The Power of Women Speaking Their Own Truth

Our podcast is a place where women's voices can be heard and where hope and encouragement can be found by those whose voices have been muted. Speaking your truth, and telling the facts of your story may just help someone else feel valued enough to share and find healing in speaking their truth.

Do you feel like you don't have a voice in this relationship?

Do you feel like you have to shut up to keep the peace or walk on egg shells all the time?

Do you not even know that you can speak up and say something?

Sometimes I have to ask myself, "How do I speak, share and communicate in a way that does not destroy this relationship?" Because what I hear screaming in my head and what wants to come out of my mouth are sometimes disturbing to even me. I have to mute my own voice until I can face my truths in the light of God's word and have the courage to speak from a place of honesty and love!

I have a grandchild who will ask us "Do you want to hear some facts?" My response is usually "Yes I do, give me some facts!" So here's some facts... It's hard to confront difficult truths about ourselves and our circumstances. We don't change what we don't acknowledge but the healing is in the light of self discovery which is deeply personal and transformative.

What I have learned on this journey, is that we as women, are equipped to...

• Forgive ourselves for mistakes we feel we made in the relationship.

• Forgive the other person for their mistakes. This does not condone their behavior but helps us let go of anger in order to free ourselves of its negative impact.

• Be patient with ourselves. Healing takes time and recovery is a process.

• Treat our truth with God's truth. His Word and His Son sets us Free.

We've all had those hard and even traumatic things that we have faced in our lives which can lead to a break down, break out or a break through.

One of my favorite stories of women in the Bible is the story of Esther. She was a young Jewish woman who was advised to hide her true identity. Her parents died when she was young and was raised by a family member. She was groomed to catch the eye of the King of Persia and Esther became Queen. She found herself isolated from her family and in a place where women certainly did not have a voice. Through prayer and wise counsel she stepped out of the shadows , exposed an evil and abusive situation, saved many from perishing and changed the future for her people. Being courageous to speak the truth for the right purpose, in the right way, can reshape our narrative for the future.