Topics: Overcoming the fear of visibility as an entrepreneur, how to be a thought leader, get more visible online

 

Overcoming the fear of visibility as an entrepreneur…

 

If you’ve ever said “I’m not expert enough” or “I’ll share when I’m more ready”—this is your visibility wake-up call.

In this solo episode, I’m sharing the invisible blocks that hold so many women back from owning their voice, showing up, and getting visible in a way that actually connects.

It’s about stepping into thought leadership—and why visibility isn’t about being viral, it’s about being real.

Whether you’re launching a podcast, pivoting your message, or finally putting your voice out there, I’m walking you through why you don’t need to be viral, polished, or credentialed to make an impact—you just need to start.

 

🎯 What You’ll Hear:

• The Invisible Identity Trap that had me sitting on podcast ideas for five years
• Why your voice doesn’t need a PhD—just lived experience and courage to speak it
• The visibility dare I’m inviting you to take this week

 

I break down the blocks to being visible—from perfectionism to waiting for the “right moment”—and dare you to show up now.

🎧 Listen for visibility myths + real ways to reclaim your voice.

 

📲 DM your visibility dare to @chardetryel on IG—I want to cheer you on.

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:59 – The Invisible Identity Trap
03:19 – You Don’t Need to Be Viral to Be Visible
08:06 – Your Questions Are Your Content
14:38 – You’re Not Here to Impress, You’re Here to Connect
21:31 – The Visibility Dare: 30 Days to Show Up

 

 

LISTEN TO NEXT: Finding Your Path (ep 39)

 

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MORE ABOUT THIS ENTREPRENEUR MINDSET PODCAST EPISODE

 

“Thought leaders aren’t born. They’re built through repetition.” – Chardét Ryel, Visibility and Podcast Mentor

 

• You Don’t Need to Be “Ready” to Be Visible
• Thought Leaders Aren’t Born, They Just Start Talking
• Visibility Doesn’t Mean Loud. It Means Real.

 

 

Let me ask you something:

What would you say if I handed you a mic right now and told you someone—just one person—needed to hear your story? No polish. No script. Just your voice. Could you do it?

Or would you freeze, tell yourself you’re not ready, not expert enough, not successful enough yet?

That, right there, is the fear of visibility. And it’s one of the sneakiest, most success-sabotaging blocks out there for women entrepreneurs.

We tell ourselves we’ll show up when we’re more confident, when we have more credentials, when we’re finally “legit.” But the truth is—visibility doesn’t come after readiness. It creates it.

So if you’ve been waiting in the wings of your business, quietly perfecting and planning, this is your gentle (but firm) nudge. It’s time to step into the light—on your own terms, in your own voice.

Here’s what helped me get there…

 

The Invisible Identity Trap: Why You Feel Like You’re Not Enough Yet

 

There’s this belief so many of us carry: “I’ll share my voice when I’ve earned the right to speak.”

That voice might sound like:

• “Who am I to say this?”
• “What if I haven’t been through enough?”
• “Other people are already doing it better.”

 

And what we’re really saying is: I don’t feel visible enough yet to be valuable.

This is the invisible identity trap—waiting to be “ex enough” (expert enough, experienced enough, expressive enough) before giving yourself permission to show up. But the truth?

“You being visible doesn’t mean you need to be viral.”

Your message matters before you feel like a finished product. And waiting until you feel “ready”? That’s the fastest way to delay everything that’s meant for you.

 

How to Be More Visible Online—Without Being Everywhere

 

Let’s make something clear: being visible doesn’t mean being loud, polished, or permanently online.

Visibility is about resonance. It’s about being findable by the people who need your perspective—whether that’s through a podcast, a post, a Substack essay, or even a voice memo sent to your email list.

“Visibility isn’t a personality trait. It’s a muscle you train.”

So start small. Pick one platform that feels the most like you. Podcasting was mine because it allowed me to speak naturally, expand into other formats, and build intimacy without needing a curated aesthetic.

But maybe for you it’s newsletters, reels, or honest captions. The key? Choose one path and walk it consistently.

You don’t need to scream on every corner of the internet. You just need to speak in a way that lands.

 

Your Lived Experience Is Enough—Yes, Even Now

 

Let’s talk about another lie that holds us back: “I’m not expert enough yet.”

Here’s the truth: you don’t need a PhD to share what you’ve lived. You don’t need a viral post to share what you know to be true from your experience.

“What’s obvious to you could be someone else’s breakthrough.”

We dismiss what’s natural to us. We downplay the lessons we’ve survived. And we forget that our stories—our honest, unpolished, real stories—are what help others find their own voice too.

So if you’re wondering where to start, ask yourself:

• What’s something I’ve gone through that I wish someone had talked about?
• What are the questions my clients or peers keep asking?
• What’s the truth I tell in private but never say out loud?

 

Those answers? That’s your message. That’s content. That’s leadership.

 

How to Become a Thought Leader
(Hint: It’s Not About Being the Best)

 

“Thought leader” can sound intimidating—like a title someone else gives you after you’ve earned it.

But the real truth?

“Thought leaders aren’t born. They’re built through repetition.”

It’s not about being the most educated, the most followed, or the most eloquent. It’s about being the most consistent in saying something real.

If you want to know how to become a thought leader, start with what you believe deeply—even if it’s not mainstream.

Your thought leadership is not about being right. It’s about being rooted.
It’s not about impressing. It’s about connecting.

Speak it. Share it. Say it again. That’s how your voice becomes a lighthouse for the people looking for clarity.

 

 

The Visibility Dare (Try This This Week)

 

Still feeling nervous? Let’s make this easy.

This week, I dare you to share one raw sentence about your current journey.

No polish. No branding. Just one line of truth.

You can post it. Record it. Send it in a voice memo. Say it to a friend. Whatever format feels safe, but slightly stretchy.

“You’re not here to impress. You’re here to connect.”

Want some prompts? Try one of these:

• “What I wish more people understood about [your industry]…”
• “The hard truth I had to learn in year one…”
• “Something I always say to clients but haven’t said publicly yet…”

And then watch what happens. It might be messy. It might not go “viral.” But it will feel real—and that’s how momentum starts.

 

 

If You’re Still Hiding, You’re Not Alone
(But You Don’t Have to Stay There)

I know how scary it is to put yourself out there, especially if you’re a perfectionist, a planner, or someone who’s been in the shadows of your brand for too long.

I’ve hidden behind polished posts. I’ve archived entire Instagram feeds. I’ve convinced myself someone else would say it better.

But you know what changed that?

Saying it anyway.

Not because I felt ready. But because I realized I could either keep hiding—or I could become someone who builds community with her voice.

And I want that for you too.

 

 

Let’s Wrap This Up (And Start Something New)

If you’ve made it this far, you probably already know—there’s a voice inside you that’s ready to be heard.

Not tomorrow. Not when you feel more legitimate. Now.

This is how you start building real connection online. This is how you create content that doesn’t drain you, because it’s not performance—it’s presence. This is how you go from “Who am I to say this?” to “I’m so glad I said it.”

So ask yourself:
What do I wish someone had said out loud when I needed it most?
Now go say it.

 

🎧 Want the full pep talk?

Listen to the full episode for more!

 

 

QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THIS SELF-IMPROVEMENT PODCAST EPISODE

1. How do I get over the fear of being visible online?
2. What’s stopping me from sharing my voice as a business owner?
3. How do I show up confidently without feeling like an expert?
4. Why do I feel like I’m not ready to create content yet?
5. How can I start building visibility without being on every platform?
6. What is the invisible identity trap in entrepreneurship?
7. How do I find my voice as a new content creator or podcaster?
8. What should I say if I don’t feel like a thought leader yet?
9. How can I create authentic content that actually connects?
10. What’s one small action I can take to stop hiding in my business?

 

 

 

FULL TRANSCRIPT WITH CHARDÉT RYEL BELOW:

 

Chardet Ryel (00:03.242)
On Wednesday, May 14th, we are doing a podcast growth, Mini Mastermind, It’s Myself, and another top podcaster, Nicole Kahlil, host of

This is woman’s work. It is a top 10 in self-improvement globally. So ranked along Mel Robbins and she and I are going to share the strategies that helped grow our podcast with soul, with alignment, with community. is amazing opportunity. If you’re someone who has been thinking about a show and getting your voice out there and you want to learn what 75 % of podcasters never do. Or if you have a show and you’re feeling like your voice is dimmed, like it’s not reaching who you want to, this is the place to do it.

Hope to see you there. can sign up on herfirstthreeyears.com, also in the show notes here up until May 14th. It will be an amazing opportunity for you to get to know a little bit more behind the scenes of how to get your voice out there. Now onto our show.

Chardet Ryel (01:00.906)
One of the biggest blocks that entrepreneurs face and really all creatives, whether it’s the beginning or a few years down the line and you’re trying to shift your messaging, your industry, you’re basically starting something new in some way. The block you will almost always face is, what if I am not knowledgeable enough, successful enough, good enough to share my?

voice. It is something that people struggle with whether they have never been on camera, never been on the stage, or done it for decades. And it’s something that as women, we in particular struggle with. How deep this is, is wild to me. I talked about this recently in the Her First Three Years newsletter that I have now interviewed, I think, at least 100 female entrepreneurs, CEOs, creatives, even the ones that have been in their area for decades.

have this small bit of questioning around if they should be the ones doing it. It’s natural, right? So it’s about how do we manage that? And for those of you who are in particular, like you’re just trying to get your voice out there now, I want to give you the courage to do that in this episode. This is a super inspirational, get ready, do it one. We’ll be talking about a few of the big traps that you might be falling in and how to get yourself.

out of them. The biggest one first is the invisible identity trap. This is the idea that my voice only matters when I’m ex enough, when I’m successful enough. That is when I can get my voice out there. The irony with this is that you will never get your voice out there if you don’t start before you feel that way because we don’t usually immediately decide we’re ready and then walk out into a stage with a thousand people. We start

speaking to a few. And if you ever saw on Jay Shetty’s Instagram, I love how he has this before and now. And I can’t remember how many years ago it was, but he has a photo of him speaking to a group in what looks like a community center with those fold up plastic chairs. And there’s maybe, I don’t know, eight or nine people there and he’s speaking to them. And then there’s another photo, which is him on this huge stage with all these tears of people looking down on him.

Chardet Ryel (03:20.721)
You have to start before you’re ready. You hear it a lot. And so that’s what I want to walk you through here because can give all the advice in the world about what you should do, how you should feel. But if we don’t truly understand it and how to work our way through it, none of that matters. My big not successful enough came with actually my first podcast, Feel Good Naked, because I will often share with people that I started it in 2020, but I had the idea, I always say in 2018.

So for two years, I sat on this idea because I felt like the several years I had in fitness and wellness didn’t matter because I wasn’t successful enough. I hadn’t worked with enough clients. I wasn’t a good enough speaker on camera, whatever else it was. I took funny photos where my eye cringed up. All these different reasons why I shouldn’t have started it. The reality is though, I actually sat on that dream for even longer.

Three years before that, so five years before I started my podcast in 2015, I actually had the idea to start a show. Now, it wasn’t the one that I started, and I had even recorded three episodes. One I think was with my physical therapist, because I didn’t know how else to get guests, right? I just pulled in the people I knew. Another one was with a friend, and I can’t remember who the third guest was. But you can imagine, this show didn’t go anywhere.

I recorded this stuff on Zoom and those recordings are lost forever. I just sat on them because the more that I researched what it would take and who was doing so well in this and all the advice about how you should have XYZ following before you start discouraged me. And I felt like, am I to do this? And that is the first big block to overcome here, which is you being visible doesn’t mean you need to be viral. It doesn’t mean that

hundreds of thousands or millions of people need to listen to you. Your message doesn’t need to be huge and life-shattering for you to share it. In fact, a lot of times we start with the smaller messages and it grows to be bigger and bigger as you get more comfortable. So I want you to take a moment now, we’ll go a little bit deeper into this, but just pause with what I’ve said. Let it seep in. How does it feel to think that you’re not alone?

Chardet Ryel (05:43.992)
that myself and hundreds of other people, especially women, have felt like their voice wasn’t enough yet. When we feel this way, we hide. Hiding behind your brand, hiding behind something else is not you being modest. And this was me. I really did never, I never wanted to be the face of my brand. When I had my fitness company, Core Pal, I never wanted to be the face. I hired models and did a photo shoot so that

I wouldn’t have to be, but I was really hiding, you know, not putting your voice out there. It is a strategy. It’s one that can work in a lot of ways, but it does not work when you are building a brand. And when I talk about how I didn’t want to be the face of my fitness brand, it really came down to this idea of being seen, quite honestly, of being seen by strangers and even people that I knew. It was of not having everything figured out.

trying to be a perfectionist, of not wanting to be rejected, hiding all of that behind other people. And the message that really got through to me when I started changing this, because I heard a lot of people tell me, even my mom from the beginning was saying, why are you not just the face? Even before personal branding got big, she said, why are you not just the face of your company? And it took me a long time for that to seep through. And what did it is hearing this. Thought leaders.

are not born. They also are not made from their credentials. That can be part of it, but that’s not what makes them. They are made through repetition, meaning you are saying your message again and again and getting out there. That is how you actually become a voice that people hear. That is how you go from the 10 people in the community center that Jay Shetty was talking to, to the full auditorium. And if that is not your goal, that’s okay too.

it’s still important for you to get your voice out there and share it. So if you’re in this point now where you’re thinking, okay, maybe I do need to get more visible. Maybe I need to make that pivot. Maybe I need to change, but what would I say? Think about this. What are the last three questions that your clients or your peers have asked you? Or three questions you see in your industry again and again? Three things that you see constantly being asked?

Chardet Ryel (08:07.01)
Or maybe it’s three myths that really, you know, they trigger you. You can’t stand to see them. You have an emotional reaction. What are those three things? For me, before I finally started my podcast, five years after wanting to do it, it was the conversation of how do I accept my body? How do I be healthy without actually dieting and following all these rules? And what does it take to actually feel good about myself again?

Now those were worded in different ways, but those were the three questions that I felt so passionate about. And you have your three too. Those are your content. That is your message to start. That is your voice. That is leadership. If I think about as well, you know, when I delayed to start the second podcast, her first three years, when I delayed getting more into the podcasting world and the business side of it, it was the same fears. And I had to also look at these.

three questions and they were again and again, how do you build community? How do you share your story without having to be online all the time? And how can you truly connect with the people who need to hear from you? All of that was around podcasting. And that is what started me creating the episodes that are now in this show. That is what started me creating the products that I now have for people to be on shows, start podcasts, grow shows, all of that.

came from those questions. And if you’re still feeling stuck with these three questions, or maybe if you just want to go a little bit deeper, this is an action for you to sit with, an action to take. If I put a mic in front of you and someone needed to hear a story, I said, here’s a mic, think of someone that needs to hear a story to inspire them. What would you say? What is no one else talking about or saying in the way that you feel would really impact that one person?

who could hear you.

Chardet Ryel (10:08.248)
And building on that, what is something you have personally gone through that you wish someone had talked about out loud? This was another big one that influenced this show because I had all these conversations while I was traveling with other female entrepreneurs at different stages of business. And we would get together in these small groups and talk and the feeling and the gratitude was so high there because people felt like for once.

They were getting the unmasked, no BS, unfiltered truth about what it takes to grow a business. They were hearing from top people who were struggling. They were hearing from people just beginning and didn’t even know what to expect. And those were the conversations I wanted to have to say, let’s take away this BS, like Barbie polished sheen around the business world. And let’s be very real about how mentally, emotionally, physically draining this is and what it actually takes.

because that is the only way that a huge amount of women are not going to give up if they realize they are not alone, that they have a community with them too. So think about what is the thing that you have gone through that you wish people would have talked about out loud?

That is content. That is a podcast episode. That is a blog post. That is a connector. The analogy that comes to mind a lot to really make this stick with you is if you wait until you’re important enough or until you have all the things ready, it’s kind of like saying, I’m going to wait to go to the gym until I’m an Olympian. Can you imagine that? How many Olympians started that way?

The Olympic swimmers, they started paddling in the pool. I mean, they might’ve been really young, but you know, doggy paddling. It didn’t start doing amazing, amazing things. You can see what my knowledge of sports is here, but you get the idea is you really need to just start and think about your story, your message as it’s not a finished novel. is something you are continually workshopping. It just involves starting though. It’s about going from invisible, going from hidden.

Chardet Ryel (12:19.472)
to being seen. That is how you truly connect, how you build community, you find that purpose, and you start to feel more confident as well in your voice. The second big block we face after this idea of, I need to be successful enough first, is the one of I need to be an expert. That I need to have whatever many years, whatever many things before I can share my voice and of-

course, we want to be very ethical and not give advice that you’re not certified to do. You also want to acknowledge that your voice has value even if it doesn’t have a PhD behind it. This is something that I have seen more and more with my podcast and I remember when I had finally started Feel Good Naked. It was still 2020 that first year and I got my very first feedback DM, which I love by the way. Please send them to me.

And it was a woman who she had said that she was struggling with food for a while, that she had been going through many, many diets, that she felt very self-conscious. And she was about to start her usual summer diet. And then she listened to my episode I did on summer body. Caused her to pause, to think differently, to not go back into that cycle. Now at this point, I hadn’t even really had the show for a year.

I was still just a few thousand downloads in. I hadn’t had any media features. I don’t think I’d been on more than maybe the one podcast from before that my friend had. And this person said this to me and it felt like, wow, I don’t have a PhD. I’m not a therapist. And this person found value in what I said. They can also listen to the PhD. They can also listen to the master’s person. They could also listen to the person that had three decades of experience on me.

but it doesn’t make what I said any less impactful for someone who’s looking for those words. The thing to get over here is you are not here to impress, you are here to connect. People, don’t want perfection, especially now anymore. They want realness, they want resonance. They wanna know the person has struggled in the same way that they are, that they are still figuring it out because expertise is not just what you know.

Chardet Ryel (14:39.445)
It’s what you have embodied and what you can voice, what you can articulate. It’s your story. It’s your perspective. It’s the values. These are your brands and your company’s largest assets. Because I can have all the experience in the world, all of the expertise. And if I’m not able to voice that in a relatable way and connect with people who need to hear it, then it doesn’t really matter.

And when I got this message as well, this very first feedback message, it brings up another point. I didn’t feel like that episode was that groundbreaking in terms of if I look back on what I’ve produced since and before, it wasn’t one that I felt like was my beautiful perfection one, but it was one that really broke through to someone else. And this is the thing is that what is obvious to you could be someone else’s breakthrough.

So if you’re struggling to figure out what do I even say, who’s going to listen, know that you could share something that seems so obvious, so minimal to you that someone else has never thought about. And the only way for you to know is to try. As entrepreneurs and really as people who are content creators, because, you know, admittedly that’s what we end up doing, is we are often falling into the trap

of reciting someone else’s voice, breaking down someone else’s theory, instead of owning our own perspective. So even if you’re someone who feels like, I’m not afraid to share my voice, but you find yourself recycling the same content approaches frameworks as everyone else in your industry, then you also are not really sharing your voice. You are echoing someone else’s. And while I believe that there’s a lot of overlapping themes that many of us will talk about,

similar stuff, really being true to your experience, your experience as evidence, your voice as valuable is what is going to take you to the next level of what you’re trying to do. This is where we go even deeper into that question of, what do I produce then and what is my voice? Think about something that you strongly, strongly believe in, in your business niche, in your industry, even if it’s not popular.

Chardet Ryel (16:59.127)
What have you experienced, survived, learned or broken through? This is essentially your curriculum. This is your messaging. This is your programming. What is that in your space? What would that be for you? If I look at on the wellness side, it was body confidence starts when you stop counting. That was a very unpopular idea at the time. It was also one that I had lived.

that I personally found body confidence and acceptance when I stopped dieting. So this is your action to take and I really strongly suggest you do this one because it is going to be the momentum that you need. You’re going to record a one minute to two minute voice memo as if you are talking to your best friend and giving them a pep talk on the thing which is the most unpopular belief you have about your industry.

That is essentially a blog post. Again, that’s a foundation of a first podcast episode. This is something that will allow you to start a conversation with your audience instead of a lecture because you’re connecting with them as you would a best friend. Think about what is the one thing for me? Again, it was body confidence starts without counting. What would be that one minute to two minute voice memo I would share with someone who is in the space where they don’t yet believe that?

And this is where I find the podcasting process to be so therapeutic and actually a huge personal growth thing because it allows me to share ideas, to hear messaging back, to see real time what do people resonate with, to connect with people. But it also allows someone to step into my space and learn at their own pace. This last one is something that took me a long time to learn. And I think maybe for many of you too, which is this.

Visibility, getting out there, getting your voice out there, it’s not a personality trait. You’re not a speaker or a non-speaker. It’s not the same as being loud, being the most extroverted, the most charismatic. It is very much about showing up and being real. This muscle you work again and again. I talk about the first time I was ever on camera, I was teaching a yoga class, live streaming it for a small startup.

Chardet Ryel (19:15.551)
before Zoom got big and I had never been on camera and I was teaching this yoga class to a group of, think it was only maybe eight to 10 people who were watching live around the world from their living rooms. Afterwards, the manager of the startup came up to me and I asked her, said, how did I do? And she said, you’ll get better. Because it was really bad.

I actually, took me a few weeks to look at that video afterwards, the replay, but I did and it was not great. But now showing up and being on podcasts or giving talks or doing this is, it is like the muscle that has been trained. It’s a natural thing. And we seem to think that you’re either born with a Ted Talk confidence or you’re just kind of that person. You’re the one who’s always the center of the room and it’s not necessarily the case. It’s you build it up.

because charismatic people are the most charismatic when they are able to engage with the audience around them, not when it’s just an arrogant show. It’s when they really understand people. That is something that you can do. And as you’re exploring this and you’re thinking, okay, I can be visible, but does visible mean that I have to be everywhere? No. Visibility is not being everywhere. It’s about being in the right places consistently. And the right places are the right places for you.

and your audience, things that feel right for you. I always think it helps to just pick one platform, commit to it, and then you can expand. For me, it was podcasting. And I really enjoyed podcasting because it allows me to then take my one platform and expand it out to many others. You know, this episode becomes a blog post, becomes a YouTube video, becomes a reel, becomes a short, becomes…

content for workshops. That is what works for me. Someone else might say, I really like sharing my story on Instagram or I work best writing. Pick the one for you. It doesn’t need to be the same as mine or anybody else. The key is that you’re just getting your voice out there in a way that people can find it. And you are continually sharing that message. So let’s get you to act on this a little bit. First, let’s think about

Chardet Ryel (21:32.153)
the future you being more visible six months from now, let’s imagine that you had 12 pieces of content out there. It can be anything. can be a podcast, a blog, a newsletter, a sub stack, whatever you want. Each of those is a footprint of your thought leadership. How would you see yourself if you were this person in six months to a year?

that had these 12 pieces of content that really struck a chord and connected and related to people? Be they 12 podcast episodes, 12 blog posts, 12 articles on Substack, 12 YouTube videos, would it be a little bit easier for you to show up? 12 is a lot, so we’re not gonna start with that. But the one visibility dare I’m gonna give you, and yes, it is a visibility dare, I want you to honestly give yourself some accountability.

Tell your friends you’re doing a visibility dare, share it in your Instagram stories, tag me, ShardéRoyale, do your visibility dare. Your visibility dare that you’re going to do in the next 30 days is you are going to post one sentence about your current journey today. No polishing it, no fluff on it, no filters on it. You can put it as a reel, you could put it as a story. If you have a podcast, make it an episode, whatever it can be.

Something that you would feel normally a little bit nervous to share. Doesn’t need to be the deepest darkest secret, but just something that you think could really resonate with people. So this is your visibility dare. 30 days from now, look at the date. It’s easiest if you just do it this week, but I’m giving you 30 days to work up the courage. And as you’re brainstorming what that might be, here’s a little exercise to help. You’re gonna choose one of these voice memos to give yourself today.

One of three. One, what I wish more people understood about blank. Two, the hard truth I had to learn in year one of my business or my journey. Three things I always tell my clients but haven’t said publicly yet. Choose one of these, record a little quick voice memo. You might find that it actually gets longer than you expected.

Chardet Ryel (23:47.841)
and turn that into content. For me, it was always what I wished more people understood about entrepreneurship, thought leadership, the hard truth I had to learn in year one of my business that you just do not have the answers and you probably will fail. I think the deepest one for me though, and the one I always go back to is this last one, which is things I always tell my clients or my friends, but I haven’t publicly said yet. That is when I get the very good podcast episodes.

That is when I get people engaging in the post, when I use that one. So what would it be for you? A longer term thing for you to think about is this idea of a visibility audit. So it’s looking at where are you hiding in plain sight? This could be on your website, your podcast bio, your bio, your Instagram grid. What is something that is outdated or too polished to be real?

I would encourage you to update that website, update that bio, delete the post that feels too polished from the past. Something that I did that was very therapeutic was when I was shifting my Instagram account, one of them from the fitness to the thought leadership, the podcasting, the visibility, I had to archive a lot of posts. There were many, there were hundreds actually, because I’d been on Instagram for a long time and I…

had to archive them because I felt like one, of course, they didn’t align with what I was doing now, but also they were too polished. So what can you do to stop hiding in plain sight? And you don’t need to make a big announcement about it. You can do this very subtly behind the scenes. It’s what I did because a big myth that people have is that visibility needs to be massive. It’s a stage. It’s not really.

Visibility is more of a campfire. It’s the idea of you sitting around speaking to even just one person so they can feel the warmth. It’s not about you projecting so big and so loud. And that is one of the biggest ways that people will find you. Of course, we add strategy to that. But if you have strategy and none of this soul in it, it is going to burn you out. It’s going to attract the wrong people or it won’t work.

Chardet Ryel (26:13.741)
So going a little bit deeper inside here, really thinking about some of the questions that we’ve been using now will help you. And I hope throughout this that you’ve seen that one, it’s not about me being X amount of successful to do this. Two, it’s not about me having all this expertise to do it. Three, it’s not that I need to have a specific trait, personality, et cetera, for me to get my voice out there. It is about me starting, about me really sharing something I wish that I knew.

maybe in a small safe space, and then I grow from there. And emphasizing again and again, whatever you choose to share does not need to be revolutionary. It just needs to be real. It’s something that you have lived, you’ve learned, you’ve led through. You have something to say. That’s all that it takes. Like you’ve lived life, you have something. And there is someone who is waiting to hear it. As we wrap up this episode, I wanna ask you to share with me

Find me on Instagram, Chardét Ryel. Let me know what is one thing that you have been scared to say out loud that you feel like you should. If you prefer to leave it in a review instead and just say how maybe you’re rethinking something without being specific, that can also be really helpful to someone else to know that maybe this will help them or share it with someone you think that you know has a great voice. You want them to get it out there, share it.

Thank you so much for listening. Remember, if you want to share your voice powerfully, if you’ve thought about doing a podcast or you have one and you just don’t feel like it’s getting your voice out to enough people, if you hear this in time, Wednesday, it’s that podcast growth, Mini Mastermind, May 14th, you can sign up from the link in the show notes, her first three years, come find me on Instagram if you want, Chardét Ryel, and we will show you how to multiply your voice, your message, and your community.

I’ll see you the next one.

 

 

 

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