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Where will you take your voice? · Mosaic Sparks with Lesley George

• 0:01
  SPEAKER_00: What if the experience you keep dismissing is the very thing someone across the world needs to hear?
• 0:09
  SPEAKER_00: Today let's talk about building confidence and sharing your voice with purpose.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: So, welcome, welcome, sparklers, to Mosaic Sparks with me, Leslie George, and this is Spark Inten, your weekly moment to pause, reconnect, and take one meaningful step forward.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_00: This week, a special welcome to our new Sparklers listen in Australia.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_00: It makes me smile, knowing that a conversation beginning here can reach you across the world.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: To every sparkler who returns each week, shares out an episode, or has just down discovered the podcast, I want to say thank you.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: You have choices about what you listen to, and I appreciate the time that you spend here.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: So before we get into today's spark, I want to make room for whatever this week holds for you.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_00: If you are celebrating a birthday, an anniversary, a new opportunity, or a personal victory, we want to say congratulations.
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  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps you finally did something you had been putting off.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let yourself enjoy that moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: You worked for it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you are struggling through a crisis, grieving, worried about someone you love, or trying to figure out your next step, you're welcome here too.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can arrive exactly as you are.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: I can't know every detail of what you are carrying, but I want this moment together to offer you some encouragement.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give yourself permission to reach out to someone you trust and say, I could use some support.
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  SPEAKER_00: You deserve care while you find your way through.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, here is today's spark.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give your message a chance to travel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Think about something you learn through experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you rebuilt your confidence after someone questioned your ability.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you started again when people expected you to settle down.
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  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps you finally spoke up in a room where you had spent years nodding politely.
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  SPEAKER_00: You remember what that cost you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your rehearsed conversations, the uncertainty.
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  SPEAKER_00: The moment you decided to be honest about what you wanted.
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  SPEAKER_00: Someone else may be facing a similar decision.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your experience could help them find words for something they have struggled to explain.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yet, when it is time to share, you might hear yourself saying, Everybody already knows that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everybody?
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  SPEAKER_00: That is a mighty large male-in-less.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have carried that knowledge for so long that it feels ordinary.
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  SPEAKER_00: Someone encountering that challenge for the first time may find it useful.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here's your action for the week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Choose one experience you feel ready to discuss.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ask yourself what happened?
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  SPEAKER_00: What did I learn?
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  SPEAKER_00: What could someone listening try for themselves?
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  SPEAKER_00: Use those answers to start a conversation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe record an idea or offer an insight at work.
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  SPEAKER_00: Share what you feel comfortable sharing with boundaries that respect your privacy.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is one way to unbox your brilliance and practice Brag, which is an acronym for be responsible for amplifying God's gifts in you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Recognize what you carry and give it a meaningful way to serve.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you would like to continue these conversations, join my free school community, which is SPARK Out Loud.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is a place to connect around confidence, creativity, leadership, and the ideas you are ready to put into action.
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  SPEAKER_00: Come on, come introduce yourself and share what you are working towards.
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  SPEAKER_00: You will find the community link in the show notes.
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  SPEAKER_00: So as we move through this week, make room for your own needs and check on someone else.
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  SPEAKER_00: A thoughtful message can open the door to a conversation they have been needing.
• 4:54
  SPEAKER_00: So I am Leslie George, and this has been your Spark intent on Mosaic Sparks.
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  SPEAKER_00: So until next time, sparklers, take good care of yourself and give your brilliance somewhere to go.