Hi, I'm Monica Packer and welcome to About Progress, where we're about progress made practical.

Have you ever experienced a time where you finally spoke up?

And it really did not go well.

I think with the political landscape we've all been trudging through the past few years,

we each have at least one experience where we've finally shared what we think, with

someone we really love, but we left that conversation feeling like it most certainly could

have gone better.

If you tack on that experience to maybe even a lifetime of finding it easier to stay quiet

than speaking up, I know this coaching call will be something you relate with.

I am coaching Candace, a progressor from our community who would like to speak up more

often with those she cares about, from better requiring her kids to do more around the

house to sharing her viewpoints on some touchy topics with the people she cares the

most about.

Her main reason is that she wants to be true to her values, but just as importantly,

she wants to be more fully known by those she loves.

Fear holds Candace back from speaking up.

As does a most recent interaction she had with a friend.

It was one of those rare times where she did finally share her mind, but she found that

she offended him instead of connecting with him.

So Candace and I go deep on what fears are at play and why, what she can do about them,

and how she can better gauge where, when, and how to speak up when it matters the most.

To be honest, this is something I'm good at in some areas of my life, but most definitely

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