Are You Ready to Speak Your Truth?

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by Angela Levesque

It is time to take our voice back and really learn how to speak your truth. Communication is under the domain of the throat chakra, and it is not uncommon for it to be out of balance. Either the chakra is too open in relation to the rest of them, or it can even be completely shut down. In contemplating why I see this over and over again with clients, it made me wonder: Is there something special about this time in humanity that causes our throat chakra to be out of balance?

Part of it is that our means of communication have changed so much over that past two decades. What once warranted a phone call now is summed up in a brief text or email. Does this brevity serve us? Are we really getting the opportunity to speak our truth and have it heard with its full meaning? The other aspect is social media and technology has given everybody a voice and a means to share their opinion often without really contemplating our message. We share it unabashedly to anyone that will listen.

What Your Truth Isn’t

Your truth is not your opinion. An opinion is a thought or idea about something external in our environment. For example, my boss is a jerk. This is an opinion. You may have all sorts of evidence to back up this opinion. There may even be other people who agree with you, but it isn’t your truth. Your truth might be, “I feel disrespected when you single me out in meetings unnecessarily. This makes me uncomfortable, and I would like you to consider a new approach.” Our truth is about communicating what we feel and think in a vulnerable and authentic way. It is not about being right or about sharing your opinion. It is about being accountable for our experience and expressing ourselves in an intimate and transparent way.

Your truth is also not a reaction. A reaction is a knee-jerk response based on previous programming. Often, it is from this place that we attack another for sharing their opinions on something. When we react, this is not a present moment expression from the core of our being. Instead, we are letting our false beliefs about ourselves lead the communication.