That woman at the end should do inspirational speeches publicly.

Nathalie inspired me to start writing again. So this is my poem: What if I stopped? Just for one day, was completely, 100% myself. Made every corny joke that popped in my head. Stopped agreeing with everything everyone said. What if I tried? Tried to jump a little higher than the rest. Made an effort to love myself. What if I. What if I, didn’t care. Didn’t care what they thought. Didn’t care what they said. Was comfortable with myself. What do you think would happen? Would the world stop and stare? Would I be judged, get laughed at? What am I so afraid of? What is holding me back? Why can she, he, they, but I can’t? Why should I be quiet? Why should I look at my shoes? Why do I have to take a step back? So they can shine? Well today I choose. I choose to be happy. I choose me. From now on, the only friends allowed in my life. No any person allowed in my life, are people who lift me up. From now on, you need to deserve my respect. I will not give you any time or effort if you make me feel bad about myself. Your comments won’t hurt me anymore. Because child I have made a choice. Whatever made me this way, whatever voice I hear in my head. I will shut it down. It is my time to take over. My turn to steer. So today I will stop. Stop the hurt, stop the pain, and stop the tears. For once in my life, I will be real. - Meron

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, SoulPancake. If you're going to do this, please interview an array of women, because many of us have different stories of struggle in this world, especially because of our religion or race or sexual orientation or identity (transgender women), because a lot of those factors contribute to who we are. That would be a GREAT way of helping.

"What if my life wasn't controlled by fear?" "...to remind the timid to be brave." Excellent.

That poem just hugged my soul...

This is so incredibly eye-opening. Such a beautiful and soft way to express very frustrating problems that are usually over heard because of they way they are voiced. Thank you for this!

That was one of the most beautiful poems I have ever heard. I am moved beyond words...Thank you for this video...I loved it...

This made me cry. So sad and so uplifting at the same time.

The spoken word brought me to tears. I am the big girl too afraid to flip. And i still am. But i will not accept that standard. I will rise and i will fight!

I'm in tears right now! This was so validating and I'm so grateful we are all finally able to connect and share these beautiful, empowering moments ... Thank you everyone ... Many bright, beautiful blessings

I may not be a female, but damn this is so perfect. I absolutely love the idea of a lovely lady taking on the world with out people of my gender, or even their gender, holding them back or telling them they can't do anything! I wish that everyone my age could understand this and have a voice about this as well. I hope the world I leave behind for my kids and grand kids will provide them with every opportunity with equal rights for every gender.

Oh! Mygoodness! This was definitely my favorite poem yet by Natalie!

That poem! It touched me so deeply. This video is very inspirational. I'm 26, and never graduated highschool. I haven't felt like I was worth enough to give it another try, after waiting so long. When I was younger, I dreamed of being a teacher...I want to pursue that dream. Thank you, ladies at SoulPancake...I needed this video a lot.

I am male. And the poem spoke to me deeply. I don't see it as a gender inequality issue. It's an issue of inequality as human beings. The issue is seeing the person underneath the skin...because beauty is indeed only skin deep.

I love how strong and articulate you all are. I appreciate you bringing up these topics in such an uplifting space. Natalie you continue to move my spirit. Thank you.

I love that my 13 year old daughter is totally inspired by the lady that reads her poetry at the end!

I really enjoy these videos, and the topics presented within them. Natalie is a voice of genius, incredibly inspiring and very addictive, I crave more of her poems!

I am so glad that Natalie is becoming a regular on this series!

YES!!!!!! love this.... Im so optimistic of the new world that is blosoming all around!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

OH YES. This beautiful woman that does these poem! LOVE HER! Goosebumps as usual!

Everytime I listen to Natalie's poetry, I got goosebumps!

Oh my! That woman at the end made me cry like a little child... That was amazing! Thank You!

As a guy I really liked this. It seemed more progressive then one of those attacks on men. Though I have my own theory's, I respect this as an Idea and possibility.

Natalie, you inspire me so much. Your words, your words are magic that ignites a spark within me.

More than 2 years later and I still come back to these videos for inspiration so frequently. Thank you thank you for this beautiful video, please do more and say the unspoken.

I absolutely love Natalie's spoken word part.

This video is just completely honest!! I love how real all of these woman are ,not how media present them,Its is so inspiring and motivating.I Want to live freely and to exceed expectations just like they said instead of how society want me to be as a woman 🙌❤️

I Love that girl! Natalie Patterson you are amazing. Your words penetrate me like lights of hope and strength. Thank you

I'm so glad you guys have chosen to bring back Natalie Patterson time and time again - her poetry is my favourite part of this series!

this is so true and I recognize so much of it. great job leading this incredibly important dialogue.

Oh this video touched my soul and brought me to tears and uplifted my spirit all at once. Thank you so much for sharing.. Muah.. Thank you.

man that poem in the end got me. Chills. Amazing she is a great writer!

I just discovered this series. Thank you.

every time I listen to those poems, I can't help but cry! they are so beautiful and true! :)

Favorite poem by Natalie. Keep it up girl. I have tears running down my cheeks and I am so inspired by you. I want to start writing like you do. Thank you!

"I am a culmination of every thought in the most high which makes my existence and wholly and..what if I've tried on worthy for size?" Rage against the tepidness of the mundane with every fiber in your being that makes you...YOU. Be and create your awesome self. Awesome video.

What a wonderful poem at the end, that girl is such a talented poet. Very inspiring, thank you Soul Pancake!

Natalie, you did it again! You can't even imagine how much I love your words so articulate and so confidently spoken! You are amazing and I don't use that word lightly! Thank you!

soooo wonderful! thank you!

I love this channel and most of all I love the woman at the end and her poems. They are just as beautiful as she is and they need to be shared! keep doing what you're doing :)

Ok this series is amazing!

This is my new favorite series from you channel, great job SoulPancake !

I love watching these soooo much!

very powerful series! i love it

That last woman is just amazing! I hope she know that!!!

Natalie Patterson you never fail to amaze. Thank you so much again

incredibly inspiring! I love these videos; I look forward to each and every one.

great great great piece of peace unfolding. May the light of love spread amongst and within ALL.

this made me feel that I have some value in this world I loved the women at the end

That poem at the end was amazing.

I have to say, I LOVE what your doing with this Channel! I mean not enough people try to understand the human condition!

seriously the spoken word at the end of these things

I really liked that quote halfway through, because that's how I try to view people. I don't know enough about the world to say "all women/men are like this", or to say that that statement is incorrect. What I do know though is that every human being on this planet is a human being, and deserves to be seen as who they are. I try not to think "oh, they're X,Y and Z and therefore they are A, B and C", it's better to figure out whether they are A, B and C by simply seeing whether they act like that, not whether they look like other people who act like that. I think my thoughts have been a bit higglety-pigglety, but that's the way I, a male teenager, try and view people. And that's why I like the quote.

I love Natalie. Her words inspire me and make me feel worthy of being me in this time that I'm in. People are trying to help and people hurt... and I am doing both. I really look foreward to these every week because they always help me with my day or week. I don't fight. Fighting never solves anything. I just believe. No matter how small or weak or worthless I feel, I know that there is a way out, even if I don't acknowledge it at that moment. I know that there is something is out there for me to do in the world. Some people say to start when you're young. Some people say things take time. If I try to start now, I'd have to quite public school and homeschool while working on my dream of singing and writing and art in general. But if I wait to take the plunge into my carrier, I might miss my chance and it would be too late for me to do anything about it, and I'd have to wait for next year or ten years. But no matter how long it takes, I will be know for what I do because now... I am a singer. I am a writer. I am an artist. I just haven't put myself out there for the world to see. I want people to know who I am and why I'm here. I want people to see thing that they never knew could come from a 15 year old "little girl." Sometimes I'm treated like a kid and that what I say has no use in the world because people think I don't know what I'm talking about, or they don't know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I'm treated like an adult and people think I'm taking everything more seriously than I think is needed. I am not a child. I am not an adult. I am an adolescent. And that means that I am inbetween. And I intend to be taken seriously when needed, and I need a break from stress and need to be taken in a fun and childish manner when need be. I am a girl. I am a teenager. I am useful. I am still child-like. But I am progressing to be an adult. And I do wish to be taken as a 15 year old. Not any older. Not any younger. The way I act depends on my mood. But the way you treat someone depends on YOU.

Did anyone else peak at the end to see if Natalie was also featured in this video? also I need Natalie for daily pep talks!

great video very well done soulpancake

This is powerful! I hate I barely found it ... bravo!!!

LOVE THIS!

I love this series, and I absolutely ADORE Natalie Patterson! Amazing!!

I love this so much.

I loved the poem ! Great video overall :)

That poem....thats real and beautiful.

Such an important series, wow

Love this more can be said thank you for this

That was a beautiful poem, and the essence of it transcends with all human beings (regardless of gender, age, race, and abilities)

OH MY GOODNESS THIS SPEAKS TO MY SOUL

this series is SUCH a bomb!

That speech @ the last part really hit me. Amazing.

wowww i'm loving this series!

LOVE!! The poet at the end... WOW!!

I love this so so much, I can't tell you how much I and women in general need to hear this need to hear that is what she said and of course Natalie's beautifully spoken words! one more thing i would love it if you would get more diverse women to speak, women with different orientations, religions, races, etc etc..

I originally subscribed for kid president videos but I love love the that's what she said series. I also think Natalie is extra fabulous!

so awesome ! ladies you are truly inspirational. I am just beginning a Young Ladies Womens Ministry at my church and I would love to show this :) We as young ladies need to grow together and grow in confidence, we are blessed to be a blessing :)

I like these videos before I watch them!

Oh my goodness this is all so very true!

I love these i always look foward to especially the girls poem

We have to do more as women to inherently connect with and support other women. We are now showing to one another more compassion but we can always do more....we need each other and are better and stronger together than we are apart

The poet at the end is gorgeous!

amazing and beautiful, the woman who does the spoken word fierce and beautiful, God bless you.

Tears. Tears of happiness.

Natalie Patterson. That woman is a phenom.

Thank you.

What a wonderful poet

The poem was beautiful, really nice ending

I loveeeee this

Thanks for sharing the conversation. Just to be clear, assertive boys are also sometimes labelled bossy and it can also be damaging to them. (happened to me) I think the part from later in the conversation about whether you are kicking down people's ladders or helping them up applies. It's time to ditch labels. I'm not even a fan of "positive" labels, because those can also be damaging and make a person feel like they are limited to the scope of that label without taking into account all the other aspects of their humanity. I like the NVC model for showing appreciation: say what you observed a person did, share how it made you feel, and talk about the value that's important to you which their action supported.

My Music Major has been an uphill battle, not because of men, but because of the competition with other women. And the only way I'm staying afloat is by trying to better myself, not make myself better than another person. I'm extremely emotional when it comes to my friends, my art, and stress. If I feel like tearing up, I will, and so what if people think that I'm weak? A bit of a sob story? When I'm on stage, I will fight to show them that I'm anything but.

Every damn time! I'm crying yet again.

I cried, it was so beautiful

My fav part of this series is the poet woman !!!!

These clips are amazing, really insipring :-)

This left me speechless, empowered, and inspired. (With goosebumps) ;)

Ok this is my second favorite series on soulpancake besides kid president:)

I remember working for a woman lawyer, who was the toughest, meanest, most aggressive, hostile, cold person I had ever met, A perfect description of what distortions take place in some work environments for women to feel they are on the same or similar level to men....I think we are still in this twilight world, neither light nor dark, for seeing the position we (men and women) should take regarding the values we are trying to identify with.

I love this mini clips about women roles in society, but I would also like to see more diversity at the table. After all, women come in different colors and from different religions! Thank you!

Nathalie is so awesome!!! Respect to that.

amazing

goose bumps!!!

would be a more genuine and relevant conversation if they included more marginalized groups such as ethnic minorities, disabled women and trans women, etc.

It's interesting, whenever I find myself standing up for something I believe in, whether it be a friend, equality, or something of the sort, my voice gets so much deeper. Because I am just 13, 4'11'', and a girl, I fear that I will not be taken seriously. Sometimes I wish that I could take a different form to get a point across, but then I think again. What makes my words so strong is that they are coming from me. They often surprise the offender. They will see me as weak and feeble until they heard me speak logic, far beyond my years, and appearance.