Latest / Notes to Her / Note 26: Take Up Space, Guilt-Free
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- 0:00Foreign.
- 0:18Hey,
- 0:18girl.
- 0:19Hey.
- 0:19Welcome
- 0:19back
- 0:19to
- 0:20Notes
- 0:20to
- 0:20Her
- 0:20the
- 0:20Daily
- 0:21Pad
- 0:21Talk.
- 0:21I'm
- 0:21Yaya,
- 0:22your
- 0:22confidence
- 0:22and
- 0:23mindset
- 0:23coach,
- 0:23here
- 0:24to
- 0:24help
- 0:24you
- 0:24stop
- 0:24apologizing
- 0:25for
- 0:25your
- 0:25existence
- 0:26and
- 0:26start
- 0:26walking
- 0:26through
- 0:27life
- 0:27like
- 0:27the
- 0:27room
- 0:28was
- 0:28built
- 0:28with
- 0:28you
- 0:29in
- 0:29mind.
- 0:30Now,
- 0:30before
- 0:30we
- 0:30dive
- 0:31in,
- 0:31go
- 0:31ahead
- 0:31and
- 0:32hit
- 0:32the
- 0:32follow
- 0:32or
- 0:32subscribe
- 0:33so
- 0:33you
- 0:33don't
- 0:33miss
- 0:33a
- 0:34single
- 0:34note.
- 0:35You
- 0:35know,
- 0:35I
- 0:35like
- 0:35to
- 0:36drop
- 0:36little
- 0:36truths
- 0:36that
- 0:36show
- 0:37up
- 0:37right
- 0:37when
- 0:37you
- 0:37need
- 0:38them.
- 0:38And
- 0:39if
- 0:39you've
- 0:39been
- 0:39listening
- 0:40this
- 0:40season,
- 0:40you
- 0:41already
- 0:41know
- 0:41we've
- 0:41been
- 0:41doing
- 0:42some
- 0:42real
- 0:42inner
- 0:43work.
- 0:43Not
- 0:43cute
- 0:44confidence,
- 0:44but
- 0:45the
- 0:45kindness
- 0:45shows
- 0:46up
- 0:46in
- 0:46your
- 0:46voice,
- 0:46your
- 0:47posture,
- 0:47your
- 0:47decisions,
- 0:48and
- 0:48your
- 0:49boundaries.
- 0:49And
- 0:50today,
- 0:50we're
- 0:50talking
- 0:51about
- 0:51something
- 0:51that
- 0:51has
- 0:51held
- 0:52so
- 0:52many
- 0:52women
- 0:52back
- 0:53for
- 0:53way
- 0:54too
- 0:54long.
- 0:55Taking
- 0:55up
- 0:55space
- 0:56without
- 0:57guilt.
- 0:58Because
- 0:58shrinking
- 0:58my
- 0:59familiar.
- 0:59But
- 0:59it
- 0:59is
- 1:00not
- 1:00your
- 1:00birthright.
- 1:11Now,
- 1:11what
- 1:11was
- 1:11the
- 1:11last
- 1:12time
- 1:12you
- 1:12walked
- 1:12in
- 1:12a
- 1:12room
- 1:13and
- 1:13immediately
- 1:13made
- 1:14yourself
- 1:14smaller?
- 1:15You
- 1:15lowered
- 1:15your
- 1:16voice,
- 1:16softened
- 1:17your
- 1:17opinions,
- 1:17pulled
- 1:18back
- 1:18your
- 1:18energy,
- 1:19sat
- 1:19where
- 1:19no
- 1:20one
- 1:20could
- 1:20really
- 1:20see
- 1:21you
- 1:21or
- 1:21apologize,
- 1:22literally,
- 1:23for
- 1:23just
- 1:23existing.
- 1:24And
- 1:24here's
- 1:25the
- 1:25part
- 1:25that
- 1:25you
- 1:25don't
- 1:25say
- 1:26out
- 1:26loud.
- 1:26You
- 1:27weren't
- 1:27apologizing
- 1:27because
- 1:28you
- 1:28did
- 1:28something
- 1:28wrong.
- 1:29You
- 1:29weren't
- 1:29apologizing
- 1:30because
- 1:30you
- 1:30believed
- 1:31taking
- 1:31up
- 1:31space
- 1:32was
- 1:32wrong.
- 1:33You've
- 1:33been
- 1:33taught
- 1:34your
- 1:34whole
- 1:34life
- 1:34to
- 1:34shrink,
- 1:35to
- 1:35not
- 1:35be
- 1:36too
- 1:36loud,
- 1:36to
- 1:37not
- 1:37be
- 1:37too
- 1:37confident,
- 1:38to
- 1:38not
- 1:38be
- 1:39too
- 1:39much,
- 1:40to
- 1:40not
- 1:40intimidate
- 1:41people,
- 1:41to
- 1:42not
- 1:42inconvenience
- 1:42anyone.
- 1:43But
- 1:44here's
- 1:44the
- 1:44truth
- 1:44that
- 1:44you
- 1:44don't
- 1:45hear
- 1:45enough.
- 1:45Your
- 1:46presence
- 1:46is
- 1:46not
- 1:47the
- 1:47problem.
- 1:47The
- 1:47conditioning
- 1:48that
- 1:48made
- 1:48you
- 1:48doubt,
- 1:49your
- 1:49presence
- 1:49is.
- 1:50And
- 1:50today,
- 1:51we
- 1:51are
- 1:51undoing
- 1:52all
- 1:52of
- 1:52that.
- 1:54Now,
- 1:54there
- 1:54are
- 1:55three
- 1:55big
- 1:55reasons
- 1:55why
- 1:55taking
- 1:56up
- 1:56space
- 1:56feels
- 1:57so
- 1:57hard.
- 1:57The
- 1:57first
- 1:58one,
- 1:58you
- 1:58were
- 1:58raised
- 1:59to
- 1:59be
- 1:59polite,
- 1:59not
- 2:00powerful.
- 2:01You
- 2:01were
- 2:01taught
- 2:01to
- 2:01be
- 2:01agreeable,
- 2:02helpful,
- 2:03pleasant,
- 2:04never
- 2:04disruptive,
- 2:05never
- 2:05too
- 2:05much,
- 2:06never
- 2:06fully
- 2:07you.
- 2:08The
- 2:08second
- 2:08one,
- 2:09maybe
- 2:09you've
- 2:10been
- 2:10punished
- 2:10for
- 2:10speaking
- 2:11up.
- 2:11Somebody
- 2:12might
- 2:12have
- 2:12told
- 2:12you
- 2:12that
- 2:13you
- 2:13were
- 2:13too
- 2:13much
- 2:14or
- 2:14too
- 2:14loud
- 2:15or
- 2:15too
- 2:15emotional
- 2:16to
- 2:16opinionate
- 2:17it.
- 2:17So
- 2:18now
- 2:18your
- 2:18body
- 2:18learns
- 2:19silence
- 2:19and
- 2:19safety.
- 2:21And
- 2:21then
- 2:21the
- 2:21last
- 2:21one.
- 2:22You've
- 2:22learned
- 2:22to
- 2:23protect
- 2:23relationships
- 2:24by
- 2:24shrinking
- 2:25yourself
- 2:25because
- 2:26being
- 2:26smaller
- 2:27felt
- 2:27safer,
- 2:28more
- 2:28accepted,
- 2:29less
- 2:29risky.
- 2:30But
- 2:30the
- 2:30truth
- 2:31is,
- 2:31shrinking
- 2:32doesn't
- 2:32protect
- 2:33you.
- 2:33It
- 2:34erases
- 2:34you.
- 2:35And
- 2:35you
- 2:35deserve
- 2:36so
- 2:36much
- 2:36more
- 2:37than
- 2:37that.
- 2:39I
- 2:39want
- 2:39to
- 2:39tell
- 2:39you
- 2:39another
- 2:40story
- 2:40about
- 2:40my
- 2:40former
- 2:41client,
- 2:41Zinnia.
- 2:41You
- 2:42may
- 2:42remember
- 2:42her
- 2:43from
- 2:43note
- 2:4421.
- 2:44She's
- 2:45a
- 2:45brilliant
- 2:45woman.
- 2:46Smart,
- 2:47creative,
- 2:47driven.
- 2:48A
- 2:48mind
- 2:48full
- 2:49of
- 2:49business
- 2:49ideas
- 2:50that
- 2:50could
- 2:50change
- 2:50her
- 2:50entire
- 2:51life.
- 2:51But
- 2:52you
- 2:52know
- 2:52what
- 2:52kept
- 2:52her
- 2:53stuck?
- 2:53She
- 2:53was
- 2:54terrified
- 2:54to
- 2:54take
- 2:54up
- 2:55space.
- 2:55She
- 2:56was
- 2:56terrified
- 2:56to
- 2:56be
- 2:57Seen,
- 2:57terrified
- 2:58to
- 2:58be
- 2:58judged.
- 2:59Terrified
- 2:59that
- 3:00someone
- 3:00might
- 3:00think
- 3:00that
- 3:01she
- 3:01wasn't
- 3:01qualified
- 3:02enough.
- 3:02So
- 3:03she
- 3:03dimmed
- 3:03her
- 3:03light
- 3:04so
- 3:04much
- 3:04that
- 3:05she
- 3:05eventually
- 3:05convinced
- 3:06herself
- 3:06that
- 3:06she
- 3:07didn't
- 3:07even
- 3:07have
- 3:07one.
- 3:08But
- 3:09once
- 3:09we
- 3:09started
- 3:09working
- 3:09together,
- 3:10once
- 3:11she
- 3:11learned
- 3:11how
- 3:11to
- 3:11trust
- 3:12her
- 3:12voice,
- 3:13claim
- 3:13her
- 3:13words,
- 3:14and
- 3:14step
- 3:14into
- 3:14rooms
- 3:15like
- 3:15she
- 3:15belonged
- 3:15there,
- 3:16she
- 3:16truly
- 3:17blossomed.
- 3:18Her
- 3:19self
- 3:19esteem
- 3:19grew.
- 3:20Her
- 3:20voice
- 3:20got
- 3:20stronger.
- 3:21Her
- 3:21confidence
- 3:21stopped
- 3:22whispering
- 3:22and
- 3:23started
- 3:23speaking
- 3:23up.
- 3:24She
- 3:24stopped
- 3:25worrying
- 3:25about
- 3:25who
- 3:25might
- 3:26judge
- 3:26her
- 3:26and
- 3:26started
- 3:26focusing
- 3:27on
- 3:27who
- 3:27needed
- 3:28her
- 3:28talents.
- 3:29She
- 3:29launched
- 3:29her
- 3:30business.
- 3:30She
- 3:30started
- 3:30sharing
- 3:31her
- 3:31work.
- 3:32She
- 3:32took
- 3:32up
- 3:32space
- 3:32with
- 3:33confidence
- 3:33and
- 3:34not
- 3:34apology.
- 3:36And
- 3:36one
- 3:36day
- 3:36she
- 3:37said
- 3:37something
- 3:37that
- 3:37I
- 3:37will
- 3:37never
- 3:38forget.
- 3:39I
- 3:39was
- 3:39shrinking
- 3:40while
- 3:40watching
- 3:40other
- 3:41women
- 3:41stretch.
- 3:42Ooh.
- 3:43That's
- 3:44when
- 3:44she
- 3:44realized
- 3:45other
- 3:45women
- 3:46weren't
- 3:46her
- 3:46threat.
- 3:47Her
- 3:47self
- 3:47doubt
- 3:48was.
- 3:49Now
- 3:49here's
- 3:49how
- 3:49you
- 3:50want
- 3:50to
- 3:50step
- 3:50into
- 3:50rooms
- 3:51like
- 3:51you
- 3:51were
- 3:51meant
- 3:51to
- 3:51be
- 3:51there
- 3:52and
- 3:52channel
- 3:52that
- 3:52false
- 3:53energy
- 3:53that
- 3:53I
- 3:54was
- 3:54able
- 3:54to
- 3:54help
- 3:54Danielle
- 3:55embody.
- 3:56Step
- 3:56number
- 3:56one.
- 3:57Claim
- 3:57your
- 3:58physical
- 3:58space.
- 3:59Sit
- 3:59at
- 4:00the
- 4:00table.
- 4:01Not
- 4:01in
- 4:01the
- 4:01corner,
- 4:02not
- 4:02on
- 4:02the
- 4:02wall,
- 4:03not
- 4:03on
- 4:03the
- 4:03outside.
- 4:04Not
- 4:05pretending
- 4:05to
- 4:05be
- 4:05invisible.
- 4:06Shoulders
- 4:07back,
- 4:07chin
- 4:08up,
- 4:08deep
- 4:09breath.
- 4:10This
- 4:10signals
- 4:10to
- 4:11your
- 4:11brain,
- 4:11I
- 4:12belong
- 4:12here.
- 4:13And
- 4:13your
- 4:13seat
- 4:14is
- 4:14not
- 4:14negotiable.
- 4:15STEP
- 4:162.
- 4:16Take
- 4:17time
- 4:17when
- 4:17you
- 4:17speak.
- 4:18No
- 4:19more
- 4:19rushing
- 4:19through
- 4:19your
- 4:19sentences
- 4:20like
- 4:20you
- 4:20are
- 4:20inconvenienced.
- 4:22No
- 4:22more
- 4:22apologizing
- 4:23before
- 4:23or
- 4:24after
- 4:24your
- 4:24ideas.
- 4:25Say
- 4:25what
- 4:26you
- 4:26have
- 4:26to
- 4:26say
- 4:26with
- 4:26intention.
- 4:28Here's
- 4:28what
- 4:28I
- 4:29think
- 4:29my
- 4:30perspective
- 4:30is.
- 4:31I'd
- 4:32like
- 4:32to
- 4:32add
- 4:33something.
- 4:34You
- 4:34don't
- 4:34need
- 4:34to
- 4:34earn
- 4:35the
- 4:35right
- 4:35to
- 4:35speak.
- 4:36You
- 4:36already
- 4:36have
- 4:37it.
- 4:38Step
- 4:384.
- 4:39Drop
- 4:40the
- 4:40unnecessary
- 4:41apologies.
- 4:42Replace
- 4:43sorry
- 4:43Quick
- 4:44question
- 4:45with
- 4:45I
- 4:45have
- 4:46a
- 4:46question.
- 4:47Replace
- 4:48sorry
- 4:48to
- 4:48bother
- 4:49you
- 4:49with.
- 4:50I
- 4:50need
- 4:51support
- 4:51with
- 4:52apologizing
- 4:53doesn't
- 4:53make
- 4:53you
- 4:53rude,
- 4:54it
- 4:54makes
- 4:55you
- 4:55confident.
- 4:57And
- 4:57the
- 4:58last
- 4:58step.
- 4:58Let
- 4:59your
- 4:59presence
- 4:59be
- 5:00felt,
- 5:00not
- 5:00minimized.
- 5:01When
- 5:01you
- 5:02enter
- 5:02into
- 5:02a
- 5:02room,
- 5:03don't
- 5:03shrink
- 5:03your
- 5:04energy.
- 5:04Don't
- 5:05stare
- 5:05at
- 5:05the
- 5:05floor.
- 5:06Don't
- 5:06apologize
- 5:07with
- 5:07your
- 5:07posture.
- 5:08Walk
- 5:08in
- 5:09there
- 5:09like
- 5:09you
- 5:09belong
- 5:10there.
- 5:11Walk
- 5:11in
- 5:11there
- 5:11like
- 5:11you
- 5:12were
- 5:12supposed
- 5:12to
- 5:12be
- 5:12there
- 5:13because
- 5:13you
- 5:14are
- 5:16now.
- 5:16Let
- 5:17me
- 5:17snatch
- 5:17you
- 5:17lovingly
- 5:18for
- 5:18a
- 5:18second.
- 5:19You
- 5:19were
- 5:19never
- 5:20too
- 5:20much.
- 5:21Someone
- 5:21was
- 5:22too
- 5:22small
- 5:23to
- 5:23handle
- 5:23you.
- 5:24Your
- 5:24voice
- 5:24wasn't
- 5:25too
- 5:25loud.
- 5:26They
- 5:26were
- 5:26just
- 5:26comfortable
- 5:27with
- 5:27your
- 5:27silence.
- 5:29Your
- 5:29presence
- 5:30wasn't
- 5:30intimidating.
- 5:31They
- 5:31were
- 5:32just
- 5:32used
- 5:32to
- 5:32you
- 5:32being
- 5:32invisible.
- 5:33Your
- 5:34needs
- 5:34aren't
- 5:34inconvenient.
- 5:35They
- 5:36just
- 5:36benefited
- 5:36from
- 5:37you
- 5:37ignoring
- 5:37them.
- 5:39You
- 5:39are
- 5:39allowed
- 5:40to
- 5:40take
- 5:40up
- 5:40emotional
- 5:41space,
- 5:42physical
- 5:42space,
- 5:43spiritual
- 5:44space,
- 5:45mental
- 5:45space.
- 5:46You
- 5:46are
- 5:46allowed
- 5:47to
- 5:47walk
- 5:47in
- 5:48your
- 5:48fullness,
- 5:49your
- 5:49brilliance,
- 5:50your
- 5:50softness,
- 5:51your
- 5:51power.
- 5:53You
- 5:53do
- 5:53not
- 5:53need
- 5:53permission
- 5:54to
- 5:54exist
- 5:55loudly
- 5:56and
- 5:56the
- 5:56day
- 5:56you
- 5:57stop
- 5:57shrinking
- 5:57to
- 5:57keep
- 5:58peace.
- 5:58Ooh,
- 6:00your
- 6:00life
- 6:01will
- 6:01shift.
- 6:02So
- 6:03here's
- 6:03what
- 6:03I
- 6:03want
- 6:03you
- 6:03to
- 6:03do
- 6:04today
- 6:04and
- 6:04every
- 6:05day
- 6:05afterward.
- 6:06Take
- 6:07up
- 6:07space
- 6:08guilt
- 6:08free.
- 6:09Not
- 6:09aggressively,
- 6:10not
- 6:11apologetically,
- 6:12just
- 6:12fully.
- 6:14And.
- 6:14And
- 6:14if
- 6:14this
- 6:15note
- 6:15hit
- 6:15something
- 6:16for
- 6:16real
- 6:16for
- 6:16you,
- 6:17if
- 6:17you
- 6:17are
- 6:17tired
- 6:18of
- 6:18shrinking,
- 6:18tired
- 6:19of
- 6:19second
- 6:19guessing,
- 6:20tired
- 6:20of
- 6:20biting
- 6:21your
- 6:21tongue,
- 6:22then
- 6:22I
- 6:23invite
- 6:23you
- 6:23to
- 6:23join
- 6:23the
- 6:24seven
- 6:24day
- 6:24Confidence
- 6:25and
- 6:25Style
- 6:25Visibility
- 6:26Challenge
- 6:26that
- 6:27my
- 6:27friend
- 6:27Tiffany,
- 6:27who's
- 6:28a
- 6:28stylist,
- 6:28and
- 6:28I
- 6:28are
- 6:29hosting.
- 6:29January
- 6:2912th
- 6:30through
- 6:3018th.
- 6:31For
- 6:31seven
- 6:32days,
- 6:32we
- 6:32are
- 6:32helping
- 6:33you
- 6:33step
- 6:33into
- 6:33the
- 6:33loudest,
- 6:35clearest,
- 6:36most
- 6:36confident
- 6:37self
- 6:37inside
- 6:38and
- 6:38out.
- 6:38Now,
- 6:39here's
- 6:39the
- 6:39vibe
- 6:39for
- 6:39the
- 6:40week.
- 6:40We're
- 6:40going
- 6:40to
- 6:40be
- 6:40doing
- 6:41confidence
- 6:41reset
- 6:42so
- 6:42that
- 6:42you
- 6:42stop
- 6:42dimming
- 6:43yourself.
- 6:44Visibility
- 6:44shifts
- 6:45so
- 6:45that
- 6:45you
- 6:45learn
- 6:46your
- 6:46power.
- 6:46Color
- 6:47so
- 6:47that
- 6:47you
- 6:47are
- 6:48finally
- 6:48comfortable
- 6:48with
- 6:49being
- 6:49seen.
- 6:50Boundaries
- 6:51that
- 6:51protect
- 6:51your
- 6:51energy
- 6:52and
- 6:52your
- 6:52piece
- 6:52and
- 6:53outfits
- 6:53that
- 6:53signal
- 6:54authority.
- 6:55Inner
- 6:55critic
- 6:56rewiring
- 6:57so
- 6:57that
- 6:57your
- 6:57self
- 6:58talk
- 6:58stops
- 6:58sabotaging
- 6:59you.
- 6:59And
- 7:00you
- 7:00learn
- 7:00which
- 7:00clothes
- 7:01make
- 7:01you
- 7:01feel
- 7:01like
- 7:02her.
- 7:03Identity
- 7:03work
- 7:04that
- 7:04helps
- 7:04you
- 7:04show
- 7:05up
- 7:05as
- 7:05the
- 7:05woman
- 7:05that
- 7:05you
- 7:05are
- 7:06becoming.
- 7:07And
- 7:07style
- 7:07guidance
- 7:08to
- 7:08align
- 7:08your
- 7:09presence
- 7:09with
- 7:09your
- 7:10power.
- 7:11Every
- 7:11day
- 7:11you're
- 7:11going
- 7:11to
- 7:12get
- 7:12one
- 7:12small
- 7:12action
- 7:12item
- 7:13that
- 7:13builds
- 7:13real
- 7:14momentum
- 7:14so
- 7:15that
- 7:15confidence
- 7:15isn't
- 7:16something
- 7:16that
- 7:16you
- 7:16just
- 7:16wish
- 7:17for.
- 7:17It
- 7:17is
- 7:17something
- 7:18that
- 7:18you
- 7:18practice.
- 7:19If
- 7:19you've
- 7:20ever
- 7:20felt
- 7:20invisible,
- 7:21overlooked,
- 7:22or
- 7:22too
- 7:22much,
- 7:23this
- 7:23challenge
- 7:23is
- 7:24literally
- 7:24built
- 7:24for
- 7:25you.
- 7:25It's
- 7:25powerful,
- 7:26it's
- 7:26fun,
- 7:27it's
- 7:27free.
- 7:28And
- 7:28you
- 7:28don't
- 7:29want
- 7:29to
- 7:29miss
- 7:29this
- 7:29energy.
- 7:30So
- 7:30the
- 7:30signup
- 7:30link
- 7:30can
- 7:31be
- 7:31found
- 7:31right
- 7:31in
- 7:31the
- 7:32show
- 7:32notes.
- 7:33And
- 7:33remember,
- 7:33you
- 7:33were
- 7:34never
- 7:34too
- 7:34much.
- 7:35You
- 7:35just
- 7:35needed
- 7:35a
- 7:35space
- 7:36that
- 7:36could
- 7:36hold
- 7:36you.
- 7:37Oh,
- 7:37and
- 7:38before
- 7:38you
- 7:38go,
- 7:39share
- 7:39this
- 7:39episode
- 7:39with
- 7:40a
- 7:40friend
- 7:40who
- 7:40needs
- 7:40to
- 7:41stop
- 7:41apologizing
- 7:42her
- 7:42way
- 7:42through
- 7:42life.
- 7:43Also,
- 7:43I'll
- 7:43see
- 7:44you
- 7:44in
- 7:44the
- 7:44next
- 7:44note.