Finding Your Voice in a Celebrity Culture

So this has been a pet peeve of mine for a very long time: How a celebrity culture actually silences the voices of the many. We are trained to look outside ourselves, listen to the latest podcast, the latest celebrity author or teacher.  I’m am not saying others...

Do you stay silent so that others can stay comfortable?

Women have been intentionally silenced for a very long time. The impact of this is deep and wide. We have adapted by second-guessing our deepest wisdom.  Now more than ever before we need women’s voices to soar. We have adapted over this long time period in many...

Claim Your Heart’s Desires

It is inevitable that each of us has a longing to live more fully. We are alive. We grow. We expand and our Spirit urges us onward and upward. The question is: Are you listening? Or do you suppress these desires for growth and expansion by ignoring them or listening...

A list of fears about standing behind your Voice

When women participate in the Find Your Voice programs, inevitably the question arises:   “What’s the hardest thing for you when it comes to standing behind your voice?”     Here’s a partial list of answers I’ve heard lately: I have trouble finding my words...

The Power of Language

One of the themes of my book is finding my voice. Here’s the interesting thing—as I wrote the book (which covered an eight-year span)–I wasn’t consciously thinking about this as a theme. I was simply writing. I was following the language of the book. I was listening...