trust and use your voice

This email is a result of a highly scientific (not really) Instagram poll I did two days ago when I was thinking about what to write.

This email is a result of a highly scientific (not really) Instagram poll I did two days ago when I was thinking about what to write.

While all topics will be addressed in subsequent weeks, let’s start with the clear poll winner and talk about one of the biggest challenges that business owners raise when tackling their marketing:

How to be authentic & use their voices when the world is a hot mess dumpster fire.

Using your voice is more than just speaking.

Not that speaking is a bad thing - I speak about and teach the things I know regularly:

• Need an informative talk on authentic marketing and how to tell better stories? I’ve got you covered.

• Want to explore self-trust and facilitate a session to undo the stories we tell ourselves due to shame, fear, and guilt? I’m in.

• Ready to put your values to work and lead strategically and intentionally? Let’s do the thing.

From leading with authenticity to how to ditch BS marketing and salesy-sleaze, I love to teach people to how to use their voice to

• convey what they do & how they operate

• align communications & marketing to goals and set the strategy based on the things they stand for

• be more of who they really are and less of what society conditions them to believe they should be…

But how do you DO these things? How do you find the courage to use your voice, and keep using it, when social media moves so fast, AI regurgitates and invents new content daily, and the world is always in turmoil?

It ain’t gonna be a sexy answer… but it’s one to think about:

You build time and space into your business and life to stop and reflect.

What is important to you today?

What has always been important to you in your life?

Are you speaking on these values? Are you showing up for them and standing in solidarity? Do your actions speak as loud as your words?

Authentically using our voices in a saturated and crazy world starts with understanding who we are, why we believe what we believe, examining our beliefs and ensuring that they are conscious choices and not unconscious reactions, and regularly aligning and realigning our words and practices to ensure that we’re putting forth the most truthful versions of ourselves.

And we can’t do that if we never pause to reflect.

No one ever does this perfectly, by the way… but committing to practice is the key to building a better tomorrow.

It’s why I help people understand their stories, tell better ones, and rescript the ones that don't serve them — or others.

It’s my talent and the skills I’m always working on for further development.

If I can use my voice to help others use theirs, I’m here for it.

(Imperfectly ended with a preposition)

xox,

Michelle

P.S. In a moment of transformation and ready to use your voice? Let’s create brand magic.

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(Retreats are non-traditional & for women and gender-expansive humans. If this isn’t your vibe, join me at CreativeMornings/Richmond or invite me to speak)