The AWE Experience podcast is a space for reflection, truth-telling, and transformation. Centered on rest as a pathway to justice, this podcast amplifies the voices of women across Oregon who are navigating systems not designed for their thriving. Through conversations grounded in our theory of change, we explore lived experience, community wisdom, and the conditions required for lasting change. Each episode invites listeners to slow down, listen deeply, and imagine what becomes possible when rest is honored, not as a reward or luxury, but as a right.
Hosted By Libra Forde - Executive Director of the Women's Foundation of Oregon
Theme Song: Saeeda, Wright & Alonzo Chadwick
Produced by DSTRCT9 Creative Solutions
6: Women’s Health & Health Systems featuring Dr. Jen Lincoln
Let’s talk about knowing our bodies, rejecting shame, advocacy in public health and helping women feel empowered to advocate for their own health. We get real and talk about how our healthcare system is broken and what we can do as individuals to navigate a system that has historically failed women.
We are joined by Dr. Jennifer Lincoln is a board-certified OB/GYN who is passionate about helping women understand their bodies and feel empowered to advocate for themselves. She practices as an OB Hospitalist in Portland, Oregon, and uses social media to educate and advocate. She is an author, media contributor, and past President of the Society of OB/GYN Hospitalists.
The Birth Book: An OB-GYN’s Guide to Demystifying Labor and Delivery is available for order now on her website, DrJenniferLincoln.com (http://drjenniferlincoln.com/).
29 Jun 2026
5: Work-Family Justice featuring Dr. Kelly Chandler
We take time to discuss blessings, being your authentic self in your family and in work, and how we must move away from a reward system rooted in inequities. We are joined by Kelly Chandler, PhD, an associate professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University. Take a deep dive with us into the role of the workplace in shaping well-being and how we create systems via transformational leadership. Dr. Chandler talks about work-family justice and how it impacts racial justice. Her current research focuses on the work-family experiences of racialized minorities, specifically centering the voices of Black mothers in paid employment. Her current research is exploring how work-family justice could promote racial justice by interrogating the racial inequities of "family-friendly" social and workplace policies and practices.
11 May 2026
4: Let’s talk about AWE featuring Stephanie Marquez
Let’s talk about AWE. Libra Forde, Women’s Foundation of Oregon’s Executive Director and Stephanie Marquez, Advancement and Development Director have an intimate conversation about their WFO journey and why the work of holistic care is such a gift. They discuss their personal stories, the WFO Theory of Change, their hopes for Oregon now and in the future, plus a whole lot more. The bottom line is that we must take care of each other and of ourselves.
Be a part of of WFO and join us for an AWE Experience
27 Apr 2026
3: Burn Out Crash Out featuring Dr. Zarya Rubin
We talk about burnout - what it looks like, how it can happen and what we can do to prevent it. It starts from listening to our body and paying attention to the warning signs. We hear about the personal journey of the incredible Dr. Zarya Rubin a Harvard-educated functional physician, TEDx speaker, and burnout expert. She helps high-achieving women in midlife break free from burnout to reclaim their passion, purpose and joy. Combining expertise in neurology, functional medicine, mindfulness and nervous system healing, she creates a multidisciplinary approach to breaking the burnout cycle. She is also the host of the podcast, “Outsmart Burnout.
13 Apr 2026
2: Sleep Hygiene featuring Dr. Andrea Matsumura & Jenelle Isaacson Etzel
The AWE Experience today is all about sleep hygiene! What is it, what are some tips and tricks, why is it important, and what happens when we don’t get enough? We are joined by the inimitable Jenelle Isaacson Etzel, founder and CEO of Living Room Realty, the first B Corp–certified real estate brokerage and property management firm on the West Coast, and Dr. Andrea Matsumura, MD MS FACP FAASM MSCP, a.k.a. Sleep Goddess MD and I focus on empowering women to improve their health and well-being through optimized sleep.
16 Mar 2026
1: Rest as a Concept featuring Candice R. Vickers
The Women’s Foundation of Oregon believes that rest is resistance and a requirement for true justice. The first episode of the AWE Experience podcast dives into all things rest. Who are you when you are rested and what does it feel like to you? We get into it with the incredible Executive Director of For All Families Oregon, Candice Williams who shares her lived experience, historical perspective and insight into rest from a women’s perspective. Candice was a guest at our inaugural AWE Experience for Nonprofit Leaders and shares some of her thoughts about collective power, taking time for yourself and the power of the collective to do things differently. We invite you to take a break and join us.
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