7- Stepping into your Unmuzzled Self - Allison Gower

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Since 6th grade and into adulthood Allison had this fear of feeling small and afraid that people wouldn't like her. She asked, "If I get seen and visible... will people hurt me and me make me feel small?"

To protect herself from this rejection or pain of any kind, she put parts of herself into boxes so that she could appeal to everyone but herself.

"I realized I was muzzled and it was my own doing" - Taylor Swift from Miss Americana (Documentary on Taylor Swift). This line sat with Allison for a really long time...

She asked the question: do I want to be muzzled anymore?

Allison stepped into her power and made a decision to live an unmuzzled life and is now teaching women entrepreneurs how to do the same.

When you decide to change your life and self-express in one area, you end up expressing everywhere else too.

Tune into this episode as we chat with Allison Evelyn about how to live an unmuzzled life, remove yourself from the toxic identity of perfectionism, step out of your fear of being seen, to deal with gratitude guilt complex and how to share your voice even if you're absolutely terrified.

Our takeaways from this episode:

* You're truly serving people and yourself by speaking your truth even if it is so scary to say things

* How to live your life unmuzzled

* Speaking your truth gives you an opportunity to connect with your audience and customers on a deeper level

* How being unmuzzled goes hand in hand with self-love

* Writing a website that actually sounds like you is scary but when you rip off the ducktape and are about to push publish while you're feeling so much fear that you want to abandon it all together - it's probably EXACTLY what you're supposed to say

* Banish perfectionism - it puts you in a box

* If you could tackle tasks in a simple way, how would you do it?

* And our favourite question: Am I muzzling myself if I don't write or say this?

Allison Evelyn Gower is a Forbes-featured copywriter, brand coach and podcaster who went from 20 cents a word to $3,500 a day. Allison’s obsession is showing women how to unmuzzle themselves, uncover what makes them unique and write in their true voices. On her podcast, Allison’s interviewed some of the planet’s most A-list online entrepreneurs like John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneurs on Fire, author Susie Moore and Cathy Heller of Don’t Keep Your Day Job. Whether teaching women how to write high-converting sales pages or storytelling emails that get opened, Allison’s calling is to help women re-find who they really are and unmute themselves, so they can tap into true self-expression and step into the world the way they’re meant to.

#AllisonEvelyn, #BanishWritersBlock

Thank you for listening!

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