Lift Like Angela Lansbury | LAYC50

Hello, I'm very glad to have you here today, to help me celebrate

the life of someone who has been an inspiration for millions of us...

As she entertained us, and showed us, that you could be in the spotlight and

still be a really great person, without the scandal, and the negative notoriety.

Give a 75 year span of uplifting, inspirational,

entertaining, thought-provoking content in various mediums...

Television, Broadway, musicals, and plays...

movies.

I'm referring to Dame Angela Lansbury, who took her last bow on this earthly stage,

just a few days before her 97th birthday.

It seems that this year, and certainly recently, we've lost a lot of

significant female role models...

Trailblazers with a long legacy of being part of our lives and

modeling for us, the ways to keep on reinventing, keep on giving value

in life and overcoming obstacles, and societal norms and pressures.

Now, the beginning of the year, 2022, was the funeral, the observation

of the death of Betty White, who passed away on December 31st...

Again, just days before a milestone birthday of 100.

I started off the year, with a tribute to Betty White, and that's episode number 43.

I put the link here in the show notes for you if you'd like to go

back and get acquainted with that.

Like that episode, today I wanna share my thoughts around how to

be more like Angela Lansbury...

In how I show up in the world...

Use some of her inspiration and examples, to provide me

more ways to Lift as I Climb...

And perhaps you have some thoughts around that too...

And I'd really love it if you shared with me, and the rest of our Lift as you Climb

podcast audience, your thoughts on how we learn from these incredible role models.

So you can share your ideas, your thoughts, in the Lift as you

Climb Movement Facebook group...

Or send me an email, and maybe I can share your thoughts on a future occasion.

We started 2022, with observing the passing of Betty White.

And then, this summer we also bid farewell to Olivia Newton John.

She was only 73 years old, but wow...

a legacy of a life that she left for us as well, in movies and music.

Fortunately, all of that has been preserved for us because of the internet

today, so we can always stay connected to her, and these other amazing women.

Then in September, Queen Elizabeth II passed, at the age of 96.

Again, volumes of things that we could say about her...

And so many have, that I won't take a lot of time on this episode to

talk about her, other than to say...

Whether you're a royal supporter or not, I admired that woman tremendously.

She was an example for me, a reference on how to behave under

pressure, under scrutiny...

As a leader, as a mother, as a grandmother, as a politician.

I really, truly thank her for the legacy that she has left us.

Not long after, another incredible role model, who demonstrated how to keep

reinventing and overcoming challenges in life, passed at the age of 90.

Loretta Lynn...

There's another life...

A tribute "Coal Miner's Daughter", will give you some of the flavor

for where she came from, and how far she took those roots.

And as a farm girl myself, I relate, on many levels to her early beginning.

So today, thinking of Angela's life, and how she left us a legacy of examples on

how to be more of the best of ourselves.

I made a list of 10 ways that, I thought, how she's really influenced me, and that

I'd wanna be more like Angela every day.

Have fun solving the mysteries of life.

Of course, you know, I'm thinking about Murder She Wrote, and how

that has so many analogies, and examples for us in our lives.

Being called a Dame has privileges and responsibilities.

The word Dame didn't always have a positive connotation in my lifetime,

but I'm saying she rocked it, and I'd like to be wearing the tiara, and

being called the Dame too, proudly.

Figure out what makes your eyes sparkle and do more of that.

Just have to look at the beautiful eyes that sparkle of Angela's and know...

She really had an inner glow, sparkle, and she'd figured out what to do more of.

Age should not stop you from keeping on...

I just love that she said she's never been particularly aware of her age.

It's like being on a bicycle.

You just keep putting one foot down, and keep going.

I thought that was a great way to look at life.

Keep moving, keep pushing on the one pedal at a time, and keep moving forward.

Accept awards, praise and compliments, graciously.

That is something that many of us need to practice, and develop a better muscle for.

I think it's part of how we were brought up, that vanity was a sin, and

we somehow confused that when someone wanted to tell us something positive

about us, that we should believe them...

That we should receive it as a sign to keep on doing more of what we're doing,

because it's not only good for us...

It's good for everyone around us.

You're never too old to try a new role, or ride a bike.

Absolutely, Angela Lansbury is an inspiration for reinventing,

reinventing, reinventing.

If you accept a role, play it well, until it's time to move on.

Know when it's time to move on, and trust your knowing.

Choose your cast and crew carefully.

Let the ones go that don't support you to shine.

Although those are theatrical terms...

Cast and crew...

Really it applies to everyone around you in your life, who is supporting

you to shine as your best you.

Supporting you to grow into the person that can do the most

for others, the person that can Lift while they're climbing.

Not everybody belongs in our life, in each of our roles, and not

everyone is there to support us.

When you stand in the spotlight, you

illuminate paths for others.

That really is the definition of Lift As You Climb.

By doing well yourself, you can do good for others.

There are many ways that you can do that.

Thank you again, Angela Lansbury, for coming into our lives for leaving us

richer, more entertained, more inspired.

Thank you for the legacy that you have left, and we will continue to enjoy you,

and celebrate you, for a very long time.

When someone dies...

Whether there's a funeral service, or a celebration of life, or just a collection

of people together to talk about how that person impacted their life...

What influence they had...

We call that a eulogy, and generally, it's recounting positive things.

A reflection of how your life mattered, how you helped others...

What it is that you did, to leave the world a better place...

Because of your presence.

The eulogies have already been written for Betty White and Angela Lansbury.

But you still have time.

You have time to decide what you want people to say about you when you're gone.

You have time to write that script and live that legacy.

I'd like you to have the opportunity to reflect on...

How do you want to be remembered?

What you accomplished?

How your life mattered?

I would like to share with you, a tool that I created, called Live Your Eulogy.

It's free from me.

You can download it at:

FreeGiftFromIsabel.com

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Feel comforted by the fact that you still do have time to decide

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what's really important to you.

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Who you want to make a difference for?...

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What are the things that you want people to say about you after your gone?...

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This is your opportunity to Lift As You Climb.

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Thank you again, for sharing this time.

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Please, if there's someone in your life that is impactful, has influenced

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you, has helped you to climb...

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Tell them now...

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In person.

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While they're present to hear it.

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Before I leave you today, I do have one more request.

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That request is directed to Angela Lansbury and Betty White.

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Somewhere out in that great big universe...

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I do hope that the two of you are celebrating each other, and the

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amazing lives that you have lived.

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I am deeply grateful for the role models that you both have

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been for women of my generation.

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You lived boldly and fiercely, and you've made us smile!