@GivingVoice
Perspectives on how we use our voice to amplify ideas and things that matter. Also @dbpardes for direct messages
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 4:46
Session 24: Are you Being You In the Conversation?
And at this event I really saw people's faces light up mostly because of what someone else is saying about them. And that led me to think about how we enter session conversation with the understanding that people don't know who we are generally in new experiences, even here on Swell. And we have a chance to really show up as our best selves, as our most compelling selves, our most vulnerable selves, our most raw selves, or our most witty or intelligent selves
But I have so many different parts that are a major part of me that maybe it doesn't get as much attention, it doesn't reach the forefront. And I'm a gardener, so I'm just going to say it doesn't get as much sunlight or maybe not even as much water. So that's my answer now. And I love that you mentioned the part about asking someone else what they would say
Stephon Ross
@svross1 · 1:30
But the older I get, sometimes I think I should just step up a little bit more, challenge myself. It's nothing more than the developing more of myself. And I think even this podcast or this platform allows a person to continue to grow. But again, thank you. Thank you for that. Thank you for the opportunity
Judith Beck
@everystep · 4:39
Then you can say, Well, I'm actually the head of legal, and it's actually a light way of saying what you do and a good way to get the conversation going. So her friend was very helpful in just saying, yeah, that's what you do, and that's what you should be thinking every time you speak to someone, just like someone who's head of customer service, I make sure the customers are happy
Aayan Banerjee
@BasTalk · 4:53
What is the need of the hour of the situation of that moment and you bring that vocabulary up. And so how people get comfortable with almost an out of body experience, if I might call it that, this is not you, but is what you need to be and then make peace with that or be comfortable with that split personality is where the challenge and the advantage and the disadvantage and the mystery lies. I hope I'm making sense
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:48
I don't think it really happens on Zoom. I think it has to be in a space where we're reading each other, we're checking in with our own selves and we're hopefully just comfortable and flowing. But what most of the replies here bring to bear is this idea of how conscious are you of the other person and what they need from you without feeling like you're two people. It's a layering effect, really
Samreen Afsana
@sana.afsana · 2:36
And definitely this well is the great platform for this where anybody can share their waves opinions about anything. So here, yes, truly I'm being myself in this conversation. Yeah. Thank you
Hi, Deborah. Thank you for starting this conversation. I think for me, I'm working on it. I'm getting better. I have a hard time even with now, using Swell and speaking with my voice recorded and videos is harder for me. And although I have all the social media streams, I have a hard time bringing myself into it and being the real me. And it's definitely something I'm working on, I think, because I'm so concerned