Remember When You Wanted to Be on a TED Stage?

Dear Shanita,

It’s been 5 years to the day. Technically 6 if you count 2020—the year you actually had it ready (thanks COVID). You were obsessed with TED and after listening to hundreds of talks you knew deep down that you deserved to share your words too. You knew it had to do with courage, but you were lost. Studying how to craft a TED-worthy talk took weeks. Writing took over a month. Your post-partum hormones made rehearsing rough. Frustrated, you wanted to give up. Yet your intuition was like NAHH. Durga was like NAHH. The Sag inside was like NAHH. They didn’t let you cop out. And thank Maa you didn’t. You not only spoke your truth in red sneakers, you made it to TED.com. You let the essence of the talk take you on the yellow brick road to Courage Magic. You did a hard thing, and that’s worth celebrating. You were victorious. You still are. Don’t forget it, OK?

When did your intuition help you emerge victorious?

With love + courage, 

Me