How to Get More Comfortable Speaking Up When You Need To

"I can say this is directly related to confidence itself. When we take action on anything, and especially if it's outside our comfort zone a little bit, it helps us to grow," she says. "If you don't handle unpleasant feelings, then there's gonna be a reluctance to speak up." She adds that being willing to experience the discomfort of someone else's emotional discomfort in order to have a conversation has to do with your capacity to move through those eight unpleasant feelings.