How are you feeling today?What's on your mind?What's brought you joy lately?What do you miss? Talking is a lot easier than writing. Lately I've been a fan of the audio journal or what I've been referring to as an audio check-in, taking a couple of minutes to reflect and speak out loud. You can tell … Continue reading The audio check-in
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Using your voice and speaking your mind
And sometimes you realise that you've changed. Maybe few years ago or even just last year you'd have said nothing, said it was fine and pushed how you felt aside. You may have been upset, hurt or just frustrated but you were too afraid to show it for fear of your feelings being invalidated. But … Continue reading Using your voice and speaking your mind
Say it now
If something is bothering you, don't ignore it. Say it now. Of course there may be times when you need to process and check in with yourself to ensure you're not making a mountain out of a molehill but that won't always be necessary. Often, the reason we ignore things and don't speak up in … Continue reading Say it now
On learning to voice your needs
I just googled not being able to voice your needs and there were about 1,220,000,000 results. Being able to voice your needs is an important part of life. If you can't say what you need, you probably won't get it. If you've ever been that person you might have been lucky enough to find someone … Continue reading On learning to voice your needs
The inconvenience of a tennis ball
When something is on your mind and you choose not to say it, the result is often unideal. Let's think of the thing you choose to hold in as a tennis ball. If you say it, you can drop the ball but if you don't say it, you have to carry the ball around with … Continue reading The inconvenience of a tennis ball
Difficult conversations
A difficult conversation is a conversation worth having. It's hard speaking up when you don't know how to say things eloquently, you're worried about how people will react and feel like nobody will pay attention. But that doesn't mean you should say nothing. Maybe it means you should take a different approach, ensure you're talking … Continue reading Difficult conversations
Here’s an idea
I've been thinking about trying something new. The idea of a podcast appeals to me for various reasons, one of which is that it'll help me to use my voice more and give me a space to speak about things I don't usually talk about. And it reminds me about why I started blogging in … Continue reading Here’s an idea
If you haven’t got anything ‘good’ to say…
...say something better tomorrow. Not everything you say will be good, perfect or profound. But that doesn't mean you should say nothing. So often we bite our tongue because we don't don't think that what we have to say is enough of whatever we think it needs to be. Next time you're about to keep quiet, … Continue reading If you haven’t got anything ‘good’ to say…
You might as well say it
Have you ever wanted to say something but not known how to put it into words so you ended up saying nothing. Well I’m learning that in some cases you might as well say it because the alternative is harbouring frustration over words unspoken and that is something that never feels good. It’s not about … Continue reading You might as well say it
The Daily Gemm 