11/09/2025
โจ Friday reflections from ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ โจ
I was the ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด, one of the final speakers late on a Friday afternoon. I took that as my cue to dial up the energy and engagement.
After quite a week personally, my brain felt a little tired when I first took the mic. But as it always does, being in front of a room full of incredible women gave me energy. The moment I started speaking, something shifted. I saw nodding heads, laughter, and lightbulb moments.
The best feedback came afterward:
๐ฌโ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ!! ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ 3 ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ด.โโค๏ธ
But what I loved most was sharing The New Golden Rule is that the message that continues to ground and guide me: ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.
Thank you to everyone at ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ for such a powerful, joy-filled afternoon especially Adrienne Garland and She Leadsยฎ Media.
Emily Mantell Golden