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Lael Couper Jepson is the voice that moves you, the spark that shifts you, and the energy that stays with you, and you will feel that energy as you listen to today's episode.

As the founder of SheChanges, Lael is known for her bold, irreverent voice, which inspires women to embrace change and ignite leadership.

As a speaker, author, and founder of SheChanges, Lael is recognized for her bold and irreverent voice, which inspires women to embrace change and ignite their leadership.

Lael is the author of two books, Unscripted, a Woman’s Living Prayer and Ignite: Lighting the Leader Fire, and has been a featured speaker, panelist, and storyteller over the years at women’s conferences and events.

Through her writing, speaking, and community-building efforts, Lael inspires others to challenge convention and embrace change with courage and confidence.

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Chris Ruden is a transformational keynote speaker, change management expert, and disability inclusion advocate who engages audiences across the USA and worldwide.

As an amputee, world-record powerlifter, and NBC’s Titan Games competitor, he leverages his story of overcoming adversity to help organizations build trust and resilience.

Chris’s talks focus on unlocking the transformative power of trust to drive change. Leadership trust, after all, creates the foundation for teams to adapt and thrive in continuous change.

You can visit his website here.

Pick up his book "The Art of Changing Course."

You can find more information on the speaking workshop that Kim references in this episode, Paid 2 Present, here.

You find Chris on LinkedIn, as well as Instagram.

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In this episode, Kim is joined by Dr. Karin Boxer, a disability inclusion strategist, speaker, and former philosophy professor, for a conversation about ableism, which is the belief that there is one "normal" way to think, learn, work, communicate, or move through the world.

The conversation touches on how disabled people pay for this belief in shame, self-blame, and exclusion, and how systems and workplaces pay for it in lost talent, insight, and contributions.

If you're not sure what ableism is, or how it shows up in the world, this is a conversation for you.

Read Dr. Boxer's story here.

Dr. Karin Boxer is a disability inclusion strategist, speaker, and former philosophy professor. After more than two decades in higher education, her own experiences with disability made visible how deeply ableism is embedded in institutional norms, expectations, and systems—not just attitudes or bias. Her work focuses on how organizations unintentionally design people out, and what it takes to redesign structures so more people can belong and do their best work. Karin writes and speaks widely on ableism, disability justice, and institutional responsibility.

You can find Dr. Boxer on LinkedIn.