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The Power of the Woman Learning to Be Seen · Mosaic Sparks with Lesley George

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  SPEAKER_01: Welcome back, sparklers.
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  SPEAKER_01: Welcome back to Motivational Monday.
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  SPEAKER_01: And this Monday, we're going to talk about from visible to unstoppable.
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  SPEAKER_01: I want to share a quote with you from Marianne Williamson.
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  SPEAKER_01: Your plain small does not serve the world.
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  SPEAKER_01: Let that sit with you for a moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, because many women are not struggling with lack of talent, intelligence, or capability, many women are struggling with visibility.
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  SPEAKER_01: Not because they lack power, because somewhere along the journey they learned it was safer to hide it.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that is exactly why Violet's story in The Incredible speaks to so many women.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, when we first met Violet, she's quiet, she sits in the back, she avoids attention.
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  SPEAKER_01: She literally uses her power to become invisible.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, on the surface, that looks cool, like a cool superhero ability, but if you look deeper, it is very symbolic.
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  SPEAKER_01: Violet disappears because she does not believe her presence matters.
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  SPEAKER_01: She believes showing up might make things worse.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if we're honest, many women know that feeling.
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  SPEAKER_01: Not because you don't know the answer, because you don't want to be judged, labeled, or even misunderstood.
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  SPEAKER_01: So instead of standing in your brilliance, you slowly master the art of invisibility.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now look around in any workplace, any church, any classroom or organization.
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  SPEAKER_01: You'll find brilliant women who have learned to stay small.
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  SPEAKER_01: Women with ideas, women with wisdom, women with leadership potential.
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  SPEAKER_01: But somewhere along the line, they receive the message: do not be too loud, do not be too confident, and definitely do not be too visible.
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  SPEAKER_01: So guess what?
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  SPEAKER_01: They shrink.
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  SPEAKER_01: Not dramatically, but quietly over time, one moment at a time.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the world loses something every time a powerful woman decides to hide.
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  SPEAKER_01: Not in the incredibles, violence transformation happened when everything is on the line.
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  SPEAKER_01: Suddenly, hiding is was not an option anymore.
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  SPEAKER_01: She must use her abilities, and something incredible happens.
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  SPEAKER_01: The same power was used to disappear, became the power she uses to protect.
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  SPEAKER_01: Her force feel became began saving people.
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  SPEAKER_01: Her presence begins changing outcomes.
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  SPEAKER_01: Nothing about her abilities changed, only her belief about how it did.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that shift mattered.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because confidence really comes from receiving any new abilities.
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  SPEAKER_01: Confidence comes from realizing the power you already had was real all along.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, some women are waiting for permission, waiting to feel ready, waiting to feel confident, waiting for that perfect moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: But readiness rarely arrives before action.
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  SPEAKER_01: Confidence grows after you step forward, not before.
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  SPEAKER_01: Violet did not wake up suddenly fearless.
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  SPEAKER_01: She stepped into situations that force her to trust herself, and each moment of courage strengthened the next.
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  SPEAKER_01: That is how confidence actually grows.
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  SPEAKER_01: Through evidence, through action, through small, small, courageous moments stacked together.
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  SPEAKER_01: Visibility is uncomfortable at first.
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  SPEAKER_01: But when you start, when you finally start speaking up, people notice.
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  SPEAKER_01: When you finally share your ideas, ideas, people react.
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  SPEAKER_01: When you finally show up boldly, people form opinions, but hiding comes definitely with a cost.
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  SPEAKER_01: When a woman hides long enough, she begins to believe the lie that her voice does not matter.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that lie slowly becomes her identity until something interrupts it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Sometimes it is an opportunity, sometimes it's adversity, and sometimes it's simply the realization that life is too short to live invisible.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, Violet's second power is definitely fascinating.
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  SPEAKER_01: The force feels, the protections, the boundaries.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's not an accident in storytelling because when women finally decide to be visible, they also learn the importance of boundaries.
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  SPEAKER_01: Confidence without boundaries becomes very exhausting.
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  SPEAKER_01: Leadership without boundaries becomes resentment.
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  SPEAKER_01: Healthy power includes protection, the ability to say yes, and definitely the ability to say no, the ability to show up, and the ability to guard your energy.
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  SPEAKER_01: Violet didn't stop being sensitive.
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  SPEAKER_01: She simply learned how to protect herself while still showing up.
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  SPEAKER_01: And what is a lesson many women are learning right now?
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  SPEAKER_01: There are young girls watching, there are other women watching, there are communities waiting for someone to step forward.
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  SPEAKER_01: Visibility creates permission for others.
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  SPEAKER_01: When one woman speaks, another woman finds courage.
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  SPEAKER_01: When one woman leads, another woman believes she can too.
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  SPEAKER_01: The ripple effect is powerful.
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  SPEAKER_01: One visible woman can shift an entire room.
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  SPEAKER_01: One visible woman can shift an entire generation.
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  SPEAKER_01: Your story matters.
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  SPEAKER_01: Every woman listening today has something valuable inside her.
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  SPEAKER_01: Whether it's your experience, your perspective, your insights, your wisdom.
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  SPEAKER_01: But the world can't benefit from gifts that remain hidden.
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  SPEAKER_01: Your story matters, your ideas matter, your leadership matters, and your presence carries weight whether you recognize it or not.
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  SPEAKER_01: So just like Violet, the power was always there.
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  SPEAKER_01: The journey was learning to trust it.
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  SPEAKER_01: So here's a question I want you to sit with today.
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  SPEAKER_01: Not tomorrow, not next year, but today.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, where in your life have you been invisible?
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  SPEAKER_01: Even though you were never meant to disappear.
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  SPEAKER_01: So once again, thank you for joining me on this magical Monday as we talked about Violet from the Incredibles.
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  SPEAKER_01: I hope you take this story to heart and maybe you know someone that may be shrinking and not showing up in the way that they should, so that the world can see their brilliance.
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  SPEAKER_01: So until next Monday, I will see you then.