7 Reasons Why Women MUST Find Their Voice

[seabeyond]

Having a voice is your birthright. This voice lives in your mind, your heart and your soul. It leads you to self discovery. Using your voice is the surest way to build connections, find solutions and live in truth. I want to hear your voice not a pseudo rendition of it. It helps me to understand and appreciate not only you but what you believe.





Here are 7 good reasons why you should find your voice:

1. Honor your expression

Expression leads to growth. Keeping your voice hidden smothers the beauty inside you. Un-silence yourself.

2. You can teach me

You are the director of your voice. The knowledge in you is valuable and needed for the rest of us.

3. To be understood

How does your outer voice match or reflect your inner voice? Being understood is fundamental to your being as a woman.

4. Open new perspectives

Your voice assists in achieving your goals. Finding perspectives that belong to you, are new to you and challenge you are instrumental to your growth.

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http://www.parexcellencemagazine.com/motivation-and-self-improvement/7-reasons-why-women-must-find-their-voice.html


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i had a two hour conversation with niece last night, about all the mess ups she has had recently. she wants to leave her university, because of the bigotry and misogyny in our area. i asked, why she did not use her voice. why she did not speak out. why she did not stand up for her friends.

she said, it was not her.

because of her inability to own her voice, we had a fuckin two hour of conversation full of lack of communication and an inability to resolve any of her issues. issues that are stressing her out and hurting her.

speak up women.

the big one is the anti abortion issue going on. i asked her.... you do not think it is not across the nation? you are not seeing a war on women? to silence women? in all respects?

there is no utopia out there. it is everywhere.

fuckin speak up.

so really, this is for her. to maybe encourage her to trust in herself, and those that love her, that she can express and it will.....

heal.

[MuseRider]

1. :-)

She sounds like she may just find her voice but maybe not yet.

I would never speak up, I was raised to be silent and obedient and the punishment that followed if I did not was enough to keep me quiet for many years. Well, once I left home and hit the big old hard world where women were still in a lower place than we are now I had to.

Something really personal will happen and she will use that voice and because of your conversations with her she will not stumble.

Give her this lovely quote, one of my favorites because I still am really shy.

"Speak your mind , even if your voice shakes."

Maggie Kuhn

Once she starts look out!

dropping in for a few, I always come in and read this group I am so happy you are all able to overcome all the crap and speak with those voices here.

[seabeyond]

2. gosh... it is always good seeing you.

i read this a while ago and then went away fro a while.

i think evey time i see you i say the same thing.

hence, why i came back to this. i saw you again, lol lol.

"Speak your mind , even if your voice shakes."

i love this. i tear quotes up horribly. what bush and i have in common. lol. but, this one, i should be able to remember. thanks

[MuseRider]

3. It is a great quote because it gives us all courage.

I find that very hard to come by because I am never sure what is going to come flying out of my mouth. I too am much like Bush** in that way lol. Hate to admit it but public speaking ain't my thing but at least I recognize that

Good seeing you and everyone else when I come in here. I rarely have much to offer except an occasional experience that might add to the conversation, often slightly off topic so I try not to say too much. Everyone here is so very clear and well written. Love this forum. I wish I could be here more often.

I don't know if I can use my laptop in the hospital or not, or even my smartphone but next week my husband has his heart surgery. Most of the time I will just be sitting around with time to be on here or driving and trying to do all the farm work in between. It sure would have been nice if the hospital was not an hour and a half away. He should be fine, he is in great shape except for his leaky valve. Yesterday we found out his aorta is dilated more than they thought so he will be having about 4 inches of his ascending aorta replaced along with the valve. More extensive, longer pump time, a little more stroke risk. Still, he should be fine but that call spooked him. Anyway, I hope I might have a little time to be here

[MadrasT]

4. Best wishes for a successful procedure & speedy recovery.

[MuseRider]

7. Thank you!

He should do really well. He is in good shape. Funny, he is one month shy of being able to use Medicare. Thankfully we met our catastrophic deductible so we will not be out much.

He spent less that one day with a night in the cardiac ward a month or so ago. Without the proceedure, he had a cardiac cath while there, it was $16,000.00 for one day and a night. This is going to be money the likes of which we have never seen. This system is so corrupt and I hate to say it but I am certainly glad for insurance at this point.

[seabeyond]

10. oh, that is just ever so wrng. and as i get older, i get so afraid. knock on wood, we have not

needed anything yet. but, damn.... that is some scary shit. we have a kinda sorta 15k deductible insurance. but the worst is that i just dont trust insurance companies to pay anymore, even when they are suppose to.

i am glad that worry is not a part of it for you.

[MuseRider]

12. Keep your fingers crossed

that they do cover what they said they would. You never know when you miss something that comes to you and you don't read the little fine print.

Not worried yet the possibility for all of us getting bankrupted is always there. I can't wait to see what all of this costs.

EDIT: Removed a word

[seabeyond]

5. i use my smart phone. i dont type as much. but i can use siri voice. though she screws up a whole

lot.

the best to your hubby. found it out soon enough to do something about. that is good. scary stuff. but, yea he can heal.

i love your posts. was reading one when in line on my smart phone, lol. and gonna go find it to reply.

i want to hear your slightly off topic. i am a believer.

[MuseRider]

8. Ahhhh

I hate typing on my phone but I do when I have to. Don't have an iPhone so I don't have Siri. There is something similar for DROID but I did not like it.

Thanks, you are too nice. I can blather on and on. Living where I do, when I did in the family I did and then marrying into a family that was unbelievably more archaic than mine I have a lot to share! Times were different then, we were honed with steel. It was be sharp or be relegated to the back seat or out the door. Any of us who came through that have stories, lots of them. They are the reason I can't deal with the 3rd wave. I understand some of it, some of it is valid but the rest just makes me angry. Recreating the cause of our problem and saying you take it back is not going to work, at least not for women. We are doomed to keep repeating things I guess. Humans do not learn easily.

I have a few more replies then off to see Crosby, Stills and Nash! I have never seen them. Looking forward to it. We saw James Taylor a few weeks ago. He was phenomenal. Much better than I had ever seen him before. Paul Simon as well, in excellent voice. We are reliving our pasts

[seabeyond]

11. Crosby, Stills and Nash! have fun is that. enjoy. and some time when you have lots of time....

we need a thread on what you are talking about your experience in the beginning of the paragraph......

[MuseRider]

14. It is not any different

than what most of us born in the 50's experienced. Some more than others of course. Boring stuff and it makes you angry. Just watch a couple of episodes of I Love Lucy, or Dick Van Dyke or Father Knows Best and you will know it.

[redqueen]

6. It is always so good to see you...

You were one of the first people I got talking to when I joined. My idealistic Kucitizen days.

I wish the best of luck for your husband's quick and painless as possible recovery. And good luck to you with the farm.

And please share whatever offtopic chat you like. Hell, start a chat thread. We miss you.

[MuseRider]

9. I am still of the idealistic Kucinich days.

Can't shake it, don't know if I want to

We had some great conversations. I missed you when you were gone. Now I am mostly gone but I always read here when I am back.

A chat thread would be fun, see what everyone is up to. Sometimes it is fun just to share the most menial of things in our lives with people who have been there or are doing the same. Camaraderie and bonding. Love it! XO requeen

I think we might have bonded over Ozomatli at one point, lol.

[redqueen]

13. Haha, yes...

I still hope to see them live someday.

[MuseRider]

15. Me too!

They have been less that 30 miles away when Wakarusa Fest was in Lawrence and every time I had a job that I could not get out of. Some day.