Dr. Robyn Koslowitz

And then finally, TEDx Union Women said yes.

And I finally got to do that TEDx talk.

So yeah, five years of preparing, applying, getting those no's before I finally got the yes.

You really want to only talk about one big idea.

You have this desire when you're on that stage to share everything.

I myself, I tend to talk fast.

I tend to be very excited about a lot of things.

So it took me a long time to figure out like, what's the one big idea.

And there's a lot of other stuff I'd love to talk about, but let's focus on this one thing and then really write the speech.

Say it in front of people that you really trust to, you know, the kind of friends who will tell you the truth, not the kind of friends who are like, it's great.

But someone who will be like, well, I didn't quite get that part and keep practicing until you have something that you're happy with.

And I would say I think it was Brene Brown who said, write your speech, cut out 50 percent and then cut out 50 percent more.

And then you have your one big idea.

Yeah.

Well, congratulations.

Yeah.

It's cringe when you practice in front of the mirror and it feels very intense.

But in the end, it was like someone asked me what, like what it was like.

And I said, it was so scary and so awesome.

And I'm so glad it's over all at the same time.