Under the Sisterhood
The Under the Sisterhood Podcast is where women's lived experiences become a catalyst for understanding, connection, and change.
Hosted by Elizabeth Elfenbein, each conversation invites women from around the world to share their stories with honesty, courage, and vulnerability. Together, they explore the moments that shape our lives—from health and mental wellness to leadership, identity, relationships, caregiving, equity, and the many experiences that define what it means to be a woman.
More than a podcast, Under the Sisterhood is a storysharing platform. Every conversation contributes to Women's Lived Experience Intelligence™, helping transform individual stories into insights that can shape healthcare, innovation, research, and culture.
At Under the Sisterhood, we believe every woman's story matters. Through storysharing, we create space for women to be seen, heard, valued, and celebrated—one conversation at a time.
Seasons & Special Editions
Season 1: Being a Woman in Today's World
Season 2: Women's March of Voices
Season 3: Women Making the World Healthier
Season 4: Women's March for Mental Wellness
Season 5: Women's March for Change
Special Editions: Under the Hood Vlogs • Women Investing in Women's Health • Women Making History
Produced by Matt Butler with original music by Ayla Schafer.
Under the Sisterhood
Valerie Alexander on showing up as a woman.
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Celebrating Valerie Alexander during Women's History Month. Valerie is a daughter, sister, auntie, friend, attorney, author, keynote speaker on Creating Impact Worldwide Towards Outsmarting Unconscious Bias, Building Happier Workplaces, and Advancing Female Leaders and she’s the CEO of Speak Happiness.
She is committed to expanding happiness and inclusion in all communities. And is a globally-recognized speaker on the topics of happiness in the workplace, the advancement of women, and unconscious bias, and her TED Talk, “How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias” has been viewed over half a million times.
She has spoken at hundreds of conferences, colleges and companies, including Coca Cola, GE Capital, P&G, Tillamook, Santander, World Fuel, Amdocs; at several government agencies, including NASA, the CDC, NOAA, the Federal Reserve and numerous police forces; and at notable Real Estate industry events such as, WomanUP!, Luxury Connect, OwningIT, ICNY and several RE Associations’ annual meetings, retreats and leadership trainings. She was also the commencement speaker for her undergrad alma mater, Trinity University, giving the inspirational talk, "Tiger at Heart."
Valerie’s books include Happiness as a Second Language, Success as a Second Language and How Women Can Succeed in the Workplace (Despite Having “Female Brains”), plus several more she’s published under her U.S. Registered trademark “...as a Second Language," including books on Parenting, Creativity, Grief and Mindfulness.
Valerie started her career as a corporate securities lawyer, investment banker and Internet executive in the Silicon Valley, then transitioned to Hollywood, where she enjoyed success as a screenwriter and director. In addition to traveling the world as a keynote speaker, Valerie also writes Christmas movies for the Hallmark Channel, which she knows you secretly love, even though you’ll only admit to watching them with your mom.
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