Last Friday I was on the Today Show. You can watch the clip below. (If you are on email, click over to my site here to watch.)
I always like to share a little of the inside scoop of how the national TV experience is for me, since people often ask about that, and because doing these things I learn something about my own process of playing bigger, something that perhaps will resonate for you too.
This was time #4 for me on the show. I had a major paradigm shift this time around. A ding-ding aha-moment kind of thing. The day before, I realized that even though I normally experience these TV days as totally stressful (feeling nervous, not having slept well, super early morning hair and makeup, rushed getting dressed, etc.) that actually these going-on-TV-days were not very demanding.
After all, I only had to do something for three minutes the whole morning – the three minutes of the segment! The rest of the time is spent passively getting hair and makeup done, going to the studio, and waiting around. With that new concept in mind, I set the intention to experience the morning as relaxing, as requiring almost nothing of me until the segment itself. While I can’t say that went flawlessly, I was much, much more relaxed throughout once I made this mental shift.
I offer this idea to you: is there something that you normally experience as stressful that, in fact, if you took your mind off the stress-train, could in fact be super chill? Or at least, somewhat chill?
(Sidenote: It’s so fun to say “chill.” Iit’s been about 15 years since my California adolescence when that was part of my vocabulary. I’m taking it back.)
Okay, here’s the clip! Enjoy. If you have trouble watching it on my site, check it out on the NBC site here. Over at the Today Show site, you can also find my five step process for working through jealousy when you feel it.
Oh, and if you notice my pregnant belly (!), and missed Saturday’s post on that…you can read about that news here!
Love,
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Love it! So wise and true! You’re amazing! I just can’t help but say sometimes these TV hosts are loud and intrusive. You speak slowly and thoughtfully, which is powerful but I felt they interrupted you, spoke over you muffling what you were saying. It was so short a clip I would have loved for you to have the space to speak without the clutter of other voices interfering. You rock! Thanks for the inspiration!
Tara thank you for being the voice of reason on the Today show…..your point about how we compare our insides with what’s on the outside of others brings misery. Social media is doing a job on many people’s self esteem and it follows right on the heels of traditional mainstream television. Humans come in all shapes and sizes and every single one of them is beautiful.
Job well done…you are a beautiful light and your hair looks gorgeous too. Bonus!
Thanks for sharing this Tara. This jealously issue is a BIGGIE among many women. In my opinion, it is a negative and unproductive distraction to women as much as the male ego is to men. When will people finally have the courage to just simply be themselves and shine as the light, God created us to be.
Jealously is such a waste of good energy. There are only 24 hours in a day. It’s always our choice of how we use this precious time.
Great job Tara! You gotta be quick to get a word in! LOL
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Hey Tara, This was great! You were looking relaxed, you were detached somewhat to the fluffyness of the presenters, I noticed they didn’t pick up on the inner vs outer comment that you made. The presenters were actually funny in parts. Did you enjoy doing it?
Thanks for sharing Tara…I think this is definitely an issue that needs further exploration among us women. I’ll go over and look at your tips. You did so well. I would’ve loved to hear more from you & the psychiatrist & less from the chatterbox hosts! (Dear me!) Congratulations on your gorgeous bump..I’m so pleased for you xX
Thanks so much for sharing. You made a really good point about guilt & jealousy. Instead of pushing that jealous feeling away, it is healthier to look within and find ways to support ourselves because ultimately, we all want to be accepted as we are.
Tara – love the ‘comparing our insides to others outsides’ framing! EXACTLY!!
You came across beautifully in that segment – engaging and collected 🙂
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