26/11/2025
Hereâs a little story about being brave enough to ask for what you want.
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Last week my daughter came home from school distraught with her assigned nativity role - a camel đŞ
Safe to say, she had the hump.
I used it as an opportunity for some straight to the point life lesson teaching. As a mum I want my daughter to be everything I wasnât as a child, everything Iâve worked hard to be now. Brave, strong, able to share her point without having a paddy or being a dick.
The thing is, she told me she wanted to be a star or an angel since last nativity (where she was an unhappy lamb!). And I told her as soon as this school year started that she should ask her teacher how she could get said role.
She didnât.
And when she was asked if she wanted a speaking part she said no - because she was too scared.
So that night, after a little comfort cuddle, I was maybe a bit harsh.
I told her:
âYou should have asked your teacher BEFORE they assigned roles. You should have been brave when they asked if you wanted a speaking part. You get to choose in life if you want to be brave or not. You chose not to be.
And now youâre a camel.â
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I then followed it by telling her we could jazz up a camel outfit. Iâm not a total Miss Trunchbull.
What happened next amazed me.
She told me she was going to speak to her teacher.
I had doubts. You know your own kids. It would be a big thing for her to do.
To my surprise, the following afternoon when I picked her up from school she told me sheâd had âthe chatâ.
Sheâd asked her teacher for a âprivate chatâ - her words not mine. And said that she really didnât want to be a camel and if there was any way she could have a different role she would be brave and be up for a speaking role.
I was SO proud.
And I told her that even if she didnât get the role change, the fact that sheâd pushed herself was such an amazing thing to do and made her braveness bar increase.
To my surprise the teachers did work their magicâŚand made my star a nativity star.
One very happy girl!
This isnât about her getting her own way, or even about getting the role she wanted.
Itâs about speaking up. About being brave. About having the conversations that make your tummy turn.
So often weâre left stuck in the mud because of the fear on the other side. When really I think the fear should be of staying with your feet stuck in mud.
So hereâs me saying to you: If a 6 year old can do it, so can you.
Post the content.
Push through the fear.
Pitch the business.
Have the conversation.
Ask for what you want.
You might just get the star role đ
