Reclaiming Your True Self

Finding your true potency means aligning your inner essence with your outer expression to create a magnetic presence people feel before you speak. When everything about you – voice, style, energy, mannerisms, purpose, shadows, and gifts – sings in harmony, you achieve a powerful congruence that transforms how you move through the world.

• Potency isn't about volume or hustle, but about congruence between your inner and outer self
• We often hide our true selves by shrinking our voice, concealing quirks, ignoring shadows, or playing small
• Your unique quirks, laugh, gestures, and authentic emotions are what make you truly magnetic
• Unforgiveness creates static in our energy and muffles our authentic voice
• Forgiveness (of both others and ourselves) unlocks our potency and allows our light to shine
• Journal prompts: Who am I without roles and labels? What part of me feels most alive when fully myself?
• Practice congruence by ensuring your words, actions, energy and message align
• Affirmation: "I am potent because I am fully me. Every part of me – light and shadow, gift and quirk – is worthy of expression"

Check out my Forgiveness Signature Course where we do the powerful work, layer by layer, so you can release what no longer serves you and step into your true potency. You don't have to carry the heaviness anymore – you'll get to rise lighter, freer, and more congruent. See the link in the show notes to join me!

Affirmation:   “I am potent because I am fully me. Every part of me—light and shadow, gift and quirk—is worthy of expression.”

Chapters

• 0:57 Welcome and Episode Introduction
• 2:10 Understanding True Potency
• 3:47 Why We Hide Our Authentic Selves
• 5:27 Forgiveness as a Pathway to Potency
• 8:01 Practical Steps for Claiming Your Potency
• 10:12 Course Invitation and Episode Closing

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:29

Hello, beautiful souls, and welcome back to another radiant episode of Unleash your Inner Radiance. I'm your host, lisa, your catalyst, life, wellness and transformation coach and real estate agent in the state of Minnesota. And today, oh my goodness, we are diving deep into a question that has probably been whispering to you in the quiet moments of your life who am I really to you in the quiet moments of your life? Who am I really? Now? I know that we lose ourselves when we're raising children and when we're married and when we are just in life. We lose ourselves, right. But let's be honest. We live in a world that's constantly trying to define us, a world that's constantly trying to define us, constantly trying to define who we are, what we do, what we look like, what we've accomplished or maybe what we haven't accomplished yet. But the potency of your life is the true electricity of your being and not the checking the boxes. It's in your voice, your authenticity, your quirks, your shadows, your light, your presence. It's in being so fully you that you light up the room when you walk in them. Do you know people like that? I do, and today we are going to explore what potency really means and how to align your inner world with the outer life that you're creating. So I want to begin, because the question of potency is this who am I really? It's not about the volume or the hustle, it's all about congruence of your inner and your outer right. They need to be in complete alignment. So your inner essence and your outer expression need to be congruent. Your voice, your style, your energy, your mannerisms, your purpose, your shadows and your gifts all need to be congruent. And when they all sing in harmony, people feel you before you even speak. So think about a musician speak. So think about a musician. If even one string on their instrument is out of tune, the whole performance feels off. That's what happens when we live out of alignment with who we really are. Our lives start to sound a little like a dissident right to sound a little like a dissident right. Potency when everything sings, when everything. Just think of it as a string, when every string is so congruent that our gifts, our shadows, our quirks are tuned together to create our unique sound in the world. That is you.

Speaker 1: 3:45

So why do we hide our potency? You know, people do it to shrink their voice, to be more palatable, right? They hide their quirks because somebody maybe shamed them. They ignore their shadows instead of integrating them. A lot of us do that, or a lot of us play small so that others don't feel uncomfortable. They feel uncomfortable about your energy that's on them. But our potency isn't meant to be hidden. It is meant to be embodied. Your quirks, your laugh, the way you use your hands when you speak and if you could see me using my hands right now, you would just laugh. The fact that you cry when you're passionate this is what makes you magnetic. So show it more, be congruent, be your energy, be in your energy.

Speaker 1: 4:59

Let's talk a little bit about forgiveness as a portal to your potency. Here's the truth One of the biggest things that blocks us from potency is unforgiveness. When we are holding on to resentment, shame, guilt or anger, it creates static in our energy and it muffles our voice. So I just need to pause right now because I want to take a moment to really appreciate the incredible, incredible, incredible women that I get to coach. Watching them transform through forgiveness is truly inspiring. It's like watching someone have their light turned on or have their light turned back on because they had it. We all had a light when we were young. At some point we lost it right. Maybe we lost it in our teen years, maybe we lost it in our marriage. Maybe we lost it in our teen years, maybe we lost it in our marriage. But it's when forgiveness enters the picture. Potency gets unlocked. Your voice will get stronger, your energy will flow and you will literally radiate from the inside out. And I'm not talking necessarily forgiving someone else, but the biggest gift you can give yourself is to not only forgive someone else, but also forgive yourself for whatever. We all have things that we need to forgive ourselves for, and the journey of forgiveness is so incredibly liberating.

Speaker 1: 7:04

So I want to ask you guys a question what is one step you're taking this week towards your personal growth? No-transcript, I want you guys to journal it or say it out loud, because I want you guys to claim your potency. That's what we're going to do. I want to walk you through a little practice. One I want you to ask yourself and you can journal on this who am I really without the roles, the labels and expectations? Number two identify your potency. What part of you feels most alive when you're fully yourself? Fully yourself? Three explore congruence. Do my words, actions, energy and message align. And four I'm going to give you guys an affirmation for practice, and I want you guys to repeat these words out loud. Here's the affirmation I am potent because I am fully me. Every part of me light and shadow, gift and quirk is worthy of expression, and I will drop that in the comment section too. Now, if you are listening and you know you've been holding on to old hurts, old stories, old resentments, and they are dimming your light. I want to personally invite you to take the next step with me.

Speaker 1: 9:21

My Forgiveness Signature Course is where we do the powerful work, layer by layer, so that you can release what you no longer want to serve you and step into your potency of who you really are. You don't have to carry the heaviness anymore. You'll get to rise lighter, freer and more congruent. Check out the show notes for the link and come join me. This is your season to remember your radiance. All right, my radiant friends, that's a wrap for today's episode.

Speaker 1: 9:49

Remember that potency isn't about becoming someone new. It's about uncovering the you who's always been in there waiting to shine. So this week, walk into every room with your head held high, knowing your quirks, your laugh, your shadows, your light are all part of your magic. If today's episode spoke to you, share it with a friend who needs the reminder of her own potency. And if you're ready to do the deeper work, don't forget to check out my Forgiveness Signature course. I can't wait to walk through this journey with you. Until next time, keep unleashing your inner radiance, because the world needs your light and it needs it potent. I'll see you next week on the next episode of Unleash your Inner Radiance. Until then, have a great week and stay radiant.