My Today Show Experience – The Power of Sharing your Intentions
I truly believe in the power of setting intentions and believe even more that when you put a voice to them, and share them with others, something magical happens.
While preparing for the Metromom Telesummit I was looking for ways to get the word out and share it with as many women as possible. One of my intentions was to get a segment on the Today show.
I shared this with many different people and I put out feelers to those who I thought might have connections from my local TV station to my new friend and publicist Shannon Cherry. I even posted it on Twitter weeks before my event.
Two weeks before the Telesummit went live, I got an email from a connection at Ladies Who Launch saying a Today Show producer was looking to do a segment on women whose husbands have lost their jobs. Wow, I fit that bill perfectly.
I checked with my husband to make sure he was comfortable with my going on national TV about our situation. With his support I sent in a response to the Today Show and let them know that I could share some additional information for the piece.
Within moments, the producer and I were emailing back and forth with each other (in between her own live news segments on NBC’s NY morning show). She invited me to participate in a coffee shop gathering where three other women would share how our husband’s job loss had affected us. The piece was a lot of fun to be a part of (I was amazed at how much footage (and coffees) were required to get down to the few seconds of TV coverage.)
On Mother’s Day I shared with my sister-in-law that my Today Show piece was airing in two days. "That’s amazing Kim, just last month you told me you were going to be on the Today Show, and look, now you are". I back pedaled (and minimized the whole thing) a bit saying the piece wasn’t about Metromom, or my event, and I’d probably only be on for a few seconds. "Who cares?” she said, “What’s amazing is that you said you’d make it happen and you did".
At that moment I realized the value of sharing my intention to be on the Today Show. I was stating my belief. We’re often taught to be modest and not put out “pie in the sky ideas”. What’s the good in that? Who do we really serve by staying small? There’s a lot to be said about believing and dreaming and that’s something I know I want to teach my children.
Did I really make it happen because I put it “out there”? Will it lead to other opportunities? I believe yes to both questions, and I will continue to ask for what I want and trust that I’ll get it. I hope you’ll do the same. (Please share an intention that you’d like to manifest.)
Here’s the segment for you to view – there are some really valuable tips for women with out of work husbands:
Tags: Husband Lost His Job, Husbands Out of Work, Kim DeYoung, Setting Intentions, Shannon Cherry, Today Show
