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Soul Suckers Revealed: Speaking Beyond the Static
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What if the voice in your head that tells you you're too much—or not enough—isn’t the truth, but a frightened part of you trying to keep you safe?
In this episode, Lauri shines a compassionate light on the “Soul Suckers”—inner critics like the Nervous Nellies, the Controlling Stage Mothers, the Imposter Monsters, and the Below-the-Belt Bastards. With storytelling, warmth, and grounded wisdom, she guides you through recognizing their influence, reclaiming your voice, and using Soulful Speaking tools—Intend, Align, Invite—to let your soul speak instead.
Whether you’ve been holding back in meetings, onstage, or in life, this episode is a call to stop shrinking and start resounding. Because your voice isn’t broken—it’s just been drowned out.
TAKEAWAYS
1. The Soul Suckers all whisper the same core lie: “Not enough.”
2. Ignoring them doesn’t work—in fact, it makes them louder.
3. Soul Suckers convert you into the toy drum version of yourself; your soul was born to play the real drum.
4. Intend, Align, Invite is the antidote: intention clears the static, alignment opens the channel, and invitation allows us to touch others in the way only we can.
5. Each Soul Sucker has a kernel of truth—but it's distorted.
6. Being different is not a flaw. It’s your one-in-eight-billion superpower.
7. The Controlling Stage Mothers steal spontaneity; connection matters more than perfection.
8. Releasing the Soul Suckers doesn’t mean silencing them—it means choosing not to let them drive the bus.
9. When you honor your soul’s voice, cosmic shifts can happen.
Join me for the next Soulful Speaking Immersion and take this soul-stirring transformative approach to speaking into your body and out into the world.
https://voice-matters.com/soulful-speaking/
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Chapters
1. Soul Suckers, the Toy Drum & the Real Drum (00:00:00)
2. Overcoming Soul Suckers: Lauri’s East Palo Alto Story (00:04:09)
3. Taking Back the Steering Wheel (00:09:25)
4. Nervous Nellies: Keep Quiet, Stay Safe (00:11:50)
5. Controlling Stage Mothers: Strive for Control, Lose Your Soul (00:12:39)
6. Imposter Monsters: You’re Not Enough, So Perform (00:13:38)
7. Below-the-Belt Bastards: You Are Not Enough, Period (00:15:23)
8. The Kernel of Truth & the Soul Sucker Reframe (00:17:58)
9. Your Difference Is Your Gift (00:19:25)
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