Ellen Snee decided to become a nun in the early ‘70s, which seemed an inopportune time. Society was changing rapidly, there were riots on her college campus, and as a friend told her, nuns and priests were abandoning convents and the priesthood, not joining. But Ellen felt a sense of mission and purpose that didn’t go away. She spent 18 mostly happy years with an international order of nuns, the Religious of the Sacred Heart.
In a stereotype-busting conversation, Ellen describes how life in a convent gave her a freedom her married girlfriends lacked, how she hoped to change the Catholic Church from the inside, and how taking a vow of chastity didn’t mean the end of her relationships with men. Since leaving the convent in the early 1990s Ellen has used her wisdom and insights within corporations, to help professional women “learn how to know what they know, how to recognize their desire, and how to pursue it.”
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Episode 86: Work and Intimacy (part 1)
The Broad Experience 85: Far From Home - Women in Aid
The Broad Experience 84: When Women Decide
The Broad Experience 83: I Did It My Way
The Broad Experience 82: Generation Clash
The Broad Experience 81: Money vs. Fulfillment
The Broad Experience 80: Daughters in Charge (re-release)
The Broad Experience 79: Equal and Different
The Broad Experience 78: Unpacking Sexual Harassment
The Broad Experience 77: Don't Call Me Sweetie
The Broad Experience 76: Communicating While Female
The Broad Experience 75: Redefining Success
The Broad Experience 74: On Confidence
The Broad Experience 73: A Nanny Speaks Up
The Broad Experience 72: The Power of Image (re-release)
The Broad Experience 71: Our Bodies, Our Work
The Broad Experience 70: A Female Education
The Broad Experience 69: Working with Other Women
The Broad Experience 68: Introverts at the Office
The Broad Experience 67: How to Make the Most of Your Time
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