Speak Kindly, You’re Listening
Have you ever thought about how you speak to yourself? The words you choose, the tone of voice? It shapes your emotional, mental and physical well-being, and how you show up every day. It’s time to pay attention to it.
Navigating your inner voice as a high achiever
A guide for leaders and high achievers to understand what their inner voice is saying and why, so it doesn’t keep them stuck. Each part comes with brain training exercises to do as you read.
Impostor syndrome
Why high achievers feel like frauds, and how to turn the inner gremlin into an inner cheerleader.
Perfectionism
Where impossible expectations come from and how to reset them.
Burnout
What chronic stress does, and the habits that prevent and reverse it.
Darkness
Finding your way through the hardest times, and the people who help you do it.
Try part one’s brain training exercises
Three short videos and their worksheets from the impostor syndrome chapter.
“Dr. Jessica Metcalfe’s Speak Kindly, You’re Listening is a treasure trove of wisdom, encouragement and solid guidance. The next must read in personal growth.”
“Every woman will benefit from reading this book. Dr. Metcalfe breaks down how and why we make ourselves miserable, how it’s holding us back, and provides the tangible tools we need.”
Dr. Jessica E. Metcalfe
“As a high achiever myself, I put impossible expectations on myself, developing impostor syndrome trying to be the perfectionist I thought I needed to be. It was only a matter of time until I burnt out and had to face my darkest times.”
Jessica is a dentist, an award-winning international speaker and one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women of 2023. This is her first book. A second, Speak Kindly, They’re Listening, is in the works.
Bring the book to your team
Jessica gives a keynote based on the book, on mastering your inner narrative.