This inaugural episode discusses the importance being able to not only hear what is going on inside of you, but how you can harvest the power of your speaking voice to start making fundamental changes in your life. The episode will cover the mission and format of the podcast and the steps in starting the journey in creating the best version of yourself.

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Intro/Outro By: Michael Dugan, Podcast Host: Voice4Chefs

Welcome podcast listeners and followers.

Have you ever wanted to be able to share the best version yourself, but

you were not sure where to begin?

Were you ever lost in the maze of endless possibilities as to how life could go

and seemingly unable to find where the end of the tunnel you've been walking

through ended to make such a choice?

Can you see yourself asking others to speak from their hearts and help you in

creating that tapestry that is yet to be roen into a beautiful piece of work?

These questions and others will explore on the inaugural episode

of Speaking From the Heart.

This is your podcast host Joshua D.

Smith, founder and owner of Your Speaking Voice LLC based in Carlisle,

Pennsylvania, and we're going to tackle not only these questions in today's

episode, but we'll take it beyond.

This podcast is for all of those officiados out there that are thinking

about how can I make such an impactful difference in the world that we live in?

It's not easy in life to overcome a wide range of difficulties that we

might have that might set us back.

It might actually have some circumstances in which we might have a lot of issues.

I'm not just talking about the things that we have personally in our lives,

but I'm talking about the things that are political, the social, the economical,

the definition of who we are, what makes up our life experiences, what creates

our identity, and what are the things that we want to portray to others.

These elements and many more, whether they're basic or complex, really create

the tapestry of what we are all about and what we really want to become.

No other than myself, I know that I've been through many of those

situations in my own personal life.

Growing up in a household in which there were a lot of responsibilities

living on a farm for over 20 years of my life, I learned the value of those

sort of things, not only in the work that I was tasked to do on a daily

basis, but also in the interactions that I had as a kid growing up too.

And it's not easy to be able to put that through into a lens in which all

of us can look at and be able to focus on day in and day out, on ways in which

we can improve ourselves and each other.

I'm sure that all of us can think of all the accomplishments that we've had,

all the potential roadblocks that we have faced, whether we're moving from

the physical or the mental, or maybe just trying to figure out where we are

supposed to be, where we're supposed to actually reside in in society, and

I know that for many of us in today's world, it can be very challenging.

For the longest time in my life, I've always wondered what was holding me back.

The things that often hold us back are the societal differences that we have.

Those are the things that we deal with as a kid growing up, whether you're

homeschooled or whether you went to a public school back in the day, or

even where you're at right now, I know each of us can think of situations

that are challenging and difficult that might put us in the lens of

thinking about why these sort of things happen to us, but did you ever stop

and consider that maybe those things are supposed to happen for a reason?

Maybe those are the things that maybe hold us back at one point or another,

make us get into such a deep thought of consideration that we're not quite

sure what to do and maybe not what know what to say to somebody that is

going through such difficult times.

I know that for many of us, we can also speculate that those sort of things

that make up us can create some of those very barriers that we often face.

I want you to consider the fact that as we go through this process of

trying to think about what our voice is, what is really on our hearts, we

really need to ask ourselves what we can do to really speak out, and that's

the reason for starting this podcast.

It wasn't until just about eight weeks ago where I was diagnosed for the

first time in my life with the word that, that Forever has changed my life.

Autism.

Now in adults, there isn't much of body of evidence as of today in terms of how

you go about and navigate those sort of challenges that are related with

that word, and I've seen many people of my friends, especially trying to

get as much help as they possibly can, especially with their own children now

that there's a widely accepted body of evidence when it comes to that.

But, even with all those things that hold us back from what can be

the best version of ourselves, I think that we have to realize that

we always have two choices in life.

We can let those things that are holding us back, the physical or the mental, the

experiences as a kid, whatever the case might be, define who we will always be no

matter what, and we can live and submit to that as much as we possibly want,

or, we have the other choice of saying that we are not going to accept that

solution and that we are going to become something that we always dreamed about.

Something that we're possibly always going to be able to do as a result of working

so hard on not only the things that are holding us back, but making us feel that

we are capable of taking on the world.

I decided not that long ago that I would do the latter.

I want to be the force that is willing to help others understand what might

be holding them back, and that's the reason why this podcast now exists.

If you ever thought in a million years that you are sitting here thinking to

yourself, I don't know if I can do this.

I don't know if I have the ability to really make a profound impact on others.

I don't know if I really have what it takes.

I want you to know that you do.

I want you to know that you have all the tools at your disposal, and it's

all about seeking out what is best in what your life is meant to be.

And if you're not sure what that is, that's what we're going

to explore on this podcast.

I want to be able to share with you a wide variety of topics that not only

influence you as to what you can do, not only in the physical, mental, or even the

professional sense of what it means to think about those sort of concepts outside

of the box, but through the variety of guests that I'll bring on the show too.

I want you to be able to explore what your inner calling is to really

set forth the tone of your next adventure that you have, no matter

what it is that you're trying to do.

But you know what's so beautiful about all of this?

As we even talk about this sort of concept, the beautiful part about

it all is that we are all human.

We're given the freedom to choose the path that we want to set forth on.

There's no mathematical formula.

There's no combination of unique tasks or backgrounds that you

need to have to achieve those.

It's about the magic, and I use that in the literal sense, the magic

that we have to instantly transform you into something that you never

thought you could possibly be.

It will take hard work.

It'll take determination, and the willingness to always get up and say

that you can overcome whatever imposter syndrome that you have and say that

you want to be the best version of yourself in this ever changing world.

30 years ago, I was given that opportunity to start thinking about

that very question when I was a kid working through a school system that

really challenged me to start thinking about having my own voice, but I never

thought of it that way, I was too naive.

I wasn't given the right tools to be able to survive and be able

to be accepted for what those things can be truly be in my life.

Whether that was something that I needed to work on, whether that's something

that I needed to focus and create the value for which I could be able

to answer, all these sort of things that are in my mind and in my heart.

It's about what I've been able to do with the information that I've been

given and move it to the next level.

For many people, I know that I can be very tough.

That means challenging the status quo.

It means challenging the things that you have always thought would be the

toughest and the most ridiculed and the most devalued things in your life

that you are just so afraid of doing.

I know that it can be tough as someone that has been through mental health

crises in my life, one after another, after another, I know that I can be

extremely tough to be able to find the focus, to find that inner strength in

yourself and able to say, I can do it.

I am worthy.

No matter what your background is, no matter what the societal aspects are

that create that version of yourself, this is something that you don't have

to live in for the rest of your life.

It's all about making a choice.

It's about making the things that are really necessary come true, and

that means being able to look deep inside yourself and ask yourself the

opportunity question of a lifetime, and that is what is in your heart.

That's it.

What is in your heart?

Throughout the next several episodes, we're going to start exploring some of

these concepts at a high level, but at the same time, you're going to hear from

many guests that are going to be sharing what is on their heart, so that they are

creating some of the value that you can strive for and we'll get into the weeds

of what are they actually thinking about?

What is it that actually drives them to create some of that

value within their own lives?

Because I know that for many of us, just being able to start from ourselves

from a certain standpoint means just taking a look at what we are right now.

This podcast is going to be about the three principles

that I started my business on.

Number one, relationships.

These are the things that create the personal connections.

They're the underpinnings of creating many of the values in our lives,

and without them, we're unable to provide those opportunities for

ourselves, and potentially others.

That's why relationships are so important.

The second thing is confidence.

It's not only just about overcoming the challenges with adding knowledge and

skillsets that we have, but it's being able to showcase the best version of

ourselves, the mission of the business.

We are willing to pursue those aspirations and those passions by being able to see

through some of those challenges that are before us, whether they're all in

the physical sense or the mental sense.

Finally, tying it all together is the last value: determination.

When we combine all these things that we've been saying throughout this

episode into this one word, we're able to create a new world, vastly

enriched with opportunities that we will be able to add throughout time.

We'll be able to create the passion for goals that we can achieve by

overcoming events that have held us back.

That's why we're going to work on each of these values with the

mission to transform our voice.

Our voice is not just about the spoken word.

It is about the things that we say and act on: the non-verbal.

Those are the things that tell the picture of a thousand words, 10,000 words, a

hundred thousand words, whatever you want to have, you can have as much as

you want, as long as you within your heart, are willing to speak from it.

We're gonna reach into these wide, vast concepts that we're conjuring up for

ourselves because nothing is impossible.

I want you to believe in yourself.

I want you to believe that there's a world out there for you and so many

others that will listen to this and feel empowered to make a change in their

lives more than they ever thought they could ever make, and it all starts with

making one concept come to reality: You; you are the one that's important.

I know that this will be a journey that will enrich all of you, and all it's about

is taking from what's inside you today and being willing to look at the opportunities

that exist, whether it's from a life perspective, from a business perspective

or from some vast wide-reaching concept that we're trying to conjure up for

nothing is impossible.

Thanks for listening to the inaugural episode of Speaking From

the Heart, and I look forward to hearing from your heart very soon.