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It is more than an honor. It's a

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joy to talk about Women's History Month.

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It's something that has always been incredibly personal

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to me. I was a history undergrad major

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and then went to school to teach history.

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So I really believe in the value of

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not just learning about the past, but by

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dissecting it.

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So for this podcast, I'm not actually gonna

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name names,

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but I'm gonna invite you into an educational

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journey just for yourself to learn about the

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women leaders in our past that speak to

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you.

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For some of you, you may pick some

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women CEOs of Fortune five hundred.

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For some of you, you may pick women

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doctors

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who've pioneered amazing things.

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For some of you, you may pick some

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incredible

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women who have made differences in legal.

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And for some of you, you may pick

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your moms or grandmas,

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and I'm all about that.

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But let me be clear, pick.

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Have your go to women.

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I have probably 17.

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A little from this, a little from this,

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a little from this, and a little from

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this. Why? Because I play a lot of

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different roles.

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I do have my corporate CEO mentors and

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role models

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that I scour and read every book and

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watch every movie on because I run a

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company and I need to, and I want

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to. But then I have my mom. I

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was a single mom of three, and that

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was really important role to me. I still

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am. I am a grandma,

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and I wanna learn about that role, and

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I have my mentors and go to. I

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am very passionate about making the world better

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and my volunteer, and I look to that.

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So to me, having 17 or 19 women

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who have just rocked the world and continue

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to rock the world, that's part of my

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honor for Women's History Month. I try to

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add more

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constantly.

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If you have suggestions, we always wanna hear

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about them. They may be really well known,

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but I wanna be clear, sometimes they're not.

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Sometimes they are the people that just touch

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your everyday life, and I think that's incredibly

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cool and incredibly personal. But as women, we

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don't and shouldn't and couldn't do this alone.

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We carry each other in so many different

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ways.

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We open doors. We used to say break

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glass ceilings.

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We're always thinking about the next generation

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and even our own generation.

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But even five generations later, we wanna be

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able to say, what did we do?

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What

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teeny

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to large change did you make?

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Is it speaking up in a meeting when

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they're only men or male dominated?

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That's a pretty impressive task

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to add to your tool bag. Is it

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starting your own empire,

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small or big? That's also very impressive. Is

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it fill in the blanks?

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You probably have many better ideas, but maybe

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along the way,

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something has silenced your dream. I don't know

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what it is. I know one thing that's

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really important during women's history month is we

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don't always have the encouragement,

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the champions,

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the cheerleaders

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that

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other people

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have.

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And so I hope

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that you'll take me as your cheerleader.

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I hope

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that you'll look at me as go for

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it.

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Make tons of mistakes.

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Continue

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the vision that you want to because you

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just never know where it might end up.

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And even though we don't always know one

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another,

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we have a passion

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for continuing

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women's empowerment,

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for continuing

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the growth that so many of our mentors

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started and are still doing. And lastly is

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don't be afraid to be a little silly

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and a little funny along the way. I

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know it's a serious journey, and I take

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it super seriously,

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but it's okay to have some fun too.

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Thank you so much for listening to this

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podcast.

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Thank you

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for continuing

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the journey

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for Women's History Month.