This morning this question came to me - "How can one be in sacred surrender AND declare their independence and get loud?"
Welcome to part 4 out of a series of four episodes about speaking up and elevating our voices!
Part 1 Episode 196 called why we don’t speak up. I take the opportunity to explore reasons why we and women particularly don’t speak up.
Part 2 - Episode 199, The cost of keeping quiet. I share multiple ways in which our inner peace and alignment is disrupted when we continually ignore or actively push down those inner whisperings.
Part 3, Episode 204 where the focus is the joy that we find once we are break our silence.
And finally part 4, today’s Episode 208 declare your independence and get loud!
Before you decide, this isn’t for you and you turn this off, I invite you to consider the things: I invite you to ask yourself what does declaring your independence mean to you? How will you declare your independence by getting louder?
I won’t lie have I been a little nervous to release this episode because it is bold. I am inviting you to step in into and not just tolerate discomfort, but to embrace it! So in my efforts to be an example of what’s possible, I share my thoughts with you on 'declaring your independence and getting loud (or louder!)"
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Episode Transcript
I'm Megan Skidmore. For 2 1/2 years I have been
talking about evolving faith journeys.
I started to tire of the heaviness of this focus.
I had the clear message come through.
It is time for Beyond the Shadowof Doubt podcast to evolve into
living Beyond the Shadow of Doubt podcast with the same
vulnerability and unapologetic authenticity.
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I will be focusing on the joy inthis journey, the life and the
living that comes on the other side of maybe on the other side
of what's possible. I want to talk about claiming
and spiritual sovereignty and becoming your own captain of
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notes. Welcome to Part 4 of my series
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of 4 episodes where I am talkingabout speaking up and elevating
our voices. Part 1 was episode 196 called
Why We Don't Speak Up, where I take the opportunity to explore
reasons why we, and women particularly, don't speak up.
Part 2 is episode 199 called TheCost of Keeping Quiet, and in
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that episode I share multiple ways in which our inner peace
and alignment is disrupted when we continually ignore or
actively push down those inner whisperings.
Part 3 is episode 2 O 4, where the focus is on the joy that we
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find when we are able to break our silence.
And finally, Part 4 is today's episode 2 O 8, declare your
independence and get loud. And yes, I purposely waited
until July 4th, which is Independence Day in the United
States to publish this episode. And if you're watching the
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video, yes, I've got my Gwen Stefani hashtag truth hat on.
If you know, you know. So I won't lie, I've been a
little bit nervous to release this episode because it is bold
and I'm inviting you to step into and not just tolerate
discomfort, but embrace it. Hopefully in my so in my efforts
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to be an example of what possible, what's possible, I
share my thoughts with you todayon declaring your independence
by getting loud or I'm going to add louder.
I invite you to ask yourself, what does declaring your
independence mean to you? And how will you declare your
independence by getting louder? What does that look like?
What does that sound like? This morning, as I was in deep
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meditation and contemplation, this question came to me.
How does one, how can one be in sacred surrender and declare
their independence and get loud?They are seemingly
contradictory. They almost seem contradictory
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at first glance. But let me tell you why they are
not. If you want to truly be in
alignment in divine surrender, you must seek, then ask, be open
to receiving, and then do. The more you act or do, the more
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peace you will feel and notice in your life.
And now notice I didn't say comfortable, but you will feel
at peace because you will inherently know that you are
stepping into your purpose. Why get loud?
Well, first and foremost, it's it's a muscle.
And the more you get loud or getlouder, the stronger it becomes.
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Just like if you work out your triceps or your biceps.
And that means over time, what brings you great discomfort
today? Possibly you might feel like a
piece of cake in a month from now, or maybe a week from now,
or a day from now. And the more you speak up and
advocate for yourself first and foremost, and then for others,
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if that is part of your purpose,part of what you feel your
calling is, the healthier you will feel emotionally, mentally,
spiritually, and then by extension physically because
they're all connected. Not to mention it will become
clear to you which relationshipsyou have are based on love,
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trust, mutual respect, and your relationships will be refined,
purified as you speak up, get louder, find your voice and
claim it. What does that mean?
That means no more asking permission from sources outside
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of you. Instead, you seek first to
connect with your inner wisdom. Capital I, Capital W.
That means pausing not just for a minute or a few seconds, but
setting aside time regularly to get quiet, to get still and
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listen. And as you are in that still and
quiet space of surrender, listenfor messages, particularly those
that you may want to dismiss at first, but then, as you pause
and give them a chance, give them heed.
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You realize you need to listen to them precisely because you
feel uncomfortable, and the discomfort doesn't come because
they're wrong or bad. No, On the contrary, it's
because they are causing a cellular disruption that needs
attention and cannot be ignored.I invite you to notice patterns
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that will come up as you sit in these spaces of deep
contemplation and meditation. They'll want to come up and
claim their usual spot in your mental and an emotional spaces.
They'll want to use that energy just like they have in the past.
I invite you to notice this withcompassion and not judgement.
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What does that look like, sound like?
What does that mean? Well, that can be cultivating
that self talk, that self introspection.
Huh, that's interesting. I'm feeling this desire or this
pull to get up and walk away, tostop doing what I'm doing or
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ignore this idea, this thought, this message that I'm feeling
impressed to to say or to do or act on and rather see it from a
place of ah, that makes sense. That's what I've done in the
past when something has been very uncomfortable or when
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something activates feelings of anxiety, fear, and so on.
So the more that you seek, ask, receive, and do, the more clear
that line of communication becomes.
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And I'm talking about that Channel between you and the
divine, your inner source, your inner wisdom, God, the universe,
however you call it. And so the next time that may
come in more quickly, you might hear, quote UN quote, or
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understand more quickly or readily with more assurance,
with deeper knowing. Again, it's like a muscle that
gets stronger with more use. Something to note is all of this
requires a terrible amount of vulnerability.
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I say that tongue in cheek. I've had to really lean into
vulnerability over the years andI'm a lot better at it than I
used to be. I've grown that muscle is a lot
stronger than an older version of me.
But seriously, I invite you to get comfortable with feeling
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uncomfortable. Get used to peeling back layers,
taking down your walls brick by brick, just letting your inner
heart be more known, more open and available to share.
Not all at once. I'm not asking or I'm not
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suggesting this needs to happen right away, or that there's a
certain timeline involved. Not at all.
You get to choose, you get to bein charge of your pace, and it's
OK to go at a pace that's feel safe for you.
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Not so slow that you know nothing ends up happening, but
pushing yourself just enough just outside of those comfort
zones. Now here's the remarkable thing
about vulnerability. I believe this because I've
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actually experienced it. But vulnerability begets
vulnerability. What I mean by that, you being
vulnerable is like this magnet. It's going to invite and pull
others into your energy like theNorth Pole attracts the South
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Pole. They're going to want to be
nearer to you and it will let them know you are a safe space
and they'll want to open up and be vulnerable, even if it's just
to themself at first or maybe toyou only at first.
It's all a process. It all takes time and there's no
set one right way. So as you get louder, those
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around you that have maybe contemplated voicing their
thoughts and opinions will feel strength in your voice.
They'll be exposed to you and your energetic influence, and
they'll feel safe to get loud themselves, even if it's just to
their own person first and foremost.
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And they'll also find with time,as as you will, the more you
share, the easier it gets. Or maybe a more accurate way to
say it is, the less uncomfortable it gets.
So what's going to happen? Where do you get experience the
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more you declare independence and get loud or louder?
Yourself, esteem yourself, concept yourself, perception.
However you refer to that view of 1's self, it will become more
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and more in alignment with who you already are because you're
stepping into that vibration. Let me see if I can explain this
more clearly. You're stepping into the
presence of the vibration. You're raising your own self,
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your own energy to a higher vibration of who you've already
been called to be. And although you might feel a
little nervous, maybe even anxious, this vibration, this
energy will have a sense of familiar familiarity to you,
almost like coming home. So it's attracting your inner
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person to becoming stepping intoyour future self.
That is why it's important for you to declare your
independence. Own your thoughts.
Thoughts is another word for ideas, insights, beliefs,
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opinions, inspiration, personal revelation or guidance from
Spirit or however you refer to those divine downloads when you
receive them. And by the way, you can do all
of this that I'm suggesting without saying a word, at least
at first. Just committing to yourself
internally, promising yourself you will put you above all else
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first and foremost, writing it down.
This is the first, These are thefirst steps in owning your
voice. And as you own all of this
beautiful creation that is coming from you, your inner
being, your essence, you will truly step into owning your
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voice. Sometimes as women, we think
something has gone wrong when westart to own our voice and
elevate it. Some of us because of systemic
conditioning that we didn't choose for ourselves, we, we
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think that it's not OK. I want to assure you there's no
shame in owning your voice. Nothing has gone wrong in using
your voice. And when you own your voice,
sorry, there is nothing that hasgone wrong if and when you own
your voice. This is a gift that all are born
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with by divine decree. Own your voice because there is
no other one out there just likeit.
May you have an eventful and celebratory Independence Day.
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