How To Own Your Voice: Unapologetically You Mini Series #5

Stepping into your power means dropping the mask and embracing every part of who you are. After exploring approval-seeking, boundaries, and self-doubt, this final episode of Unapologetically You brings it all together.

What’s stopping you from speaking your truth? Fear of judgment? Worrying about being "too much"? The truth is, your voice isn’t a burden—it’s a gift. Suppressing yourself creates resentment, while authenticity fosters real connection.

We’ll explore how to shift from seeking approval to honoring your own truth, communicate with confidence, and embrace full self-acceptance. Not everyone will understand you, and that’s okay—your job isn’t to make others comfortable. It’s to be real.

Are you ready to choose yourself? Let’s step into your unapologetic power together.

I trust myself. I honor my voice. I'm unapologetically me.

Chapters

• 1:57 Introducing Unapologetically You
• 4:03 Speaking Your Truth Without Fear
• 5:35 Owning Your Voice Confidently
• 7:13 Self-Acceptance vs Self-Improvement
• 9:34 Bringing Authenticity Into Daily Life
• 13:17 Final Affirmations and Card Pull

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:59

Welcome back to the Pure Possibilities podcast. We are going to wrap up the Unapologetically you miniseries today. Thank you so much for tuning in. I truly, truly appreciate it. Over the last few weeks, we've talked about releasing the need for approval, setting boundaries, trusting yourself and overcoming self-doubt, and today we're going to bring it all together with a beautiful little bow and talk about owning your voice, speaking your truth and fully stepping into the most authentic version of you. This is where it all really clicks in not just knowing who you are, but living that person every single day, being the same person. You are at home, as you are at work, as you are with your friends and family, all congruent, all being the same, truly unapologetically you. No more shrinking, no more second guessing, no more apologizing for taking up space. It's about expressing your truth, honoring your needs and standing firm in your worth. Let's take a deep breath in and step fully into your power.

Speaker 1: 2:13

So I have a question for you how often do you hold back from saying what you really think or feel? Maybe you're afraid to offend somebody or hurt their feelings come across as being difficult or rocking the boat. Maybe you've been programmed to believe that your truth isn't as important as keeping the peace, but you cannot live fully as yourself if you are constantly living in silence and suppressing your thoughts, feelings and emotions. It just doesn't work. Speaking your truth doesn't mean that you're being reckless and unkind. It means that you are being in integrity with yourself, with who you truly are, and expressing what's true for you without fear of judgment or rejection. So what really holds us back? Fear of judgment is a huge one. We often worry about what other people will think. We're afraid of conflict, avoiding discomfort or disappointing people I mean, how often does that happen and that fear of being too much or feeling like we're not enough. But the truth really is that your voice is not a burden and your truth is not an inconvenience, and people who genuinely respect and care about you will want to hear your truth. And the ones who don't. That's really good information to have, because relationships that are built on suppression and dimming yourself are not real connections. You're like putting on a performance for people and they don't really know who you are. And, as we've talked about, what that does is it leads you to become angry and resentful and frustrated because you're not speaking your truth and then you're not honoring yourself.

Speaker 1: 4:00

Now let's talk about how to speak your truth confidently. It really starts with a mindset shift. Instead of asking, will they like what I have to say? Shift that to. Is what I'm saying aligned with my truth and self-expression isn't about, it's not about getting approval from other people. It's about being honest with yourself and honest with other people.

Speaker 1: 4:26

One way that you can start to truly, truly own your voice is noticing and just our awareness alone. Think about that, just when you're aware. Once you're aware, you have the opportunity to shift something. So notice where you're censoring yourself. Where are you softening your opinions to fit in? Where are you hesitating before stating what you truly, truly want? You can practice clear communication instead of apologizing or over explaining, get straight to the point. You don't need to justify your truth. We've talked about this. You are your own approval and clearly communicate what you need.

Speaker 1: 5:05

Hold space for discomfort. That is important because when you step into being your true self and speaking authentically and sharing what is important to you and setting boundaries, that can feel really awkward at first and uncomfortable. But I invite you to sit through that discomfort, feel your way through the discomfort and as you continue to do that, it will become easier and easier. Think about one truth that you've been holding back. It could be a desire or a need, or even an opinion. This week I would invite you to express it. Express yourself, whether that's through words, actions or even just journaling to yourself. I feel like it's pretty underrated how just expressing how you feel and getting it out even if it's just journaling for yourself, just getting it out of your body and onto the paper, can be really healing.

Speaker 1: 6:15

So the final step in truly living unapologetically is full acceptance. There's a huge difference between self-improvement and self-acceptance. So when you're talking about self-improvement, it's that you're not enough and I'll be worthy once I fix this one thing that's wrong with me. Well, let me tell you accept yourself, because you are worthy now, exactly as you are. You're not broken. You don't need to be fixed. Accept yourself truly for who you are. You don't need to become better to be enough. You already are.

Speaker 1: 6:53

Think about all of the time and energy you spend trying to be what other people want you to be. Imagine if you took all of that energy and pulled it back to you into fully embracing you instead, how magical that would be. Release the pressure to be liked and shift yourself into alignment. Not everyone is going to understand you, and that's okay. And not only does everybody not have to understand you, everybody doesn't have to like you either. It's true, they don't. Your job isn't to make people comfortable, it's to be real and be true to who you are. When you stop chasing approval, you make space for the right people to find you and to be in your life.

Speaker 1: 7:43

Would you rather disappoint yourself over and over and over again or risk occasionally disappointing other people while honoring your truth? Really sit with that question, because it doesn't feel good to constantly betray yourself by doing what everybody else wants or expects of you all the time and when you're not being honest with yourself and true to yourself. It just doesn't feel good, and the repercussions of that, I believe, are what make us feel like we're not enough because we're betraying ourself. I don't know if that makes sense or not, but I don't know. It really feels true to me. So how do we take this all in and bring it into our everyday life?

Speaker 1: 8:37

One of the most important things is checking in with yourself regularly, daily even, and asking yourself am I honoring myself right now or am I betraying myself? Choose yourself in one small way. Say no when you mean it and speak up when something doesn't feel right. Stand by your decisions. You don't need outside validation to trust yourself. What if I deeply and profoundly trust myself?

Speaker 1: 9:04

Look for evidence. The evidence you look for is going to show itself. So whether you're seeking evidence of not trusting yourself, you will see it. We always see what we look for, and so if you're looking for evidence of self-trust, you will see it. If you're looking for evidence that you don't trust yourself, you'll see that too. So take a look at where your focus is going.

Speaker 1: 9:32

Expect there to be some resistance when you start setting boundaries with people and owning your voice. People don't like it. They're not used to that version of you and it makes them uncomfortable. But remember that that is a sign that you're growing, and sometimes you can even let's say, for example, you're setting boundaries because maybe you've decided to start focusing on yourself and your self-care and so maybe setting a boundary with your family that says, from this time to this time, I am going to be unavailable, unless there is an absolute emergency, when you talk it out with your family and make them aware, or maybe you have an appointment, or you want to go for a walk or whatever you're choosing to do, when you let people know and communicate that they're more likely to understand than if you just like disappear. However, it could be uncomfortable for them at first, because you're speaking up for yourself and you're standing up for yourself and you're choosing yourself. And just because you're choosing to make yourself a focus and a priority, that doesn't mean they're less important. And, honestly, when you're pouring into yourself and doing things for yourself, you're going to be a much happier person and be able to show up when we overflow our cup. We are in such a better space to truly be present and provide for our family and the people that are important in our life. So and self-care is non-negotiable for me anyway, because I know when I'm not tending to myself and taking care of myself and really I don't show up as well in other areas of my life. So I would invite you to try one small thing that you can do for yourself and just see how it starts to make you feel and how it can actually improve the relationships in your life.

Speaker 1: 11:37

We've done a lot in this mini series and I hope, more than anything, you leave this feeling empowered to be yourself, without apology. All right, let's take in a deep breath together, breathe in self-trust, breathe out self-doubt. Take another deep breath in, breathe in self-acceptance and breathe out the need for approval. You are not here to be small. You are not here to live for other people. You are here to be fully, unapologetically you. And let's end with a little affirmation before we go into our card poll for the week I trust myself, I honor my voice, I'm unapologetically me. Thank you so much for being here and for choosing yourself. This is truly just the beginning, all right.

Speaker 1: 12:41

So we're going to pull a card from the magic of what if? Card deck. Let's actually do volume one. This week I've been pulling a lot from volume two, so these are available on my website, purepossibilitiespodcastcom. If you'd like to grab your own deck, volumes one and two are available there, all right.

Speaker 1: 13:02

So this week's card is what If I Easily Allow, allow my intuition to guide me? One of my favorite cards what if I easily allow my intuition to guide me? I've been doing that for several years and it's been really magical. It's paying attention, that noticing and being aware of what's going on around you and following the little nudges of the things that feel good in your body, because we always want to pay attention to how our body is responding to things. So I invite you to continue to follow your intuition. It knows exactly what's in your highest good when we don't break it down and start getting our logical mind involved with it. I hope this series resonated with you and I'd love to hear your biggest takeaway. Feel free to send me a text in the show description. You can drop a little note in there, and there's so much more to come. Thank you for showing up, for choosing yourself. Have a beautiful, beautiful day and an amazing week. Much love.