There are a thousand reasons not to use your voice. Fear. Comparison. Self-doubt. The worry that someone will judge what you create or has already said what you want to say. But no one else can tell your story exactly the way you can. In this Pep Talk, Jacquelyn Fletcher Johnson explores what it means to heal your relationship with your own voice and find the courage to create, speak, write, sing, or share what is yours to share.
Your voice doesn't have to be perfect. It needs to be yours.
In this Pep Talk, Jacquelyn Fletcher Johnson explores what it means to heal, activate, and amplify your voice.
It takes courage to express what is uniquely yours. But that doesn't mean you need to chase a giant platform or prove your worth on a stage. Expression can happen between you and your journal. Between you and someone you love. Between you and a small community of people who need what you have to share.
Because stories are medicine.
Key Takeaways
Stop trying to be someone else.
Your voice has been shaped by the one-of-a-kind experiences of your life. Comparison pulls you away from the very thing that makes your expression yours.
Expression doesn't require an audience.
A journal entry, a conversation with a trusted friend, a voice memo, or three minutes of writing counts. Not every story belongs on a stage.
Using your voice is a choice.
You get to decide which stories you tell, when you tell them, and where. The important thing is to make that choice intentionally rather than allowing fear to make it for you.
The answers come in the creating.
You don't have to figure everything out before you begin. Writing, speaking, making, and experimenting can reveal what you're trying to say.
Stories are medicine.
Words can heal. Expression can be a balm to the soul. The story you have lived may become something another person needs.
Your stories aren't meant for everyone. But they are meant for someone.
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