We’re not always comfortable speaking up. Indeed, we sometimes doubt our own importance, our opinions and our ability to express ourselves well. So we often prefer to keep quiet. But what if it were possible to learn to speak up? Here are 6 steps to follow!

1 – What’s your message?

To dare to speak out and say what you want to say, it’s essential to know your message. What do you want to say to the world? How do you want to make it more beautiful? What’s your contribution?

What’s important to you?

To find out what your message is, I wholeheartedly invite you to do this exercise. Imagine: you’re in a room and you can invite anyone you like, really anyone. Then you have the microphone all to yourself, and all the skills and resources to speak with ease.

What would you say to these people gathered in front of you, for you, to listen to you? What would your message be? In fact, what would you suggest to them?

What’s your dream for the world?

It doesn’t have to be grandiose, it doesn’t have to change the whole world. It’s simply your contribution to the world. It’s doing your part, nothing more, nothing less.

In fact, to speak up, to dare to speak out, is to dare to say what’s important to you!

2 – Why do you want to speak?

Now that you’ve got an idea of your message, it’s time to find out why it’s important to you, why it’s important to you.

Because if you don’t know why you want to speak out, then at the first sign of trouble, you run the risk of hiding in the shadows again.

Because don’t think that once you dare, everything will be easy. In fact, it’s not going to be easy, and that’s what makes it so exciting, because you’re going to learn a lot, you’re going to grow a lot. It’s a necessary step on the way to finally shining your light.

That’s why I wholeheartedly invite you to think about why you want to speak out.

3 – How do I get involved?

Often, when we want to speak, we don’t always start in the right place or in the right way.

In fact, we want to speak up, but we’re afraid to talk about the things that really matter to us. In fact, we reveal too much of ourselves this way.

That’s why we start talking about all kinds of subjects that don’t thrill us and that we don’t really know that much about. And what has to happen happens: we don’t feel legitimate. Why don’t we feel legitimate? Because we don’t speak from the heart…

In other words, to speak out, to dare to say what you have to say, is to speak from the heart!

When we speak from the heart, our sacred fire ignites and gives us wings. We become invincible. In fact, we shine with a thousand lights, and that’s when our message can be heard. It becomes exciting, because we’re passionate.

So, if you want to speak out and make a real impact, make sure you talk about things that make sense to you.

4 – Start speaking up with courage

Courage is essential when you want to speak up and dare to speak out. Why is this so?

Because no one is going to help us, give us permission or do it for us.

Yes, at one time or another, we’re going to find ourselves alone in the face of what we have to do: speak, say, reveal ourselves, show ourselves, attract attention and inevitably receive reactions.

So, at this stage, it’s time to take a deep breath and be brave.

You know what you want to say, you really care about it, so do it!

5 – Strengthen your determination to say what you really want to say

Our mind isn’t always our best ally when it comes to daring to speak up and say what’s on our minds. Why is that? Because it will send you doubts that will get in your way.

What he likes is comfort. Taking risks wears him out.

So even when you take the floor the first time, then the second time, your mind is going to come and ask you: “Are you really sure you want to go on?”

That’s why, after courage, you need determination.

Once you’ve got your message down, you’ve got to say it again and again. Never stop.

Never let doubts make you give up.

To do this, I invite you to create a new belief: “You’re here because you have things to say, exciting things. You have things to do, bright things for the world, to make it more beautiful, in your own way.

You’re not here to be a figurehead in your own life, or even in the world. The shadows are not for you. You’re here to be in the light, to be light.

If you have a message that’s close to your heart, let it be known. Dare to speak out, now and forever.”

Really, never doubt. You have the right to speak out, you have the right to propose things, to want a more beautiful world.

So dare to speak out, dare to put into words what’s vibrating in your heart.

6 – Learn to persevere and stop being silent

You’re not here to live in the shadows, but you don’t have to fill stadiums either. Unless that’s what you really want.

But it’s not an obligation.

In fact, making the world a more beautiful place can be done on a smaller scale. I’d say “locally” (laughs). Even if it’s just with your family, that’s already a huge thing!

The aim isn’t to change the world, unless that’s what you really want. But that’s not an obligation.

So breathe.

Free yourself from all stakes.

Speaking up, daring to say what you think, is not a battle you have to fight. It’s a path to be traveled with heart and joy!

That’s why, if you don’t always get the results and reactions you were hoping for, don’t stop, persevere!

You’re not here to fit into a box, to reach a certain threshold of numbers, performance or success. You’re here to speak out, nothing more, nothing less.

Concentrate on what you have to say. Do it with joy.

In other words, don’t run, don’t stress. On the contrary, nourish your joy, take care of your heart, your love, your light.

Your message is you. If you shine, it’s the most beautiful message you can offer the world.

Speaking up isn’t about making pretty speeches. To speak is to offer yourself wholeheartedly to the gaze of others. It’s offering who you are, offering your heart and your light.

Find out more:

I invite you to read these 2 complementary articles:

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Discover Stop worrying about what others think: 5 exercises for success

I recommend this inspiring book:

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Starr, a young black girl, having witnessed the police murder of her friend, must confront the complexities of speaking out against systemic injustice.
What can I say? Great characters, important subject matter, authentic language and terrific direction – what more could you want? This book should be devoured by all book fans and inhaled by everyone. I felt despair, I cried, I laughed and at the same time I was completely in love with the individual characters – if a book can do that, I’m dealing with a masterpiece. And that’s exactly what it is. What’s more, it’s one of my favorite books, so it has a very special place on my shelf. Love it. And think about it – because then it’s not only a book with a lot of heart, but also a book with a lot of meaning.

Thank you very much for reading this article.

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Take care of yourself