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
Tag: voice
How to overcome being ignored
Some things are worth waiting for but sometimes you're better off just calling it quits and moving on to something else. Just because you can wait, doesnt mean that you should. What do you do when you're speaking and nobody is listening? Do you speak louder and hope that people start to pay attention, do … Continue reading How to overcome being ignored
Letting things pile up
Little problems can suddenly become big problems. It is so important to address things in the moment instead of brushing them off, waiting or saying nothing. When you do this you'll find that days, weeks or even months later you're bringing stuff up that were (according to the other person) not an issue when they … Continue reading Letting things pile up
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
Start valuing your voice
The way that you show up in the world is likely to be imapcted by your confidence and self esteem. Perhaps you play small and avoid doing things that will draw any attention even though you have ideas and opinions to share. But the reason you don't share your ideas is because you don't value … Continue reading Start valuing your voice
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
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…
The Daily Gemm 