David Idemudia serves as MC, reflecting warmly on Dr. Ashley Elliott’s longtime dedication to Speak Your Truth — including her legendary appearance shortly after giving birth at the first event — and transitions into an uplifting message about the many ways art, music, dance, and movement offer pathways to coping with anxiety, depression, and stress.
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[01:36:28] The eagerness, I tell you, we are so happy to be here.
[01:36:53] I am so happy to be alive right now.
[01:36:58] Guys, Dr. Elliot, I always say this, say this story.
[01:37:07] Dr. Elliot was there for our first Speaker Truth,
[01:37:10] and this wonderful woman was like, I’m not trying
[01:37:13] to disappoint Tyler and the Speaker Truth crew,
[01:37:16] and just had a baby, literally left the hospital.
[01:37:20] I don’t want to put you out there like that, but like,
[01:37:23] maybe it was days or a day or so after giving birth.
[01:37:28] Is that child here today?
[01:37:30] He is not here today.
[01:37:32] Oh, okay, okay, okay.
[01:37:33] I was about to say, I was about to say,
[01:37:36] we’ve got a Speak Your Truth baby in the house now.
[01:37:39] Okay. But just the fact that we show up here to show you guys
[01:37:47] that there are so many different ways to cope and deal
[01:37:50] with anxiety, stress, with depression,
[01:37:55] with all the different things that people go through.
[01:37:58] Arts, music, dance, exercise, yoga, all of it.
[01:38:03] All of it.
[01:38:05] I don’t want to hold us, so as long as we’re ready,
[01:38:08] we are going to be bringing to the stage you, you.
[01:38:15] Yeah.
[01:38:17] He was ready.
[01:38:18] Yeah.
[01:38:19] I thought he was going to come up here.
[01:38:20] Coming to the stage, give it up for Laura Brino.
[01:38:28] I’m a little taller than some of you.