Let's begin. Welcome, welcome everybody. My name is Lizzie Williamson and before we quick kick off, I'm just gonna share with you a quick story. And it's a story that many of you here in the room might relate to. 16 years ago, I had a toddler and a newborn baby and what I thought was going to be one of the happiest moments in my life turned out to be one of the darkest. I felt so stuck, so overwhelmed and I knew that there were things that I could be doing to help me feel that little bit better but I just couldn't get myself to do it. Can anyone relate to that feeling? All felt impossible. And I didn't tell this to anybody because I felt so ashamed but I finally got myself to go and see my doctor and she said to me, what you're experiencing is perinatal depression.

She said there's support and help available, you're not alone and she said to me something that I needed to hear and maybe there's some people out here today that you might need to hear this too. When you get on a plane in an emergency and they tell you to put your oxygen mask on first before assisting others, that's what you have to do. This is an emergency. But I remember getting home and thinking, what can this oxygen mask thing be for me? I didn't have any time, I couldn't even go to the toilet by myself without my toddler following me. I had no energy, it all felt so hopeless. But I got to my kitchen and because I used to be a professional dancer and I danced around the world doing the can-can and casinos and chorus lines on cruise ships and as a dancer, you spend hours and hours at a ballet bar and so I put my hands on my kitchen bench like it was my ballet bar and I cannot believe now telling you this, how hard this was to do but I got myself to do a plie.

And then I did another one and I did another. Plie after plie. And all I could get myself to do in that moment was a couple of minutes but I felt this very faint little feeling that I hadn't felt for so long. It was this feeling of hope. And when I got into bed that night, rather than going through all the things that I hadn't done like made my baby the organic pumpkin puree I was supposed to and teach my toddler her ABCs, I thought to myself, I did that little thing for me. And that feeling was enough to bring me back the next day and the next and the next and it started to create this ripple effect where I started to ask for help. And as the months went on, I remember this moment where my little toddler Stella said to me, you wanna have a dance mommy?

And for months I'd been saying, no, I just couldn't get myself to do it, I'd been making some excuse. And this day I said, yeah, let's dance. And so I had little Stella on one hip and my baby Ruby on the other and we started dancing together. And I'll never forget that I looked to Stella and then I looked to Ruby and I looked them in the eyes and it was like the first time that I had really seen them for what felt like so long. That first little step and the next and the next and getting more help had led me to that precious, precious moment. It led me to spreading this message of Two Minute Moves around the world, it led me to the Gidget Foundation and it's led me to you here today. We are here together to celebrate, to connect with this incredible community and so to kick things off and to celebrate those small steps and the big milestones of the Gidget Foundation and all they have achieved and continue to achieve.

I'm gonna ask you a question that my little Stella asked me so long ago. Will you dance with me? Yes? Okay, I'm gonna ask you to stand on up if you're able to, push your chairs on in. We are pumping up that music and I have got a book to give away for every member of the table with the most enthusiastic dancers. Are you ready? I'm gonna get you to imagine that you've got two heavy shopping bags. Heavy shopping bags, lift one up, then lift the other one up. Oh my gosh, you guys are already going up. Heavy shopping bags. That's it. Beautiful. Okay, we're gonna kick it off by starting a lawnmower. Start up your engine, let's go. Yes, other arm. I'm looking out for that table. Oh, we've already got the sprinkler start over there. Okay, we've got the sprinkler move. Thank you over there, sprinkler, let's all do it together. Sprinkler the other arm.

Other arm, let's go, sprinkler it up. Now I'm gonna get you to follow these moves. Are you ready? Four hair punches. And now you're hot. Yes, all the men and boys and women in the room. And we're up. Big hug. Now send someone a kiss. Do it again. You're gonna get it. Let's go. Yes, up the back there. Woo, hug, send that kiss. Okay, in front of you is a pot. All the ingredients that you need to have an incredible day today. We've got wine, we've got champagne, we've got food, other direction. We're gonna connect. We're gonna bring that energy, that generosity, that positivity. We're gonna stir it all up. Faster, let's go, let's see it.

Other way, down the front here, I'm loving your move. Are you ready? Let's do it again. Step punch. Peek. Yes, up the back, I see you there. Self hug. Blow someone a kiss. And again, step punch. Oh, we've got some moves in here. And up, yes. And big hug. Okay, turn it to your table. Okay, you're gonna go. Catch someone's in the eye, keep it up. Yes, love it, brilliant. Okay, you're now gonna send some high fives to everyone around your table.

High five, catch someone in the eye. Celebrate them and all that they do. Yes, woo, we've got some good high fives going there. Last time, let's do it. Last time. Which table's gonna win the box? That's it. Yes, woo. Okay, the table that's won the book, in the orange dress, what's your table number there? Very good, boys, let's bring them all the books. And now I have the absolute privilege, we're gonna stay standing, of introducing you to our emcees, who are probably gonna have to get their breath to guide us through the rest of the day.