Ep 12: The Practice of Showing Up with Lena Waithe

There comes a moment in our lives when we have to decide—how we’re going to show up in the world.

For Laura Scarpati that moment came after getting run over by a car while pregnant. She had a choice: to stay in the trauma and victimhood, or to choose the light, to find joy in the recovery, and to lean into purpose.

Lena Waithe knows something about that kind of reckoning too. She’s been on her own journey—unpacking old patterns, confronting her personhood, and as she puts it, she is still very much in process.

One of the tools Lena leans on is meditation. Hearing Lena speak so candidly about her practice helps take the pressure off. Because as she explains, if we’re waiting for the world to get quiet before we get still, we’ll be waiting forever.

Lena’s poetry is a mirror. Asking us to look inside ourselves. Giving us permission to not have all the answers. And offering up her signature mix of wisdom, humor, and heart.

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About Lena Waithe:
Lena Waithe is an Emmy-winning writer, producer, actor, and Founder of Hillman Grad. Known for Master of None, The Chi, and Queen & Slim, Lena’s latest credits include the 2023 Sundance Film Festival award-winning films A Thousand and One and Kokomo City, the Emmy-nominated documentary film Being Mary Tyler Moore, Disney+’s Chang Can Dunk, and the Tony-nominated play Ain’t No Mo’. A Thousand and One received the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, took home “Best First Feature” at the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards, and received a Gotham Award nomination for “Best Feature,” and Kokomo City received the NEXT Audience and NEXT Innovator awards and received numerous Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations in 2023.

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Laura Scarpati is an Award-Winning filmmaker, producer and storyteller. After a life-changing NDE (Near Death Experience), Laura launched Chelsea Park Films, a boutique production house creating and supporting projects that spread light and encourage healing on all sides of the frame. By re-framing her trauma as an opportunity, Laura is now using her unique skillset to explore all the unseen energies of the universe and mapping how this magic helps support us all on The Woo Report Podcast.

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