Davies sits down with Cheldin Barlatt Rumer—founder and CEO of THIS IS IT NETWORK™, media executive, keynote speaker, and unapologetic champion for women who are done waiting for permission.

    Cheldin has spent more than two decades building platforms that amplify women’s voices, stories, and leadership—from national media to global stages. Through THIS IS IT NETWORK™, she has created an ecosystem that connects women founders, creatives, executives, and change-makers to visibility, opportunity, and each other.

    In this conversation, Cheldin speaks candidly about what visibility really costs, why women are so often taught to shrink, and how owning your voice is both a personal and political act. She shares the origin story of THIS IS IT NETWORK™, the lessons she’s learned as a woman leading in media and entrepreneurship, and why community—not perfection—is the real catalyst for impact.

    This episode is a rally cry for women who know they have something to say—and are ready to stop whispering it.

    Together, Danielle and Cheldin talk about:

    🔥 Why visibility is a skill—and a responsibility

    🎤 What women get wrong about “putting themselves out there”

    🧠 How imposter syndrome shows up at every level (and why it never fully disappears)

    📺 The creation of THIS IS IT NETWORK™ and the gap it was built to fill

    🫶 Why women don’t need more motivation—they need infrastructure and access

    📣 How media can be used as a tool for advocacy, not just exposure

    💥 What it means to lead loudly without apology

    🌱 Why community is the antidote to burnout, isolation, and self-doubt

    👑 The difference between being visible and being valued

    ⚡ Why waiting to feel “ready” keeps women stuck

    Cheldin’s work reminds us that confidence is not a prerequisite for leadership—it’s a byproduct of action. This conversation is for anyone who has ever minimized their voice, questioned their worth, or waited for someone else to open the door.

    You don’t need permission. You need a platform—and the courage to stand on it.


    🔑 Key Takeaways

    Visibility is not vanity—it’s power.

    You don’t overcome imposter syndrome; you outgrow it through action.

    Women don’t lack ambition—they lack access and amplification.

    Community accelerates courage.

    Leadership doesn’t require perfection, polish, or permission.

    Your voice matters because of who you are, not in spite of it.


    🔗 Links Mentioned in This Episode

    THIS IS IT NETWORK™ → https://thisisittv.com/

    Follow THIS IS IT NETWORK™ on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thisisittv/

    Cheldin Rumer Barlatt on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheldinbarlatt/


    🎧 Related Conversations

    Kirsten Miller on women’s power and collective action

    Pamela Redmond on visibility, aging, and reinvention

    Gifty Enright on burnout, boundaries, and women’s unseen labor


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    #RoarPodcast #CheldinRumerBarlatt #ThisIsItNetwork #WomenInMedia #WomenInLeadership #VisibilityMatters #WomenSupportingWomen #DanielleDavies #WomenWithVoices #WomenAndPower
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    46 mins
  • Building Creative Community for Women: Inside Lucky Star with Lisa Field

    Building Creative Community for Women: Inside Lucky Star with Lisa Field
    Dec 16 2025
    ✨ Get The Roar Rolodex—a living guide to women-centered resources you should know.Sign up here → https://favoritecousincopyco.kit.com/...What happens when you give women five days away from their lives—with art supplies, gourmet meals, a river, a campfire, and zero pressure to be anything but themselves?In this episode of Roar, host Danielle Davies sits down with Lisa Field—founder and director of Lucky Star, a five-day creativity and whole-living sleepaway camp for women held every fall in the Texas Hill Country. Since 2012, Lisa has welcomed hundreds of women to Camp Waldemar, where they paint, weld, write, dance, felt, play guitar, eat, float in the river, and reconnect with who they are when no one needs a spreadsheet… or a snack.What started as one woman’s longing for community has grown into a decade-strong creative ecosystem—one that has shaped careers, sparked friendships, inspired books and businesses, and reminded women that adventure doesn’t have an expiration date.Lisa speaks with warmth, candor, and humor about creativity, midlife reinvention, the courage to show up alone, and the magic that happens when 100+ women trust their instincts and say yes to themselves.Together, Danielle and Lisa talk about…🌟 The moment Lisa realized women needed more than “a break”—they needed creative community🏕️ How Lucky Star evolved from a daydream into a thriving annual camp🫶 Why women struggle to give themselves permission to step away from their lives🎒 What shifts in the first 24–48 hours when women arrive—nervous, excited, uncertain—and begin to exhale🎨 Why creativity without pressure is transformational (and why it’s never about being “good”)👯‍♀️ What happens when women of all ages—20s through 80s—learn side-by-side🔥 Why women who show up solo are “the badasses of the group”🎤 The story behind Lucky Star’s legendary Glee Club, welding classes, tamale making, and late-night campfire moments💛 The power of Show & Tell night—laughter, tears, courage, connection, and being truly seen🌈 How camp catalyzes reinvention: new businesses, books, collaborations, income streams, and creative awakeningsLisa’s work is a testament to what happens when women gather, make things, share stories, and dare to choose themselves. This conversation is for anyone craving connection, creativity, and a reminder that it is absolutely not too late to reinvent, express, or expand.🔑 Key TakeawaysCreativity is community—women have always bonded through making.Your life expands the moment you give yourself permission to step away from it.Being a beginner is power, not shame.Adventure doesn’t belong to youth; it belongs to anyone who refuses to put themselves on a shelf.Women need spaces where they’re welcomed as they are—introverts, extroverts, hug-averse, or hug-seeking.Reinvention often begins with one small yes.🔗 Links Mentioned in This EpisodeLucky Star Art Camp → https://luckystarartcamp.com/Follow Lucky Star on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/luckystarartcamp/Camp Waldemar → https://waldemar.com/Mandy Rowden (Glee Club & Season 2 guest) → https://girlguitar.com/Squam Art Workshops → https://www.squamartworkshops.com/💥 Don’t Miss a Conversation📩 Get Dispatches, the Roar newsletter: https://dispatches.danielledavies.com/🙋‍♀️ Want to be on Roar?https://www.danielledavies.com/be-a-g...🤝 Want to partner with us? Let’s talk!danielle@danielledavies.com👕 Roar Merchhttps://www.redbubble.com/people/roar...🔗 ConnectInstagram: /roarwithdanielledaviesLinkedIn: /danielledaviesmarketingWebsite: https://www.danielledavies.com/#RoarPodcast #LuckyStarArtCamp #LisaField #WomenCreating #MidlifeReinvention #WomenWhoMake #CreativeCommunity #WomenSupportingWomen #DanielleDavies #FindYourPeople #WomenAndCreativity #TexasHillCountry
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Reinvention, Visibility, and the Freedom of Aging with Pamela Redmond

    Reinvention, Visibility, and the Freedom of Aging with Pamela Redmond
    Dec 9 2025
    ✨ Get The Roar Rolodex—a living guide to women-centered resources you should know. Sign up here → https://favoritecousincopyco.kit.com/...*********************************************************What does it mean for women to stay visible, powerful, joyful, and fully alive as they age?In this episode of Roar, host Danielle Davies sits down with Pamela Redmond—novelist, Substack writer, creator of Nameberry, and author of Younger (the book that inspired the hit TV series). Now 72, Pamela has reinvented herself yet again…this time stepping onstage with Old Woman Naked, a one-woman show that explores aging, embodiment, shame, liberation, and the stories women carry in our bodies.From cultural invisibility to the reinvention required in midlife and beyond, Pamela speaks with humor, clarity, and radical honesty about what it really means to age in a female body—and to finally claim it as your own.Together, Danielle and Pamela talk about💥 Why older women are culturally invisible—and why that invisibility can become a source of power🧍‍♀️ What compelled Pamela to create Old Woman Naked and why emotional nakedness is scarier than the physical📚 How Younger and her Substack, Jubilarian, both trace the same thread of reinvention🖼️ Pamela’s search for depictions of older naked women in art (and what she discovered at the Met)🧠 Why reinvention requires being “comfortable with being uncomfortable”🔥 The liberation of aging out of the male gaze👩‍🎤 What performing for the first time at 72 taught her about courage, creativity, and aging on her own terms💬 The parts of our lives we think are shameful—and what happens when we finally tell those stories out loudPamela’s honesty is a masterclass in reinvention, resilience, and refusing to fade into the background. This conversation is for any woman who’s ever wondered if her most powerful, creative, meaningful years might actually be ahead of her.🔑 Key TakeawaysAging can feel like freedom—a shedding of comparison, standards, and the male gaze. Reinvention requires discomfort; being a beginner is part of the process.Emotional nakedness is often scarier than physical vulnerability.Joy itself can be an act of resistance, especially in turbulent times.Women’s stories—especially the ones we think we can’t tell—are where our real power lives.🔗 Links Mentioned in This EpisodePamela’s Substack, Jubilarian → https://jubilarian.substack.com/Follow Pamela on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/thepamelaredmond/Nameberry → https://nameberry.com/Pamela’s Oprah Daily essay →https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a68006018/pamela-redmond-old-woman-naked-show/🎭 Old Woman Naked (updates & performances) → https://pamelaredmondsatran.com/new-books/🎧 Related ConversationsKirsten Miller on invisibility, transformation, and women’s power: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/Ly1aRhvHWYbGifty Enright on burnout, boundaries, and women’s unseen labor: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/CR2mfkzHWYb💥 Don’t Miss a Conversation🎧 Follow & Subscribe on YouTube / @roarpod📩 Get Dispatches, the Roar newsletter: https://dispatches.danielledavies.com/ 🙋‍♀️ Want to be on Roar? https://www.danielledavies.com/be-a-g... 🤝 Want to partner with us? Let’s talk! danielle@danielledavies.com 👕 Roar Merch https://www.redbubble.com/people/roar...🔗 Connect Instagram: /roarwithdanielledavies LinkedIn: /danielledaviesmarketing Website: https://www.danielledavies.com/#RoarPodcast #PamelaRedmond #OldWomanNaked #WomenAging #Reinvention #Jubilarian #WomenInTheArts #Visibility #DanielleDavies #MidlifePower #CreativeReinvention
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    1 hr and 1 min
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