Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout podcast, Kelly here.

And today I want to talk about how to opt out of playing small.

This week we've talked about thoughtful ways to ensure your success, whether it's joyful time

management or opting into access, how to leverage the people in your life for good.

And I want to close out the week with joy, as always, by inspiring you a little bit into a mindset

where you don't play small so that you can utilize

that access so you can joyfully manage your time. So I want to talk about how to step into

your full power in the Black Girl Burnout podcast because it is what's most important.

When you own yourself, when you step into your power, joy closely follows.

And with that, I want to talk about how we get there and what some of the stumbling blocks may be to getting there.

And one of them is playing small. Think of it this way. Have you ever held back on sharing your accomplishments?

Is there a fear that you may have around being too much? Is it too smart, too bold, too

successful, too emotional, too vulnerable? It can be a real difficulty to show up in your full self when you feel like who you are

is too much. And I feel like for black women, this is something that we constantly are battling

against because we live in a world that prefers us small, that prefers us not acknowledging

or understanding our power, that prefers us feeling afraid. I know for me, this has been

something that has been a struggle. And so today I want to talk about, one, how it's affected

me, both professionally and personally, but also

how it may be affecting you and what kinds of practices can you develop, what kinds of

affirmations can you tell yourself to help you opt out of playing small and stepping into

your full power. Let's start first with holding back professionally why you may do this.

I know for me, this is something that I definitely struggled with and still struggle with to

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