What happens when you finally start trusting your voice, only to lose it completely?

In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly reflects on the recent stretch of speaking, podcasting, storytelling, and visibility that has asked her to use her voice in bigger ways than ever before. After losing her voice following a keynote style talk at her old high school, she shares how symbolic that experience felt and what it revealed about her evolving relationship with being seen, speaking live, and trusting herself in the moment.

Carly opens up about her early roots in journalism, the perfectionism that kept her hiding behind the keyboard, and how podcasting has helped her move out of control and into presence. She also shares the full circle experience of returning to her high school twenty years later to speak to students, and why that moment felt so healing, expansive, and deeply meaningful. This episode is a reminder that your voice becomes stronger when you stop trying to perfect it and start trusting what wants to come through.

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Key Takeaways:

• Trusting your voice often requires letting go of perfection and control

• Podcasting and speaking can help you build confidence by bringing you back into your body and into the present moment

• You do not need to memorize every word to speak powerfully. You need to trust yourself and your message

• Full circle moments can become powerful mirrors for how much you have grown

• Sometimes being forced to slow down is actually an invitation to reflect, recalibrate, and protect your energy

Carly's Links
Website: carlyottaway.com / webofwords.ca
Instagram: @‌itscarlyottaway / @‌webofwords_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyottaway
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