232. How to Advocate for Yourself: Let’s Claim Your Amazing Life

232. How to Advocate for Yourself: Let’s Claim Your Amazing Life

March 11, 2026 · 16 min · Episode 232

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of advocating for oneself and provides steps to build confidence in expressing personal wants and needs.

Often, the reason that you struggle to advocate for yourself—or advocate effectively—is that you are the first one to dismiss or minimize what you want. One of the most important pieces of creating the life you want is validating for yourself that your wants and needs matter, and allowing those desires to be important. In this episode, we’ll explore several steps you can take to start advocating for yourself more confidently so you can create the life you want. How do you advocate for what you want in your relationships? How do you speak up about what you need in your business or work? I know this can be a difficult skill for many of us to master, and I’m right there with you in this. At its core, advocating for yourself isn’t just about the words you use, but having the confidence and certainty that what you're asking for is valid. Maybe you hesitate to advocate for yourself because you’re afraid of being too loud or too aggressive. Others struggle because they don’t feel confident enough to speak up at all. Wherever you fall, this conversation is about what it takes to advocate for yourself and what becomes possible when you do. You’re allowed to have things you need and want…

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