#191 When Vulnerability Becomes a Voice

Find Your Voice, Change Your Life · Sep 3, 2026 · 37m

Today, I interview Catherine Bell who grew up painfully shy and afraid to speak, while also having to start over again and again as her family moved every two years. Making new friends, finding her place, and speaking in front of others overwhelmed her. Even later in life, she let others speak her words for her because she worried about how she would be received.

Her breakthrough came gradually. One of the clearest moments happened in a dimly lit café in New York City, when she suddenly felt called to write her book, The Awakened Company. Over time, she began to recognize that her voice could…