My Voice is Medicine

Your Voice Is Your MedicineKnowing your voice is not the same as using it.In this episode, I share what happened when I went to a retreat determined to give everything, and found myself terrified to speak, even in the safest room I've ever been in. I talk about the essence of our voice, why so many of us know exactly what we want to say and still can't get it out, and the deep, ancient roots of that fear, both in our own lives and in the long history of women being silenced.I share a tender moment of coming home to myself, the truth that unravelled in the circle, and how one of my most exposed moments became the thing that connected me to everyone in the room. And I talk about what I built out of it all: my own radio station, a home for my voice on my own terms.We finish with a meditation to help you claim your own voice, and one of my original songs, My Voice is Medicine.If you've ever felt yourself shrink, go quiet, or make yourself smaller to feel safe, this one is for you.In this episode:The terror of speaking, even when we're safeThe essence of your voice, and why we can't always see our own lightWhy knowing your voice isn't the same as using itThe ancient roots of the fear of being seenComing home to your right to be hereTurning our most exposed moments into connection and creationA meditation and a song to help you claim your voiceLinks:🎧 Listen at Fully Expressed Radio: https://fullyexpressedradio.com/📖 Subscribe to Fully Expressed on Substack: https://fullyexpressedwithayesha.substack.com/✨ Join Your Voice by Design (live workshop, 20/21 September) by upgrading to an annual paid subscription this month, with Marketing by Design gifted as a bonus. Already an annual subscriber? It's yours free. [ADD SUBSCRIPTION/UPGRADE LINK]💛 The fuller story of the online harassment I mention: "Online Stalking Nearly Silenced Me" → https://fullyexpressedwithayesha.substack.com/p/online-stalking-nearly-silenced-meCome and take up space with me:Your voice is your medicine. Knowing it is a beautiful start. Using it is where the healing is. Come and join a whole community of women choosing expression over silence.Here's to living Fully Expressed!Love, Ayesha xox Get full access to Fully Expressed with Ayesha Hilton at fullyexpressedwithayesha.substack.com/subscribe