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Speaker 1: You're listening to I Choose Me with Jenny Garth. Hi, everyone,

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Speaker 1: welcome to I Choose Me. This podcast is all about

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Speaker 1: the choices we make and where they lead us. I

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Speaker 1: am backstage at the very first ever I Choose Me

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Speaker 1: Live summit. You guys. The atmosphere backstage has been so exciting.

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Speaker 1: We're listening and we're learning from each other. It's truly

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Speaker 1: an incredible day. If you weren't able to attend the event,

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Speaker 1: you can purchase a ticket to the live stream of

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Speaker 1: the event so nobody misses it. All the info will

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Speaker 1: be in our show notes. You don't want to miss

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Speaker 1: this day full of conversations about advocating for our own health, menopause,

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Speaker 1: and finding your inner badass. Before we jump into the conversation,

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Speaker 1: you guys, I just found the best spot for coffee, breakfast,

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Speaker 1: and lunch all the things. Parakeet Cafe. They showed up

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Speaker 1: at the I Choose Me Live event and let me

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Speaker 1: tell you, they completely stole the show. Their coffee next

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Speaker 1: level handcrafted the purest organic ingredients. Their pastries are flaky

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Speaker 1: and fresh. It was just like chef's kiss, if you

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Speaker 1: know what I mean. I love the vegan and the

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Speaker 1: gluten free options they had and no sugar added. Oh,

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Speaker 1: there was this one vegan, gluten free, no sugar added

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Speaker 1: scone so yummy. And the lunch spread so good. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I loved it. It was so nourishing, organic, no seed oils,

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Speaker 1: just real feel good food that made everyone glow. It

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Speaker 1: was like they just got the vibe elevated, effortless and

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Speaker 1: full of love. I was so honored to have them

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Speaker 1: be a part of the day. And you know what

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Speaker 1: the best part is, you don't have to wait for

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Speaker 1: an event to try it. Just visit their spots. They

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Speaker 1: have places in Beverly Hills, Brentwood and beyond. Trust me,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna be obsessed. Now let's get in to our conversations.

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Speaker 2: Hi, Hi, Jenny, I'm so thrilled to be at your event.

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Speaker 1: Ah, this is such an amazing day. I am so

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Speaker 1: excited to have you be a part of it. Just

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Speaker 1: describe the energy for me back here, the energy of

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Speaker 1: the day. How do you feel being on the Badass panel?

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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm so honored to have been asked to be

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Speaker 2: a part of the I Choose Me Summit. The backstage

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Speaker 2: is electric, so many wonderful women talking about things that matter,

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Speaker 2: and I can't wait to get my chance to be

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Speaker 2: in the Badass Women panel.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be a lot of fun. What does

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Speaker 1: being a woman mean to you?

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Speaker 2: Oh, Being a woman means being a multitasker, sadly sometimes

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Speaker 2: putting other people first, and we have to get to

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Speaker 2: the point that we choose ourselves. And that's what I

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Speaker 2: love about the I Choose Me summit and really, you

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Speaker 2: know again being a Beverly Hills two one to oh fan.

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Speaker 2: I remember when I was a kid and the words

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Speaker 2: I Choose Me on the show resonated with me, and

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Speaker 2: I don't think that it might have been the first

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Speaker 2: time I ever heard a woman.

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Speaker 3: Say you're great.

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Speaker 1: However, I choose.

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Speaker 2: Myself and that's something that stayed with me through the

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Speaker 2: years and now that I hope that ends up resonating

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Speaker 2: with a lot of other women too.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, okay. What does it mean to you to

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Speaker 1: choose yourself?

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Speaker 2: Choosing yourself means that you prioritize your own well being.

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Speaker 2: I think women are very good at making sure everyone

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Speaker 2: else is okay. But I've come to the realization that

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Speaker 2: no one else can be okay if you're not okay.

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Speaker 2: So as we're busy, you know, making doctor's appointments for

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Speaker 2: people and making sure people are happy and fed and

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Speaker 2: all those things. You have to feed yourself too, and

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Speaker 2: that's you know, mind, body, and spirits. So I choose

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Speaker 2: me is taking care of you first, and it's not

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Speaker 2: a selfish thing to do.

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Speaker 1: What's the best advice you've ever gotten from another woman? Ooh?

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Speaker 4: You know?

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Speaker 2: Best advice I ever got was from my mom. As

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Speaker 2: she rest in peace, she said, kindness matters. And I

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Speaker 2: think there's so many people in this life they call

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Speaker 2: it chasing the bag and hustle culture, and everything seems

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Speaker 2: a relationship you have with other people, and that begins

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Speaker 2: by seeing them and caring for them and being kind.

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Speaker 2: I believe in my life or receive more opportunities because

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Speaker 2: I'm a good person than because I'm partic, talented or

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Speaker 1: The moms know they give such a good advice and kindness. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that is just the way to walk through life, I think. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So who are some of the women who inspire you

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Speaker 2: You know, I love women that can speak their mind

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Speaker 2: also believe this is not a woman, but representative John

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Speaker 2: Lewis said that it's important to get in good trouble,

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Speaker 2: necessary trouble. And so I believe the best women, the

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Speaker 2: smartest women, the most principled women, will see something and

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Speaker 2: for others. So I respect women that do that, that

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Speaker 2: take the higher ground, are determined to be on the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's something about that notion of putting other people's

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Speaker 1: needs before your own. That's just like a good rule

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Speaker 1: to live by. Okay, do this for me. Fill in

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Speaker 2: Blank, When women come together, everything changes for the good.

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Speaker 1: Yes, short and sweet and so true. If it is

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Speaker 1: there something you hope the audience takes away today, like

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Speaker 1: from you, from specifically your panel.

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Speaker 2: You know, I hope that everyone that comes to the

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Speaker 3: Yourself and to say it to yourself.

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Speaker 2: I choose me, say it in the in the mirror

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Speaker 2: if you need to, until you believe that that you're

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Speaker 2: worthy of that. I know that you're worthy of that.

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Speaker 2: I know that I'm worthy of that. So I hope

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Speaker 2: they all leave with that understanding.

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Speaker 1: Mirror work is so important, looking yourself in the eyes,

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Speaker 1: telling yourself you love you. I love you, saying that

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Speaker 1: into your own eyes, and yeah, telling yourself is okay

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Speaker 1: to choose myself right now. Totally agree that Nicole Brown.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you something, when was your last I

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Speaker 1: choose me moment?

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Speaker 2: My last I choose me moment was this morning when

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Speaker 2: I was figuring out what I was going to wear.

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Speaker 2: I was mindful of this this summit and everybody's coming

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Speaker 2: and everyone's going to be in their pretty dresses and

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Speaker 2: to be in sneakers and something colorful and festive, and

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Speaker 2: so I chose me by picking an outfit that made

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Speaker 2: me feel good and you know, hope people love it.

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Speaker 1: Well, I think you look amazing. I love it, and

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Speaker 1: I love it that you're comfortable. So important. Okay, that's it.

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Speaker 1: That's all we have time for I'm so excited to

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Speaker 1: have you here. I love you. You're beautiful, I love

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Speaker 1: your outfits. Let's do this, doctor Kittelson, I am so

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Speaker 1: thrilled that you made the time to be with us

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Speaker 1: here today at the summit. As a woman, why is

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Speaker 1: it so important for us to speak up for ourselves

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Speaker 1: in the doctor's office. You should know this better than anyone.

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Speaker 5: So historically women have often been not heard when they

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Speaker 5: go to their physician. So it is so important to

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Speaker 5: bring a list ahead of time with the questions and

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Speaker 5: concerns that you have, so that you can ensure that

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Speaker 5: your itemized agenda is accomplished by the time the doctor's

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Speaker 1: That works for me. I am a list maker. I

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Speaker 1: live my life by lists. So that's a great recommendation

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Speaker 1: to take a list with you to the doctor's office,

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Speaker 1: because sometimes you forget things. You know, you get a

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Speaker 1: So take that list, ladies, What would you say the

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Speaker 1: one health tip you want all women to take seriously

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Speaker 5: Exercise, And I'll tell you why. Number One, everybody knows

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Speaker 5: that exercise is good. It lowers blood pressure, cholesterol, helps

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Speaker 5: your mood. There's a million health benefits. But the other

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Speaker 5: important reason is that exercise is an early detection system.

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Speaker 5: Your heart is a muscle. It'll get into trouble while

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Speaker 5: you're using it. So if you exercise regularly, you're attuned

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Speaker 5: a heart problem. If you sit on the couch all day,

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Speaker 5: you're never checking in with your heart. You don't know

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Speaker 5: how it's doing. So please exercise. Aerobic thirty minutes a

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Speaker 5: day is the goal.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, get up, go for a walk, move your body.

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Speaker 1: That way, you form a better connection with your body

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Speaker 1: and you can better listen to it. Totally agree. Can

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Speaker 1: you describe the energy that you're feeling backstage?

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Speaker 5: I am feeling hopeful, invigorated, curious, and excited.

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Speaker 1: Yes to all of those things. I feel it too.

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Speaker 1: What does it mean to you to choose yourself?

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Speaker 5: It means to have a very clear sense of your goals,

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Speaker 5: your values, your priorities, and to make a plan to

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Speaker 1: I like that again, kind of beckoning back to making

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Speaker 1: that list, making sure that you are taken care of.

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Speaker 1: What are your priorities? What are your questions, all the things,

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Speaker 1: and that's the only way we can really know ourselves

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Speaker 1: and ultimately choose ourselves. What do you hope to walk

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Speaker 5: I hope to walk away with inspiration to have concrete

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Speaker 5: ideas to make my life and the world a better place.

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Speaker 1: That's a good answer. I like that. And what do

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Speaker 5: I hope the audience finds an incredible community of women

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Speaker 5: to share their experiences that will also inspire them so

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Speaker 5: we can all move forward to make the world better.

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Speaker 1: That is so good. It's the community when we come

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Speaker 1: that's when we all move forward in the best way possible.

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Speaker 1: Doctor Kittlson, what's the best advice you've ever gotten from

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Speaker 3: That's a really good question.

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Speaker 5: I really like that question. The best advice I ever

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Speaker 5: got from another woman came from my mom, a super strong,

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Speaker 5: accomplished woman, who said to me, you might never be

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Speaker 5: the smartest, but you can always work the hardest.

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Speaker 1: To the moms, that's a two two mom answer right there.

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Speaker 1: We love the moms. That's so true, because there's always

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Speaker 1: going to be somebody that's something more than you. You know, smarter, prettier, thinner, whatever,

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Speaker 1: all the things. But we can definitely control how much

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Speaker 1: we contribute and how hard we work at being better

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Speaker 1: every day. Who are some of the women you most

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Speaker 1: admire and what about them inspires you?

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Speaker 5: So, being a woman cardiologist, I'm often one of the

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Speaker 5: few women in the room, though that has changed very

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Speaker 5: well over the past few decades. But when I think

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Speaker 5: back to inspiring women, it's those physicians I knew in

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Speaker 5: medical school, residency, fellowship training who directly supported me and

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Speaker 5: led by example on what it means to be an

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Speaker 1: Well, I for one, am so happy that you and

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Speaker 1: other women are out there in these important rooms talking

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Speaker 1: about our health, our future. We would be nowhere without you,

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Speaker 1: so I'm so grateful for you being in that room.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you, is there anyone you're excited to

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Speaker 5: I am so excited about the menopause panel. Women are

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Speaker 5: vibrant at every age, but I feel like women get

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Speaker 1: Saying no is a big I choose me a moment.

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, this has been the best day ever.

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Speaker 6: You that conversation? Was wonderful to see how you held

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Speaker 6: Hope people took away the fact that this is a

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Speaker 1: Yes, what does being a woman mean to you?

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Speaker 6: Being a woman means to me having freedom, feeling empowered,

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Speaker 1: That freedom support. Those are good, Yes, very good answer.

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Speaker 6: The best of us I've ever gotten from another woman

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Speaker 1: Yes, to quote Dory, just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Damnson.

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Speaker 1: Who are some of the women you most admire and

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Speaker 1: got us to where we are, and we are here

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Speaker 1: to change that and amplify messaging and give all that

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Speaker 1: we know to other women. And it's just I always

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Speaker 1: say this, it's about that connection. Okay, ready fill in

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Speaker 1: the blank. When women come together, blink.

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Speaker 6: When women come together, we have real power.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Was there anyone here at the event that you

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Speaker 1: were excited to see or hear speak.

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Speaker 6: You know, Naomi Watts is incredible to me. I've met

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Speaker 6: her through this community and she is just so open

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Speaker 6: and giving and giving of her time and giving of

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Speaker 6: her stories, and I think gives women strength to see themselves.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's really special. Yes, I know, it's

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Speaker 1: so special to have her here with us too. You

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Speaker 1: are two of the women that are changing the conversation

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Speaker 1: and the community around menopause, and it's invigorating. There's just

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Speaker 1: something just so amazing about what is happening for us

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Speaker 1: women over fifty. Tamson, what was your last I Choose

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Speaker 1: me moment?

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Speaker 6: My last I Choose me moment was this morning. I

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Speaker 6: got up really early, I went for a walk, I

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Speaker 6: had some quiet time to myself, and I came back

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Speaker 6: feeling really refreshed and whole.

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Speaker 1: Oh. I love that those quiet moments can be so rewarding.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Damson. I adore you. I'm so so glad

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Speaker 1: that you're here. This is yeah best day ever. Hi, Kiaren, Okay,

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Speaker 1: we are so glad to have you here representing the

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Speaker 1: American Heart Association today at this beautiful event.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, Hi, Jenny, I'm super honored to be able

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Speaker 4: to be on stage with you and talk about CPR

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Speaker 4: and how important it is, especially for the women in

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Speaker 4: our world.

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Speaker 1: Describe what the energy of today has felt like to you.

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Speaker 4: Oh, well, it's so exciting to be backstage here at

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Speaker 4: I Choose Me because there are so many strong and

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Speaker 4: beautiful women back there that are representing some amazing things

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Speaker 4: for us to do in our lives. There's health coaches,

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Speaker 4: there's a cardiologist, there's actresses and models, and they are

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Speaker 4: all so so interested in making sure that women take

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Speaker 4: care of themselves and do what's right for them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so many powerful women here. It's amazing. Are there

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Speaker 1: any conversations that you're excited to hear today?

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Speaker 4: Well, I've been very interested to hear all kinds of

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Speaker 4: things about what's going on with different folks activities in

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Speaker 4: their podcast. It's been really refreshing and rewarding for me

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Speaker 4: that they've been so interested in talking about CPR and

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Speaker 4: have had so many questions about how to stay in

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Speaker 4: and save a life, what do you need to do

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Speaker 4: and how to be ready.

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Speaker 1: I mean, knowing how to do CPR is a game changer.

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Speaker 1: It's a necessity. I feel like the other day I

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Speaker 1: was walking through the airport and I saw an aed

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Speaker 1: am I saying that, right, aed the machine that you

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Speaker 1: use when people's heart stop. And I thought, you know what,

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Speaker 1: I know how to use that. And I felt so

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Speaker 1: strong in that moment and so powerful and so like

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Speaker 1: I'm going to be able to save somebody's life someday.

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Speaker 1: And that's the best feeling. Karen, What does being a

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Speaker 1: woman mean to you?

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Speaker 4: For me? Personally, being a woman is like one of

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Speaker 4: the most powerful things that there is because we've got

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Speaker 4: the ability to do anything a man can do. But

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Speaker 4: also we've got the ability to give life and to

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Speaker 4: care about people and be more nurturing. I think in

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Speaker 4: a lot of ways, and I think it's really important

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Speaker 4: that we see ourselves as these forces.

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Speaker 3: In the universe.

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Speaker 1: Yes, we are forces. I love that. What does it

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Speaker 1: mean to you to choose yourself?

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Speaker 4: For me, to choose myself, it means that I've put

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Speaker 4: myself in a place where I'm healthy, put myself where

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Speaker 4: I'm safe and happy. I have room to grow, i

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Speaker 4: have room to make mistakes, and I have room to relax.

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Speaker 1: I like that You're allowing yourself to create space that

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Speaker 1: you can relax in. That's so important, Karen. What was

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Speaker 1: your last I Choose Me moment.

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Speaker 4: So I think, well, one of my last I Choose

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Speaker 4: Me moments would be I'm actually about to graduate from

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Speaker 4: graduate school and choosing to do that for myself, choosing

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Speaker 4: to go ahead and proceed and get a master's degree

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Speaker 4: here a little bit later in life than some of

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Speaker 4: my cohorts there in that program and really learn and

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Speaker 4: see how much I have to offer to my field.

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Speaker 1: That's so brave, that is truly inspirational. I've always wanted

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Speaker 1: to go back to school. I don't know why, but

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Speaker 1: I'm really proud of you for diving into that. What

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Speaker 1: is the best advice you've ever gotten from another woman?

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Speaker 4: Oh gosh, the best advice I've ever gotten from another

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Speaker 4: woman is to be confident in who I am and

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Speaker 4: the space that I take up and the ideas that

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Speaker 4: I have, the mistakes that I can make, and the

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Speaker 4: progress that I can make.

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Speaker 1: Confidence is key, so true, all right, I want you

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Speaker 1: to fill in the blank. When women come together.

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Speaker 4: Anything can happen. When women come together, anything can happen.

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Speaker 4: I think women are the most powerful force on the planet.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, This theater full of women is a powerhouse.

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Speaker 1: You can feel it, you can see it. It's inspirational

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Speaker 1: and it spreads, you know, it makes it feel like

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Speaker 1: we are not alone. Who are some of the women

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Speaker 1: you most admire and what about them inspires you?

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Speaker 3: Well, I'd have to.

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Speaker 4: Go ahead and say my mom, because she was a

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Speaker 4: force for our family. She's a force for our family

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Speaker 4: business and you know, really taught me to go out

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Speaker 4: and do something beyond myself. And my aunt Kate, who

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Speaker 4: my daughter Katie is named for, as definitely somebody I

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Speaker 4: honor and I'm excited about. And I've just been really

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Speaker 4: blessed to have some really amazing figures in my work space.

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Speaker 4: That American Heart Association is led by a bunch of

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Speaker 4: powerful women, with Nancy Brown and Susie Upton and even

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Speaker 4: my immediate boss, Tracy Berto. It's really fun to have

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Speaker 4: strong women who really support each other in that workspace.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the women at AHA American Heart Association are bad ass.

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Speaker 1: I look up to all of them and the work

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Speaker 1: that they're doing and that they have committed their lives

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Speaker 1: to spreading awareness for heart diseases. We both know the

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Speaker 1: number one killer of American women, and I always love

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Speaker 1: being in a room full of women who are more

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Speaker 1: accomplished than me, who are more educated than me, who

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Speaker 1: are making changes in this world. It is yeah, definitely inspiring.

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Speaker 1: Is there anyone you're specifically excited to hear speak today?

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Speaker 4: Well, I was really excited to meet Sasha backstage and

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Speaker 4: to see all the things that she had to say,

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Speaker 4: So I think that's probably the one.

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Karen, I'm so happy you came. I'm

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Speaker 1: so excited that we have shown women that we can

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Speaker 1: save a life just by knowing CPR. It's not as

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Speaker 1: hard as anybody thinks it is anymore, and everybody should

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Speaker 1: know how to perform CPR. So thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for being here and demonstrating that to all of us today.

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Speaker 1: We all learned something really valuable from you. Thank you