26/11/2025
Hereās 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 šŖ
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 wasnāt as a child, everything Iāve 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 didnāt.
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:
āYou 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 youāre a camel.ā
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I then followed it by telling her we could jazz up a camel outfit. Iām 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 sheād had āthe chatā.
Sheād asked her teacher for a āprivate chatā - her words not mine. And said that she really didnāt 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 didnāt get the role change, the fact that sheād pushed herself was such an amazing thing to do and made her braveness bar increase.
To my surprise the teachers did work their magicā¦and made my star a nativity star.
One very happy girl!
This isnāt about her getting her own way, or even about getting the role she wanted.
Itās about speaking up. About being brave. About having the conversations that make your tummy turn.
So often weāre 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 hereās 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 š
