Zuraida Jardine

Today, a week ago, my little big dream came true. I got invited to do a TEDx talk. Like what! OMG 🤭 I am forever grateful. Thank you TEDxDistrictSix Women for the opportunity. Thank you Tess Verster Cleoné van Helsdingen for entrusting me. Also, how poignant that both my parents grew up living just a few hundred meters from this historical District Six stage I stood on. Connecting dots always blows my mind…

Thank you too to all the behind the scenes crew who worked passionately to put it all together. I see you.

Thank you to my wonderful coach Carryn Ortlepp for your encouragement & expertise on this world wind of a time together 🤗

To the others speakers whose paths I got to cross, wow, your stories inspire me to be a better human, thank you.

📸 Thanks for capturing me Alistair Yates Simoné Fuls Content Photography and thank you COTTON ON AFRICA for always being the coolest brand to work with.

PS: I’m so grateful that I got to share a sliver of my life story. It was deeply freeing. All our stories matter. Be brave to share yours ♥️

I am so excited to share that we have over 50 people on the 21 Day BRAVE challenge waitlist already and we just opened the waitlist.

Please may I ask that you only join if you are serious about making a commitment to 21 Days of Brave action, daily. Please also note that payment is only due when the waitlist closes at the end of the month but in order to secure the 37% discount you have to be on the waitlist. Here are the details in the link.

I am looking forward to doing the 21 Day challenge with you. You bring the brave choice you want to take and I will guide you with it for 21 days until it's all a practice for you. Let me know in the comments who has joined the waitlist already 🎉

Join the 21-Day BRAVE Challenge Waitlist The waitlist for the 21-Day BRAVE Challenge is open. Twenty-one days of short daily mental fitness reps built on the BRAVE method. Add your name to be first in when doors open.

🎉 Facebook recognised me for starting engaging conversations and producing inspiring content among my audience and peers! Thanks to my community for engaging in my content 💛

The little girl in that first image didn’t believe she was allowed to take up space, or to use her voice. Little did she know that 40 years later, she’d be standing on TEDx stage sharing her life story.

Everything in between, the mic, the travel, the interviews, the degrees, looked like confidence. It wasn’t, it was courage. Thousands of small, scared choices made long before I ever felt ready and in spaces my imposter syndrome was loudest.

Here’s what I know now. Our voice is never really missing it’s was our bravery. We just haven’t practised using it. It’s is never too late to find that voice, to use it, to speak up for yourself, to do the hard thing out loud.

Brave is never a personality some people are born with, I t’s a rep and we build it one scared choice at a time.

That’s exactly what I’m building next and I look forward to sharing it with you. A 21-Day BRAVE Challenge, where I’m going to teach you everything I’ve learned as I figure out this beautiful, messy thing called life. 21 days, one brave choice a day. Small, real, doable. If you’ve spent your life swallowing what you wanted to say, or waiting to feel ready, this is your sign to begin. Comment the word BRAVE and I’ll send you all the details to the waitlist.