Behind the Curtain with Lauren Shippy is where we talk about what’s really happening beneath the surface—the doubt, fear, shame, control, self-reliance, identity shifts and questions that can quietly shape how we live and lead.
Through honest reflections and conversations, Lauren pulls back the curtain on the patterns and beliefs that trip us up and explores what it looks like to move through them with greater clarity, courage and purpose.
Short, thoughtful episodes for anyone who wants to think more deeply, get unstuck and move forward differently.
There’s something about a new season that can feel both exciting and unnerving.
In this first episode back on Behind the Curtain, I’m thinking about your authentic voice, identity, and what it looks like to walk into who you were created to be.
We talk about looking back at the things that have shaped you—the good parts you want to carry with you and the harder things you may need to process without getting stuck there—and then paying attention to what may be developing in you now.
Sometimes a new season can feel a lot like learning to walk.
You’re a little shaky. Things feel disrupted. You don’t completely know how to move in it yet. And then, little by little, you start to find your footing.
We also talk about distraction, calling, making space for what’s next, and why alignment doesn’t necessarily mean doing something bigger. It’s about becoming more of who you really are.
I don’t want to spend my days walking around in a fog. I want to be fully alive.
And I think part of that comes from knowing who you are, recognizing the season you’re in, and being willing to walk into what’s next.
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29 Jan 2026
Pulling Back the Curtain on Manipulation
We manipulate in order to gain some form of control, but the truth is, we never really had control anyway.
It’s an illusion - and manipulation is its sneaky counterpart.
It tries to get us to “go in the back door”, when the front door is sitting right there all along.
Listen in as we unpack manipulation and replace it with something new.
21 Jan 2026
Behind the Curtain on Shame
Shame feels like a wet blanket, like a dark cloud coming over you. It might feel like this internal, recurring guilt in your soul.
Whatever is it that you’re feeling bad about, replays in your mind, maybe it comes in at some unexpected moments, catching you off guard, and you feel it come back again. When you move throughout your day, it can look like the inability to make eye contact with people, taking a back seat in conversations or feeling paralyzed when you want to move.
This is the blanket of shame and it can be heavy!
The good news? You don’t have to carry it. You can set it down.
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