Ask ~SPEAK-OUT With Marshay Dominique~
I hope life is finding you all well as you read these words. My personal goal every month is to share a li9le something that helps to further each and every one of us in some random, yet poe<c way. This month, I’ve created an acronym exclusive to us inspired by our theme of ending the silence.
1.
Silence Kills
yourself in this journey. Express! Don’t be
I know many of us can relate to mu<ng our true selves out of fear or concern for the responses we
afraid to learn how to control AND express your
would receive if we lived out loud. I wish I knew then
feelings in a safe and effec<ve manner. Its one of
the unpleasant truth that I know now which is,
the precious giOs we were all given and for great
whether you follow the guidance of others or not-
reason!
they will not approve! They’ll talk either way and it
3. Explain Nothing
will never be favorable to you. Why crave the
I find that the older I get, the more I fight to
acceptance of lost souls who haven’t figured their own
release this terrible, old learned behavior of
thing out? I want you to understand that keeping your
always feeling the need to provide an
truth inside is so detrimental to your own health and
explana<on for why I want what I want. If you
well-being that I believe it can actually shorten your
tell your boss you’re taking the day off, that is
life. Stress-induced traumas that we don’t face head
YOUR preroga<ve. I used to waste days deciding
on always come back to bite us, am I right?
what I would say and how I would say it just to get ONE day to myself out of 4 or 5! That same
2.
Passionate Living
energy carried over into friendships and da<ng
We men<oned living out loud- but what does that
so fast that before I knew it, I was apologizing for
really mean? For me, it means the sa<sfac<on I feel
saying “no” to people for NO REASON AT ALL!
knowing I heard myself, healed myself and fought for
This immediately downgraded my right to opt
myself every <me it was needed. Its called living
out and made me feel less than in many
passionately! You were not put here to silence any
situa<ons and was totally unnecessary. Don’t fall
version of yourself and your emo<ons. You were
into this trap! Be good to yourself and explain
created to emit and emote on the way to discovering
NOTHING.
