How to discover your authentic self -- at any age | Bevy Smith
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4.1 • 12.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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In a talk packed with wry wisdom, pop culture queen Bevy Smith shares hard-earned lessons about authenticity, confidence, mature success and why, if you put in the work, “life gets greater later.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, it's Peter and Abby from the Therapy Crouch podcast, and we're currently brought to you by James Patterson's new audiobook thriller, The Picasso Heist. |
| 0:08.3 | Narrated by Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Jones. |
| 0:11.5 | Our student, Holston-Grome, must orchestrate the heist of a lifetime to outspart her enemies and save her father. |
| 0:18.1 | A rare masterpiece by Picasso is about to go to auction and the whole world is |
| 0:21.7 | watching. Can she do it? Oh, and the narrator, Felicity Jones, incredible. And I actually found myself |
| 0:27.2 | sitting in the car after work just to finish a chapter. I'm sorry I did it without you, Pete. |
| 0:31.5 | It is addictive, it's fast-paced, it's got everything. And you can listen to the audio book of Picasso |
| 0:36.3 | Heist on Audible, Spotify, and all audio book retailers. |
| 0:44.5 | It's TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hugh. You're in for a treat and a lot of laughing out loud in today's talk from pop culture queen, Bevy Smith. |
| 0:55.3 | She took the TED 2020 stage in five-inch heels and a whole lot of moxie. |
| 1:00.3 | She shares where it all came from and her key lessons about aging in her singular |
| 1:05.4 | Bevy Smith style. |
| 1:09.7 | I am a late bloomer. |
| 1:12.6 | In fact, a friend of mine you may have heard of, Chris Rock, he once called me the most |
| 1:18.6 | late-blooming mopho he'd ever met. |
| 1:22.8 | Now, some people might consider that snide, but I revel in it. |
| 1:27.8 | I'm 55, and I'm hearing this curvy body as someone who has done the work, |
| 1:34.3 | live the life, walk the walk in these very high heels, |
| 1:38.5 | and therefore is qualified to testify in the church and in the court of law |
| 1:43.7 | that it does, in fact, get |
| 1:46.0 | greater later. |
| 1:54.0 | Now, coming to this realization wasn't easy. At the age of 38, I was a very successful fashion |
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