Not Perfect, Not Polished, Still Worth Being.

I’m Elisabeth “Lis” Thomas, founder and editor of Womanhood Unwrapped. I created this space because real life rarely looks the way we thought it would, and women deserve somewhere to tell the truth about it. Here, I write about motherhood, ambition, identity, loss, resilience, and the complicated beauty of building a life while living it.

I am also the founder and CEO of Summary Content Marketing, the agency I have owned since 2013, and a co-host of the Stages of She podcast. But titles only tell part of the story. At my core, I am a writer. I have always tried to make sense of the world by putting words around what feels too heavy, too messy, or too meaningful to hold alone.

I am currently in treatment for stage IV melanoma, learning firsthand how fragile and stubborn life can be at the same time. I continue to work, parent, love, and create in the middle of uncertainty, because there is no pause button for real life. I share pieces of this journey not to be brave, but to be honest, and in the hope that someone else might feel less alone in their own hard season.

I am a wife and mother of two, which is both my greatest grounding force and my fiercest motivation to keep going. I run on strong coffee, fresh air, long walks, and the refuge of a good book. I believe our stories matter, especially the unfinished ones, and that telling the truth about our lives can be a quiet act of courage.

 

Team

  • Elisabeth (Lis) Thomas launched the Womanhood Unwrapped community after years of struggling and learning as a working mom. The idea started in a supply closet when she was pumping milk on her lunch break for her daughter who was at home with a babysitter while she was at the office. In the midst of that nursing, working, and surviving the baby phase of motherhood, Lis thought, “there’s got to better support out there for working moms and ambitious women.

    After trying out a variety of different roles with her two kiddos, and realizing they just didn’t work with family life, Lis finally launched the blog and community she had envisioned years earlier.

Casey Cowan Smith | Strategist

  • Casey Cowan Smith is a social media marketer with over a decade of experience spearheading communication and sales strategies. Tenacious, goal-driven, and self-reflective, Casey obsesses over the details while keeping big-picture goals at the forefront of every project.

    A mom to two young children, Casey thrives in chaos. She is passionate about making her husband laugh, gardening, and trail running. She is an avid reader who is likely deep in a Stephen King novel at this very moment.

  • Lauren is the Marketing Manager and Guru for Womanhood Unwrapped and The Stages of She Podcast. She helps steer the ship when it comes to online promotion through social media and the website, social strategy, and organic management, as well as a plethora of other tasks to keep our team on track. She’s the positive-energy, marketing maven who keeps everyone and everything she works on healthy and happy!