Judith B Miller

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Know Your Truth, Speak Your Truth

May 15, 2018 by judithb Leave a Comment

woman with megaphone speaking out with full moon in background

It is inspiring to watch so many women courageously stand up and speak out about sexual abuse. I know the courage it takes. And I am fired up to help women in any way I can to stand solidly in their power.

I envision more and more women able to speak their truth and stand strong for what they believe is right.

I know that if women were more empowered, this world would look quite different.

Hiding my truth, going silent

These were my bottom line remedies against being seen, judged or controlled.

  • Have you even known that feeling of muzzling yourself for safety?
  • Does it still feel safer to hide then to be seen?
  • Is it better to go quiet than to reveal yourself?
  • Can you pinpoint where or when you first started to stay silent out of fear of the potential consequences?

I have spent much of my adult life studying people—myself and others. Most of my personal work has been to empower myself, especially to empower myself as a woman. Now, in my sixties, I know the difference between putting power outside myself and owning it. I know how to listen to my own knowing and to speak my truth. And while today, I rarely scramble with those uncomfortable old habits of hiding, I know them well.

I learned a great deal about the power of speaking out working with and watching the  women of the Mapusha Weaving Cooperative in rural South Africa. For 16 years, as I worked to help them with their business, they taught me.

They taught me about the risks and rewards of speaking up. I got my voice back fighting for them.

The time for safety in silence is past

  • Do you see the ways in which you go silent to protect yourself?
  • Do you see how that habit diminishes your power?
  • Don’t you want to change that disempowering habit?
  • Where is it that you do not honor your truth with a voice?
  • Where would it make a difference if you spoke up?

Join me and share your story in the comments below or email me. Together let’s each challenge our own barriers of silence.

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From Judy…

Here I am once again in friendly, green Portland, Oregon, after fourteen years of community development work in South Africa.

My book, Hand Spun Hope, Making a Difference in Rural South Africa, is available on Amazon.

My Life Coaching practice is in full swing and enlivened by the lessons gleaned from my time in South Africa—trust and risk and then trust and risk again! My focus is on listening to your own inner wisdom, letting your hopes fly wide and then, bringing them into the world with action.

I am an inspirational speaker and appreciate any opportunity to share my message of hope and inspire you into action.

I continue to support the Mapusha Weaving Cooperative in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

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