• Desire Without Urgency
    Jun 30 2026

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    What do you actually want? Not what you're working toward. Not what makes sense on a five-year plan. What do you want, with no deadline attached?


    This episode sits with that question. Not to answer it, but to ask it honestly.


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    20 mins
  • Identity Without Productivity | After Chapter Podcast 18
    Jun 23 2026

    Contact Us at info@afterchapterpodcast.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Who are you when you're not producing, proving, or performing for anyone else?Cecilia sits alone with the question she's been carrying longer than she expected. This one is for anyone whose sense of self is quietly dependent on what's getting done.Join our community at https://the-after-chapter-newsletter.beehiiv.com/. Season 2, The Reconstruction, premieres September 8.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The views and opinions expressed on The After Chapter Podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not reflect the views, positions, or policies of any employer, organization, or affiliated entity. Any data or research shared on the podcast is not proprietary to any employer.All podcast content, including audio, video, transcripts, and likeness, may not be reproduced or used to train artificial intelligence systems without prior written permission.

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    14 mins
  • Slowing Without Disappearing
    Jun 16 2026

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    What does it mean to ease off without losing your footing? Momentum has a pull. And for women who've built their identity around staying in motion, slowing down can feel like disappearing.It isn't. This episode is about the difference.


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    25 mins
  • Holding the Gap
    Jun 9 2026

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    What do you do when you can't name where you are yet? This is the episode for the in-between, the gap that resists language.


    Michele and Cecilia talk about presence, trust, the difference between human being and human doing, and why the gap itself is doing the work even when you can't see it.


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    25 mins
  • Before We Move On
    Jun 2 2026

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    What are you still carrying that was never really yours? Before the season closes and the next chapter opens, Michele and Cecilia name the one thing they're each releasing from Season 1 and what they're choosing to carry forward. Unhurried, aged, nothing added.


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    25 mins
  • What We're Still Sitting With
    May 26 2026

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    What are you still carrying? Not everything from a season resolves when the episode ends. Some things settle slowly.

    Michele and Cecilia sit with what hasn't resolved yet, sharing listener reflections, naming what's still unfinished for them personally, and leaving you with the one question worth asking yourself.


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    19 mins
  • When the Applause Fades
    May 19 2026

    What do you do when you cross the finish line and it feels nothing like you expected?


    Season one is done. "The Unraveling" is behind us, and what we're sitting with now isn't triumph or momentum. It's something quieter. In this first episode of The Pour Series, Michele and Cecilia pour a glass of Oban 14, slow down, and name what actually happened when the season ended. No guest. No theme to unpack. Just two women asking the question most people skip: what did you expect to feel, and what did you actually feel?


    The gap between those two things has something to tell you.


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    16 mins
  • The Manifesto Toast
    May 12 2026

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    Twelve conversations. One season. One question we refused to rush: Who are you when the roles fall away?


    We still don't have a clean answer. But something shifted and things got named that most of us had been carrying without language for. That's enough to raise a glass.


    This is our season finale. We're not wrapping it up neatly, because identity work never is. What we are doing is saying out loud what we now believe, looking back at the 10 guests who got us here, and turning the mic on ourselves for the first time: our three words, what we came in believing versus what we're leaving with.


    The pour: Louis Roederer Collection 245. Precise. Layered. It rises. Because even partial clarity deserves a toast.

    Stay close. We'll be here all summer.

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    43 mins