Dear Alexandria:

You want to integrate the quality of not being “afraid to speak for herself and talk to others”- no way of not being afraid anymore by reading about or from someone who  is not afraid to do what you are afraid to do.

The way for you to no longer be afraid to speak for yourself is… to speak for yourself. You start small, by speaking for yourself for just a moment,  just one thing you say, then see the reaction, and once you see nothing bad happens, you speak for yourself one more time, pause, see the reaction, and again.

Take an opportunity today to speak or yourself, to talk within a group, for just a moment, and take it from there, will you do that and tell me about it?

anita