Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a HUGE Disney fan!
The film that started it all? The Little Mermaid, which I got for my 5th birthday.
One of the things that I love about Disney movies is that they typically have deep, inspirational messages that can be applied to everyday life. The Little Mermaid is no exception.
In case you’re unfamiliar with the story, here’s an example of that:
Ariel (The Little Mermaid) dreams of being human.
When she falls in love with Prince Eric, she goes to Ursula (the sea witch) for the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone:
Become human forever
See Eric again, get him to fall in love with her and seal it with a kiss
Ursula agrees to help Ariel, but the gag (catch) is that:
She wants Ariel’s voice as collateral
Ariel will only have 3 days to find Eric and experience true love’s kiss
Without that kiss, not only will Ariel not get her happily ever after, she’ll be Ursula’s prisoner forever.
I know what you’re thinking, “How do mermaids, sea witches and having magic spells broken by true love’s kiss relate to my life, Nina?”
Well, the truth is that we all have Ursulas in our lives- even you
Your Ursula may not be a plus-sized purple octopus with a powerful singing voice like Ariel but, as a woman, there are plenty of things vying to sabotage your visibility dreams and steal your voice.
In fact, there are 5 voice stealers that personally stopped me showing up before I learned the tools needed to overcome them.
I recorded a video (below) about them because I don’t want the same things that stopped me from stepping out into the spotlight to also stop you.
(Number 3 is definitely the most common one that I see holding women back from getting into higher calibre publications).
Let me know if you can relate!
PS) Are you a Disney super fan like me? If so, what’s your favourite movie?
P.P.S. I’ll be sharing at Media Magic — a retreat for business women, experts, coaches and authors who want to uncover a quick and systemised process to pitch the media so that they can get onto more top platforms, be seen as industry experts, and start raking in larger paydays — how to:
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