{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 48: Becoming the Message: How My TEDx Journey Asked Me to Live Into It \u2014 Over and Over Again","description":"I've pressed pause on our guest series this week for a solo episode \u2014 a behind-the-scenes look at my recent TEDx journey. The real one. Sweaty palms, nervous system stretches, and all. We're so used to seeing the polished final talk that we forget what it requires of a human being to actually get there. This is my way of pulling back the curtain on the messy, deeply human process of saying yes to a big calling. . . even when (especially when) it requires you to live beyond your comfort zone over and over again.  From my first application years ago (when I was unconsciously chasing legitimacy) to this round \u2014 after a natural disaster, divorce, business pivots, and countless lessons in surrender \u2014 this talk asked me to live my message long before I ever delivered it. In this episode, we explore: The real TEDx journey \u2014 from first application to getting "the call" in an airport en route to Cancun How my original desire for external legitimacy had to die so the talk could come from a truer place The difference between intuitive speaking and the highly crafted TEDx format \u2014 and why the memorization nearly broke my brain Losing myself in someone else's vision, doing a full reset, and finally reclaiming my real message The very human nervous system side: stress headaches, flashcards, walking miles reciting lines, and roping in friends and my teenager to run them with me The core message of the talk itself: why trying to control a shaking world keeps us stuck \u2014 and what becomes possible when we learn to move with instability instead You'll also hear my full TEDx talk woven into this episode \u2014 my offering for this collective moment where the ground keeps moving and so many of us are asking: how do I keep caring without being paralyzed by overwhelm? This one is for anyone living through their own season of crumbling, navigating big-purpose work without sacrificing their nervous system, or carrying a big, expansive dream of their own. Stay connected:  Website: meghan-omalley.com  Get the Book: Unstuck Yourself: Thrive Beyond Burnout & Discover Your True Purpose, co-authored with Laura Cardwell, available wherever books are sold or at https:\/\/www.unstuckyourselfbook.net\/ ","author_name":"The Imaginal Change Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.meghan-omalley.com\/","html":"