Make Yourself Heard: How to Stop Shrinking and Start Speaking From Your Truth
Have you ever felt like there’s something inside you that wants to come out — a truth, a sound, a part of yourself — but every time you try to speak it, your voice tightens? Or disappears? Or feels not quite yours?
If so, you’re not alone. And you’re definitely not broken.
So many women tell me the same thing:
“I have so much to say… but I don’t know how to get it out.”
“I feel like I’m holding back — at work, in love, even with myself.”
“There’s a tightness in my throat — like something is stuck.”
“I know I have something powerful to share… but I’m afraid of what will happen if I truly show myself.”
These words might feel familiar because they once belonged to me too.
For years I lived smaller than I really was — filtered, careful, quiet. My voice felt distant, like something I had to work hard to reach. I thought I was protecting myself. But the truth was: my silence was costing me more than my voice ever would.
What happens when you stay quiet?
When you shrink your voice, you shrink your life.
You tiptoe around your truth.
You overgive, overthink, over-apologise.
You stay stuck in relationships that drain you.
You hide your creativity.
You doubt your intuition.
You move further away from the life you want.
Your voice isn’t too much. Your silence is too expensive.
Every time you hold back what wants to be spoken, a part of you dims — slowly, quietly, almost invisibly — until you begin to forget the sound of your own truth.
What if your voice felt like home?
Imagine walking into a room and feeling grounded, calm, and centred in yourself. You speak and people turn toward you — not because you force it, but because you’re rooted. Your words come from a deeper place… a place that feels like home.
Your voice moves without tension.
Your body feels open instead of braced.
Your truth feels safe to express instead of dangerous to show.
This isn’t a fantasy. This is what happens when your breath, body, and voice finally work together instead of pulling in different directions. Your voice becomes your anchor — not your fear.
Why your voice hides:
A hiding voice is not a personality trait.
It is a protective pattern — a response shaped by old wounds, nervous system patterns, trauma, years of not being heard, or a lifetime of being told to be “nice,” “quiet,” or “easy.”
Your voice learned to stay small to keep you safe.
But you don’t live in those moments anymore. And your voice is ready to come home.
The path to freeing your voice:
Freeing your voice doesn’t start with singing louder.
It starts with reconnecting to yourself.
With breath.
With body.
With the truth that lives underneath the tension.
Here’s where you can begin:
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You don’t have to keep shrinking.
You don’t have to keep filtering.
You don’t have to keep playing the limited version of yourself.
Your voice is powerful.
Your truth is needed.
And the world is waiting to hear you — the real you.
Make yourself heard.
Unmute your power.