When I was in the UK, every month I went to a story telling event where most people were native speakers.

As a little girl coming from the countryside of Vietnam, telling a story in English language in front of around 200 people made my stomach moving ...I could hear my little voice "people would not understand you..." Have you ever felt that before? You wanted to speak up and that voice came up...

But then I also had a strong feeling that "my message is important enough for me to share with others and that I was inspired by people who shared their stories and someone could also be inspired by my stories"...

That desire of sharing won the little voice and I could not be more thankful that after my sharing, people would come and say they believed in themselves more thanks to my story.

I noticed there was an uncle at the age of more than 60, always came to the event. I often saw him look at me speaking, not having any emotion or reaction - it was link blank. I heard a voice telling me "he would not feel interested in stories of a little kid coming from the countryside like me". Have you ever heard a voice like, just because of the reaction on someone's face?

Until one day, after my story about how did I overcome my own doubts when changing my career, he came to me and said "you rock, little girl. I often tell your stories to my grandchildren, you inspire them! Thank you".

I was touched by what he said!

I realized we sometimes caught up by the delusion of our own doubts, making us assume things and distract a part of our energy on thinking on being judged.

And if we fully focused on just sharing, serving for good - we would be free from all these doubts and fear, and fully sink into the message.

As I have learned a lot about myself and others through telling stories and listening to stories, I created Story Jam to welcome you come to share your stories or listen to others' stories.

It is a part of the journey of understanding more about you and connecting with others. You have a chance to speak up, exercising your confidence, competence, creativity, communication, collaboration, commitment and compassion (7Cs of Cspeaking gym jenvuhuong.com/cspeakinggym).

Cannot wait to hear your stories and your confidence you shine!

Tomorrow, you will come? https://www.facebook.com/events/512904679367627/
Talk soon,

Jen,