In this week's Giddy Up segment from Saddle Up Lesa reflects on the importance of using one's voice, drawing inspiration from her recent interview with Olivia Aitken, a successful woman who moved from New Jersey to Juneau, Alaska. She shares personal insights on listening better, being present, and speaking one's truth kindly. She also recounts stories about overcoming the discomfort of asking for what one needs and relates a tale of a man who bravely spoke up in a grocery store. The segment emphasizes the value of voicing one's needs and desires for a happier and more respectful life.

00:00 Introduction to Giddy Up Segment

00:06 Guest Spotlight: Olivia Aitken's Journey

00:34 The Importance of Using Your Voice

01:22 Listening and Being Present

02:24 Speaking Your Truth with Kindness

03:29 Personal Anecdotes and Advice

04:49 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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Welcome to this week's Giddy Up segment, the segment from Saddle Up Live.

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And on Tuesday on Saddle Up Live, I had

a darling gal on named Olivia Aitken,

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and she's a successful young woman.

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She tells her story.

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of success and she throws in some

fun personal information about moving

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to Juneau, Alaska from New Jersey.

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And so it's really, it's fun and

it's heartfelt and it's about

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inspiration and using your voice.

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And so today in the Giddy Up

segment, I wanted to talk to you a

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little bit about using our voices.

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And you know, if the men are listening,

I'm happy that you're here too.

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I don't know why, but all I know is that

I'm a woman and I know that I have maybe

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struggled with using my voice and I was

doing a little bit of research on this.

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And I think having a podcast

is really fun because you get

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to, of course, use your voice.

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But I started thinking about.

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I've changed so much.

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I've grown so much at this

mature point in my life.

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And I started thinking, how am I using

my voice and speaking my truth more?

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And I thought, you know what?

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The number one thing that

I would share is that.

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I really work to listen

a little bit better.

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So when you are with someone and

you really listen to them, then you

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can repeat back what they're saying

to show that you're hearing them.

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And, and you want to know what it

helps you really hear them because

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sometimes I can jump ahead and just

want to say what I want to say.

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But if I repeat back the

other person's point of view

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or idea, it builds on itself.

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So then I have an easier time

speaking my truth with a little

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bit of kindness and respect.

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And another point to this is

to be present, to be there now.

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That's part of the listening.

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If you're using your ears and

listening to what the person is

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really saying and saying it back

to them, you're really hearing.

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And so then you're being present,

which allows you to speak your truth.

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Now, I happened to, to look up one

man who was talking about speaking his

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truth and he used an example of being

in a grocery store and this woman was

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just tearing apart her kids, just like.

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Being awful yelling at them and he, it

was just eating him alive and he went

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up to her and, and very kindly just, you

know, said, you know, I really don't think

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you should talk to your kids that way.

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I mean, I don't even know exactly what he

said and he walked away and he said that

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was really a bold thing for him to do.

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I don't know.

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That would be really hard

for me to do, but I get it.

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He, he wanted to let this woman know.

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Um, I don't know.

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There's probably two

points of view on that.

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Like sometimes you maybe wait

until someone asks for your

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advice before you give it.

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But if it was really something

horrific and he felt that he

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needed to say what he wanted to

say, he said that he felt better.

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And he said he didn't know if it had an

impact, but at least he had gotten it out.

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Now I thought of this.

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Um, maybe a simpler level being a woman.

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And this is cute.

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I was talking to my good friend

at my workout class today, and

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we were talking about her husband

has been gone for almost a week.

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And of course we miss our hubbies

when, when they're gone, but

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she was saying, Oh, it's just.

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You know, so peaceful, uh, you know, I

don't want to make it feel bad, but it's

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so nice and it's quiet in the house.

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And she said, I can go

to bed without the TV on.

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And she's a little bit younger than me.

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And I looked at her and I said,

darling, did you know, you don't

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have to go to sleep with the TV on.

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You could tell your husband, you don't

want the TV on when you go to sleep.

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And the reason I shared that with her

is because it's kind of the story of my

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life and it's not my husband's fault that

I don't ask for things and it probably

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was a little uncomfortable when I

started saying more things that I wanted

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and having a voice, but sweethearts.

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We deserve that.

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We deserve to be loved and respected.

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And our men and friends want to know

what we need and what makes us happy.

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And we want to listen to them.

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So maybe do it every other night, whatever

it is, but you don't have to quietly

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subdue yourself and not say what you want.

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So that's what I wanted

to share with y'all today.

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And.

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Go back and listen to Olivia.

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She talks about podcasts and success,

and she worked for the New York giants.

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It's so fun, but I just wanted

to share a little bit more.

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She's helping people use their voice.

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And I just thought I want to give you a

little bit of my own insight into that.

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So thank you so much for being here.

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I'll see you next week.