Officially a Public Speaker!

My presentation, "Supporting Mothers, Shaping Futures: Understanding Maternal Mental Health and Its Impact on Early Childhood Development", was 2 weeks ago. The experience was everything I needed it to be. The participants were engaged, and I felt prepared.

I spent a significant amount of time conceptualizing what I wanted to convey, and the feeling that I wanted to invoke...and, I would say I was successful. Initially, I was concerned that I would not be able to fill the 1.5 hours, but it easily flowed from beginning to end with very little time left.

My biggest takeaway from this is that the process of creating the presentation, compiling the information, and planning activities and then delivering that successfully is, in many ways, similar to giving birth; I spent months growing, feeding, and loving this idea and when it came Earth-side, while it was every bit a part of me once it was in reality I had very little say in how it continued to grow and resonate in the world. I'd go as far as to say I have very little control as to how that experience continues to grow and resonate within myself either.

I'm very excited to see the impact that this experience has on me, and I hope that I can continue to share this information with others. But, I can now add "public speaker" to my resume!