Being opinionated as a woman gets treated like some kind of character flaw. 

You get called “too much” or “intense” or “aggressive”. And then you start to change your language. You stop and edit a sentence halfway through it. You stop speaking up in rooms where you have something valuable to say. 

But being opinionated is not the problem. The problem is what happens when you start editing yourself to keep other people comfortable.

In this episode of the Rise From Within podcast In this episode I’m talking about having strong opinions, why they’ve helped me lead and get things done, and why “tone it down” is not sensible, neutral advice. I'm getting into women speaking up at work, leadership vs likeability, and the cost of you not voicing your opinions.

Strong opinions have been useful in my life. They’re how I get things done in pool spaces. They’re how I push back on diet culture. They’re how I’ve built a business that attracts the right people instead of trying to be liked by everyone.

There are many people who benefit when women don’t speak up and voice their opinions, don’t take up space in leadership, and don’t trust their own judgement, so I'll give you some examples of that too. 

If you’ve been trying to be more palatable or acceptable so you can be taken seriously, this episode will probably irritate you... but in a good way, so that begin to own your opinionatedness!

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A quick heads up - my transcriptions are automatically generated. For this reason there may be errors, incorrect words, bad spelling, bad grammar, and other things that just seem a little 'off'. You'll still be able to understand what is being said though, so please just ignore that and enjoy the episode.