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Find your voice
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Find your voice
To learn how to express who you are — through words, art, action, or presence — even after silence or struggle.
Examples:
1- After his stroke, Jean-Dominique Bauby couldn’t speak — but he found his voice in silence, blinking out a book that touched millions.
2- For years, she was too afraid to tell anyone about what she’d been through. But one day, she stood up in front of a room full of strangers — and found her voice.
Hello and welcome to Daily English, where we learn English through real stories. You can find the full transcript in the description. Today’s expression is “find your voice.” It means to discover how to express yourself — especially when you’ve been silent, afraid, or overlooked. And today’s story is about a man who literally couldn’t speak — but still found a way to be heard.
What Happens? Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor of a top fashion magazine in Paris — successful, social, and always in motion. Then, at the age of 43, he had a massive stroke.
When he woke up from a coma, he had a condition called locked-in syndrome.
He couldn’t move. He couldn’t speak. His entire body was paralyzed — except for his left eyelid. Many thought his mind was gone, too. But it wasn’t. Jean-Dominique was still fully aware. He could hear, think, imagine — but he couldn’t say a word.So he found his voice in a new way. With the help of a speech therapist, he used eye blinks to communicate.
They read him the alphabet. He blinked once for each letter. Letter by letter, word by word, he dictated an entire memoir: A beautiful book called The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. He wrote about memory, imagination, frustration, and joy. And through this slow, patient process — he spoke to the world. Jean-Dominique Bauby didn’t just write a book. He found his voice — when almost everything had been taken from him.
Expression of the Day: Find Your Voice To find your voice means: To learn how to express who you are — through words, art, action, or presence — even after silence or struggle.
Examples: After his stroke, Jean-Dominique Bauby couldn’t speak — but he found his voice in silence, blinking out a book that touched millions.
For years, she was too afraid to tell anyone about what she’d been through. But one day, she stood up in front of a room full of strangers — and found her voice.
He didn’t shout. He didn’t argue. But the poem he read at the funeral said everything. That’s when we knew — he’d found his voice.
Have you ever had to find your voice in a new situation — maybe in a new language, job, or phase of life? What helped you?