Hey everybody, Emily Abadi here. You're listening to five minute Friday. Man. Admittedly, I'm recording this.

Probably not all that long before you listen to it, which is a little out of character for me. But it's been a

hectic week. And when I thought about what I wanted to talk about for five minute Friday earlier in the

week, I realized that I knew it would come to me after the days events on Thursday. And that's because

yesterday, I had the opportunity to go to the ESPN W Summit. It's been something that's on my,

that's been on my bucket list for a really long time. I just, it was one of those events that when

it would happen a year after year, I would make note of it a mental note and I would write it down

and I would say, okay, next year, I'm going to figure out how to get myself into the ESPN W Summit.

Next year, I'm going to figure out how to make this happen. And finally, this year, as I was

setting my goals, which is something I will talk about shortly, answering the listener question,

I made a note to check in when it was and figure out how to get myself in. And so that's exactly

what I did. And let me tell you what an inspiring day it is. So, you know, as a solar pranor,

I feel like that's like a jazzy term. But I do a lot of this stuff on my own, right? And it can

feel really lonely. And I know that I'm not the only woman who wants to tell the stories of

woman and wellness and woman in sport and push for more coverage of women in sport. But sometimes,

when I'm at my desk and I'm doing this solo and I'm making this podcast, I can feel really alone

in my mission. And today, I was reminded that that is not the case at all. To be in a room surrounded

by so many powerful, awesome women. It was just such a really beautiful, beautiful day

to hear the stories of rockstar athletes and women telling their stories and to just

be surrounded with motivation and good vibes. I felt so grateful to be in that room. And I left

the conference and I do this thing after moments, kind of bucket list moments for me. And I

said that this was on my bucket list. And I always take myself out to reflect and to take

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