Speaker 1: You're listening to I Choose Me with Jenny Garth. I'm
Speaker 1: backstage at the first ever I Choose Me Live summit.
Speaker 1: You guys. I am so excited today I am going
Speaker 1: to be bringing you all backstage with me to talk
Speaker 1: with some of the incredible women we have involved in
Speaker 1: this event. Today is so special for me, you guys,
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Speaker 1: women sharing their stories. We're going to laugh, We're gonna cry,
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Speaker 1: Hi doctor Eve, I am so thrilled to have you here.
Speaker 2: Hi Jenny, thanks so much. I am so thrilled to
Speaker 2: be here at this event. This is amazing.
Speaker 1: We're backstage. Describe the energy. How are you feeling?
Speaker 2: The energy today so far is so vibrant, It's so exciting.
Speaker 2: What I feel is a gladness and a gratitude to
Speaker 2: be here. It feels really empowering to be here, to
Speaker 2: talk about these critical subjects, to contribute to these narratives
Speaker 2: that we as women are participating in, but then also
Speaker 2: then have the power to move forward and share with
Speaker 2: each other.
Speaker 1: Yes, that's what today is all about sharing. I love that.
Speaker 1: Is there anyone you're excited to hear speak today?
Speaker 2: I'm really excited for my panel with Tamson and Naomi.
Speaker 2: So excited especially to balance and compliment the field that
Speaker 2: I'm in, which is internal medicine and women's health, with
Speaker 2: their amazing contributions through their documentaries, through the amazing products
Speaker 2: and advocacy. You know, for example, that Naomi has really
Speaker 2: put herself out there for so just a lot of gratitude,
Speaker 2: Really honored to be with them on this panel.
Speaker 1: I am excited for what we're going to talk about
Speaker 1: on that menopause panel. It's going to be so good.
Speaker 1: What does being a woman mean to you?
Speaker 2: You know, I'm going to quote Walt Whitman here. I mean,
Speaker 2: I think that being a woman means that I contain multitudes.
Speaker 2: It really means that I'm dynamic. You know, I'm curious.
Speaker 2: I'm an ever evolving, changing creature on this earth.
Speaker 1: Oh I like that answer. Ever evolving. Very cool. What
Speaker 1: does it mean to you to choose yourself?
Speaker 2: That's such an important question. I have, you know, three
Speaker 2: daughters of my own, and I've been a caregiver for
Speaker 2: both of my parents, you know, when they were dying
Speaker 2: from cancer. And I think choosing myself doesn't mean I'm
Speaker 2: not choosing other people. It doesn't mean I'm not caring
Speaker 2: for other people. But it does mean that I'm centering
Speaker 2: myself in my own life. You know that I'm not
Speaker 2: a supporting character or you know, Village Townsperson two in
Speaker 2: my own movie, but that I'm the main character. And
Speaker 2: it means that I need to take the time every
Speaker 2: day to reflect, to give myself grace to change, you know,
Speaker 2: to have aspirations and vision and ambitions, but also say
Speaker 2: what exactly is happening and give myself the grace and
Speaker 2: space to change, but also to have sense of who
Speaker 2: I am, and so that when I do come up
Speaker 2: against challenges, up to crossroads, I sometimes have to say,
Speaker 2: you know what, I'm going to disappoint somebody in this scenario,
Speaker 2: and I'm going to let that other person be disappointed,
Speaker 2: and I'm going to choose myself because this is who
Speaker 2: this is what I believe in, this is who I am,
Speaker 2: and placing myself at the center of that.
Speaker 1: That is such an important message to share. I love
Speaker 1: that answer. What is the best advice you were ever
Speaker 1: given by another woman?
Speaker 2: I'm going to use a professional example because I think
Speaker 2: for so long I did this. I think a great
Speaker 2: piece of advice that I've gotten and why I'm so
Speaker 2: excited to be here today, why I'm so excited to
Speaker 2: grow older, which is to let go of let go
Speaker 2: of being the ingenue, you know, like let go of
Speaker 2: the princess's character, you know, and instead let yourself grow
Speaker 2: up and evolve.
Speaker 1: That's good advice. Who are the women you most admi
Speaker 1: and what is it about them that inspires you?
Speaker 2: It's a great question. I think I really admire the
Speaker 2: CEO at UCLA Health, who I work for. She's just
Speaker 2: tremendous in the breadth and depth of how she approaches
Speaker 2: running an entire health system, and that means everything from
Speaker 2: the grand scale operations to caring for individual patients. And
Speaker 2: I think that the authenticity, the competence with which she
Speaker 2: does these things, I'll just never stop admiring. I also
Speaker 2: really really admire my three daughters. I just the people
Speaker 2: who they are. Just watching them open their hearts, you know,
Speaker 2: and be warm and curious and glad is just something
Speaker 2: that I constantly aspire to.
Speaker 1: I love that you said your three daughters. My daughters
Speaker 1: inspire me all the time too. Doctor Eve Glazier, what
Speaker 1: was your last I choose me moment?
Speaker 2: You know what, I think I like to think that
Speaker 2: I'm choosing myself. I mean, I think that even making
Speaker 2: the small decisions, you know, it doesn't that they don't
Speaker 2: have to be giant. I choose me is I think
Speaker 2: I choose honestly to love to wake up in the morning.
Speaker 2: I love telling and I were just talking about just
Speaker 2: sort of the privilege and blessings of routines. You know,
Speaker 2: we just return from evacuation and choosing to be grateful,
Speaker 2: you know, I mean, right, instead of like worrying about
Speaker 2: the whole yard being burned and choosing to be grateful,
Speaker 2: choosing myself to say, like, you know, I'm going to
Speaker 2: stay home and I'm going to really enjoy my cup
Speaker 2: of coffee and rebuild, you know, part of my home
Speaker 2: and my yard and garden. I believe in like the
Speaker 2: little choices that we do every day, So I do.
Speaker 2: I think I've chosen that for today. Choosing to come
Speaker 2: here today is a big one for me. You know,
Speaker 2: I absolutely feel shy and you know, intimidated, but I'm
Speaker 2: kind of choosing to carry this important message, you know,
Speaker 2: and participate.
Speaker 3: So I would say that.
Speaker 1: You are the best doctor.
Speaker 3: Eve.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for being here today. Hi Jen,
Speaker 1: thanks for being here today.
Speaker 4: Hi Johnny, I'm so thrilled to be at your event.
Speaker 1: We are backstage right now. Describe the energy back here.
Speaker 4: The vibes backstage right now are definitely high. There's a
Speaker 4: lot of women and running around in command doing their things,
Speaker 4: so I'm in high spirits.
Speaker 1: I know, it's so electric. I'm loving it. What does
Speaker 1: being a woman mean to you?
Speaker 3: That's a big question.
Speaker 4: To me, being a woman means fully being able to
Speaker 4: be your authentic self and being in charge and being
Speaker 4: vulnerable and being multi talented and being in command and
Speaker 4: just being being everything all at once. I think women
Speaker 4: are so powerful.
Speaker 1: Yes, powerful is the perfect word. What does it mean
Speaker 1: to you to choose yourself?
Speaker 4: For me, choosing myself means to always follow my heart.
Speaker 4: And I know that's so cliche because it's something that's
Speaker 4: always said on the Bachelorette and Bachelor, but truly I
Speaker 4: believe that to my core. Like everything I do, I
Speaker 4: always follow my heart and it's always just led me
Speaker 4: down the right path.
Speaker 1: I love that you've always followed your heart. That's a
Speaker 1: good way to live. What do you hope to walk
Speaker 1: away with today today?
Speaker 4: I hope to walk away from all of us just
Speaker 4: feeling even more empowered than ever and honestly inspired by
Speaker 4: all the other incredible women speaking today. So I'm here
Speaker 4: to really just listen, and yes I'm speaking as well,
Speaker 4: but mostly to listen.
Speaker 1: Listening is important, but I can't wait to hear what
Speaker 1: you have to say. You're definitely going to inspire people today,
Speaker 1: that's for sure. Is there anyone you're looking forward to
Speaker 1: hearing speak today.
Speaker 4: I'm actually really excited to hear from Sasha today. I've
Speaker 4: grew up watching her in Pretty Little Liars and I've
Speaker 4: just always felt so inspired by her.
Speaker 1: I can't wait to hear Sasha speak to about her
Speaker 1: health journey. That's going to be a good conversation. What's
Speaker 1: the best advice you've ever gotten from another woman?
Speaker 4: The best advice I've ever gotten from another woman is
Speaker 4: don't be afraid to tell your truth. I think a
Speaker 4: lot of times as women were so aware of other
Speaker 4: people's emotions that we almost never want to let anyone down.
Speaker 4: But I think that if you're going to sugarcoat something
Speaker 4: or not live but like if you want to overly
Speaker 4: please everyone all at once, you're never going to find
Speaker 4: the right path or you're never ever going to find
Speaker 4: truth in something. So for me, I you know, I
Speaker 4: never try to be mean, but I'm going to tell
Speaker 4: my truth.
Speaker 1: Yeah, telling your truth is such great advice to anyone
Speaker 1: listening right now. What do you hope the audience takes
Speaker 1: away from today? Especially being on the bad Ass pa all.
Speaker 4: I mean, it feels incredible to be asked to be
Speaker 4: on the Badass Panel. I do feel pretty bad ass
Speaker 4: after the year I've had, so it honestly feels really
Speaker 4: amazing to be here. And so I just hope people
Speaker 4: take away from it is to be yourself, follow your
Speaker 4: heart and to and that you're in command of your
Speaker 4: own life. You know. I think oftentimes we're really laid
Speaker 4: back and we're like, oh, you know, I'm not happy
Speaker 4: with the life I was given, or I'm not happy
Speaker 4: with these choices I've made, But like you are the
Speaker 4: person that can always change those things around if you
Speaker 4: just choose a different path, make a different choice. And
Speaker 4: I think I really want people to walk away from
Speaker 4: this knowing that, like their life is in their own hands.
Speaker 1: We can choose the life we want to live. Yes,
Speaker 1: that is great advice. Who are some of the women
Speaker 1: you most admire and how do they inspire you?
Speaker 4: I mean, to me, this one easily goes to my mom.
Speaker 4: Like my mom is my biggest inspiration, and like everything
Speaker 4: that I've learned and everything that is me comes from her.
Speaker 4: And She's been someone who's always been vulnerable and has
Speaker 4: always led with her heart. And I think that that's
Speaker 4: why I am like the way I am is because
Speaker 4: she's always been like that, so I owe it all
Speaker 4: to her.
Speaker 1: Moms are the best, Jen Tran, what was your last
Speaker 1: I Choose Me moment?
Speaker 4: Oh gosh, okay, it's pretty recent. My last I Choose
Speaker 4: Me moment was deciding to go back to PA's school.
Speaker 4: It's been a big year for me. It's been a
Speaker 4: crazy year. And now I'm going back to physician assistant
Speaker 4: school in a couple of weeks. And you know, I've
Speaker 4: had a lot of noise in my ear of people
Speaker 4: tell me not to go or telling me that I
Speaker 4: should have went earlier, and I just, you know, I
Speaker 4: had to decide when the right time was for me.
Speaker 4: And now I'm going back to school, and and that's
Speaker 4: a decision that's fully for myself, and I stand behind
Speaker 4: and I'm so excited.
Speaker 1: For good for you. I'm so happy you're going back
Speaker 1: to school. I think that is so badass. Thank you, Jen.
Speaker 1: I'm so happy you're here today. Thank you, Hi, Veronica.
Speaker 1: I am so happy you're here with us.
Speaker 3: Today, Jenny, Thank you so much for inviting me here
Speaker 3: to be a part of the I Choose Me Live Summit.
Speaker 3: This is an extraordinary experience and I am so grateful
Speaker 3: for all of the lives that are going to be touched.
Speaker 1: What conversations are you excited to hear today.
Speaker 3: I'm really just excited to be in the energy of
Speaker 3: all of these women. I feel their hearts are so open,
Speaker 3: and I think that's really the biggest draw for me,
Speaker 3: is that everyone is so present. We're hungering, we long for.
Speaker 3: I think the depth of connection that this I Choose
Speaker 3: Me event is inspiring. You see women leaning in towards
Speaker 3: each other and it's really about it feels like sisterhood
Speaker 3: and camaraderie and trust building, and that feels really really good.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, yes, sisterhood. That is what I'm talking about. What
Speaker 1: does being a woman mean to you?
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, so many things. Being a woman means
Speaker 3: being fully alive. It means embodying my feminine and my
Speaker 3: masculine essence.
Speaker 4: It means.
Speaker 3: Living boldly and bravely and standing up for myself and
Speaker 3: also holding out a hand to others to help lift
Speaker 3: them up. It means being an incredible mother and a
Speaker 3: role model to my children, and also.
Speaker 1: A role model to those who.
Speaker 3: Have walked similar life paths to me, who need to
Speaker 3: know that you can overcome any obstacle, no matter what
Speaker 3: and not only survive, but you can you can truly thrive.
Speaker 1: Yeah, oh wow, I love that answer. What's the best
Speaker 1: advice you've ever gotten from another woman?
Speaker 3: I've had so many beautiful women in my life. I'll
Speaker 3: tell you one of my mentors, Barry Roberts, she said
Speaker 3: to me, one life, many lifetimes. And what that meant
Speaker 3: to me was, You're okay, You're right where you need
Speaker 3: to be. You get to re discover yourself, you get
Speaker 3: to rebuild yourself.
Speaker 1: It's not the end.
Speaker 3: Even when it feels like you've reached you've reached the endpoint,
Speaker 3: it's just the bottom of the next beginning for you.
Speaker 3: And it just really inspired me to not stay in
Speaker 3: any victim mode, to not ever feel sorry for myself,
Speaker 3: but to really to use everything that I've ever gone
Speaker 3: through as a stepping stone to get me to where
Speaker 3: I'm going next.
Speaker 1: So one life, many lifetimes, One life, many lifetimes. I
Speaker 1: really like that. Use that. Who are some of the
Speaker 1: women you most admire and what is it about them
Speaker 1: that inspires you?
Speaker 3: You know this is this sounds a little funny, but
Speaker 3: and maybe not funny at all, actually, but I am
Speaker 3: really in admiration right now of Zendaea. I love her
Speaker 3: because she's so she's so young, but she's very vibrant,
Speaker 3: and she really carries her beauty and her grace and
Speaker 3: her power in a way that I think is inspiring
Speaker 3: for perhaps a lot of young people and older people
Speaker 3: any age to really to have that balance of grace,
Speaker 3: beauty and self care, self love. But there's so many
Speaker 3: women who inspire me, it would be a long list
Speaker 3: for me to name all of them. My mother inspires me.
Speaker 3: My mother is powerfully, she's she's beautiful, and she's kind
Speaker 3: and she's loving, and she inspires me to continue to
Speaker 3: smile and to love life and to keep my eyes
Speaker 3: to the sunlight no matter what.
Speaker 1: Zendeia is incredible. I love that answer, And your mom
Speaker 1: sounds pretty amazing too. What does it mean to you
Speaker 1: to choose yourself?
Speaker 3: Choosing myself means loving myself, every single part of myself.
Speaker 3: It means it means taking care of myself. It means
Speaker 3: tuning inwards before I make a decision and make sure
Speaker 3: that I'm okay, I'm doing great? Like is this what
Speaker 3: you want? Girl? You doing all right? Is this good?
Speaker 3: Like really checking in and not looking out for the
Speaker 3: answers for the permission, but really listening to my inner self.
Speaker 3: That's what choosing me is, listening to my inner wisdom
Speaker 3: and trusting and believing in my inner wisdom.
Speaker 1: I like that. I like that listening to your inner
Speaker 1: wisdom true. Veronica Linn Clark, What was your last I
Speaker 1: Choose Me moment.
Speaker 3: Coming here, making the decision to say yes to being here.
Speaker 3: Because I choose, I choose me, I choose to use
Speaker 3: my voice. I choose to share my gifts with other people,
Speaker 3: to inspire them to lean into their own hearts and
Speaker 3: to share their gifts when we choose ourselves. When I
Speaker 3: choose me, I help other people to choose themselves because
Speaker 3: I'm modeling.
Speaker 1: That, And I love that you chose to be here
Speaker 1: today with us. You are so incredible. Thank you, Hi, Samantha,
Speaker 1: I'm so excited to have you here.
Speaker 5: Ah Jenny, I am so excited to be co hosting
Speaker 5: this event and seeing your beautiful I Choose Me event.
Speaker 5: Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1: How did you feel about the event? What was your
Speaker 1: favorite part?
Speaker 5: It was so fun being able to actually talk to
Speaker 5: the VIP ticket holders afterwards and get a sense of
Speaker 5: what they took away, because that was the whole point
Speaker 5: of us being here today was to be able to
Speaker 5: give a lot of great takeaway insight and value. And
Speaker 5: also I think the touching moments really connected with the
Speaker 5: audience and so being able to have these women feel
Speaker 5: comfortable after having us on stage the whole event to
Speaker 5: come up and chat with me privately and share their
Speaker 5: own personal stories means that we resonated and that meant
Speaker 5: a lot.
Speaker 1: That means so much. Wow. Love that. What do you
Speaker 1: hope the audience took away from listening to your panel?
Speaker 5: For me and what I shared, my biggest takeaways for
Speaker 5: other people are to make sure that they advocate for
Speaker 5: their own health, that they know their bodies, and I
Speaker 5: think that really hit home for a lot of people
Speaker 5: who shared that with me afterwards.
Speaker 1: Was there a conversation that stood out to you or
Speaker 1: one that you were excited to hear today?
Speaker 5: Well, first of all, the menopause conversation itself is so
Speaker 5: important for all women, whether you're far from menopause or
Speaker 5: you're in the thick of it. To hear the take
Speaker 5: from Tamson Fidal and from Naomi Watson of course doctor Glazer,
Speaker 5: and being able to see there are some ways that
Speaker 5: we can manage menopause and not feel like we have
Speaker 5: to suffer through it.
Speaker 1: Exactly, we shouldn't have to suffer through anything, because it's natural.
Speaker 1: What does being a woman mean to you?
Speaker 5: Being a woman to me means owning it and really
Speaker 5: not being afraid to lean into your femininity but into
Speaker 5: your power at the same time.
Speaker 1: I love that answer. What does it mean to you
Speaker 1: to choose yourself?
Speaker 5: Choosing myself used to seem like a selfish act, and
Speaker 5: it took a battle with cancer to know that when
Speaker 5: we don't choose ourselves first, we can't possibly be there
Speaker 5: for those who need us most. So self care being
Speaker 5: selfish turned into self care being selfless and essential. And
Speaker 5: after a second battle, I leaned into it even deeper,
Speaker 5: and that's why I'm now choosing my healthiest, healthy life possible.
Speaker 1: You are so right, my self care is not selfish.
Speaker 1: Listen to Samantha everyone. Who are some women you look
Speaker 1: up to? And how have they inspired you?
Speaker 5: It's going to sound cliche, but the woman I admire
Speaker 5: most is my mom. I can only hope that my
Speaker 5: girls grow up and want to admire me. I'm trying
Speaker 5: to model so hard to be able to have that honor.
Speaker 5: But I've watched my mom not only be there for
Speaker 5: my sister and me through every step of life in
Speaker 5: a way that I've never seen such undying support, but
Speaker 5: I've also seen her as a businesswoman, fight tooth and
Speaker 5: nail for something that she and my dad built. And
Speaker 5: when my dad died at fifty and my mom was
Speaker 5: forty eight, my mom had to dig in as all
Speaker 5: of these men came out of the work trying to
Speaker 5: claw it away from her. And it was something so
Speaker 5: beautiful and inspiring to see. But also to see how
Speaker 5: and by the way she was running the business until
Speaker 5: just now at seventy six, finally passing the my sister.
Speaker 5: And the other part is to see how much she
Speaker 5: advocates for us really knowing our body and listening and
Speaker 5: fighting for answers and continually questioning. And that's what helped
Speaker 5: me through not just my first my second breast cancer diagnosis.
Speaker 5: Is to listen to our body and notice those changes
Speaker 5: and then activate and take action when we're not getting
Speaker 5: the answers we might think everyone else says are the
Speaker 5: white ones.
Speaker 1: That is such good advice. Listen to your bodies, my friends.
Speaker 1: Samantha Harris, what was your last. I choose me moment.
Speaker 5: I choose me moment every day, so there's never a last,
Speaker 5: because every day I'm finding time for self care. I'm no,
Speaker 5: I'm making time for self care, to move my body,
Speaker 5: to whether it's a skincare regimen, to get into my
Speaker 5: infrared sauna, to pick up the phone and call a
Speaker 5: friend so we can laugh and chat. To connect with
Speaker 5: my mom or my sister or family member, to make
Speaker 5: sure that those relationships are strong. I'm choosing myself, but
Speaker 5: I'm doing this also so that I can as I
Speaker 5: choose my clean skincare, my toxin free beauty, my nourishment
Speaker 5: that's nutrient dense and plant based. It's all to choose
Speaker 5: me so I can be there for others. Do I
Speaker 5: want to live forever? Okay, I kind of do, but
Speaker 5: I want to mostly live there in a healthy, able
Speaker 5: body so that I can be vibrant and resilient to
Speaker 5: be there with my kids, their kids, and my friends
Speaker 5: and family.
Speaker 1: I love that. Thank you, Samantha,