274: How to Advocate-the Basics of Overcoming Doubt, Building Belief and Turning Evidence into Proof

The Elegant Warrior with Heather Hansen

This is a new season of The Elegant Warrior, and it’s called How to Advocate. No matter what you want this year–better health, more money, better relationships–you will have to advocate to get it. You’ll need to advocate for more time, more resources, more money, better boundaries, and more help. In this episode, you’ll learn the tools to begin.

But before we begin, it’s important to remember that one of the biggest tools of an advocate is perspective. When you communicate, you share perspectives. When you advocate, you change them. So I created 3 exercises to help you get better at seeing other perspectives. You can access that here https://bit.ly/ThreeExercisesforGreaterPerspective

Whether you’re a leader, in sales or just starting your career, you need to learn to advocate. In this episode, Heather Hansen teaches you

• How to use Advocacy for personal and professional growth. 0:02
  • The importance of advocating for personal goals and intentions to succeed.

• Advocacy, overcoming doubts, and cross-examining experts. 1:47
  • Advocacy skills from the courtroom and how to overcome doubts through cross-examination.
  • How to use facts, evidence, and expert testimony to challenge anyone, including yourself
  • How to build belief and overcome doubts through advocacy. 5:48
  • the importance of building belief in oneself and others, rather than just overcoming doubts.
  • the "three C's of an advocate" (curiosity, compassion, and credibility) as a framework for turning facts into evidence and stories into proof.

• Advocacy and self-care for professionals. 7:51
  • The story of an emergency room physician in a challenging case involving a patient's death and subsequent lawsuit.
  • How Heather learned to advocate for herself, transforming her life and teaching others to do the same.

• Advocacy skills for personal and professional growth. 11:32
  • The importance of advocating for oneself before advocating for others.
  • In How to Advocate, you’ll learn How to advocate for yourself and others through weekly episodes on topics such as leadership, sales, health, and more.
  • Heather will use her 20 years of courtroom experience, psychology degree, and reading of 200 books a year to provide valuable insights and tools for listeners to become stronger advocates.

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