Stop Letting Soft Talk Keep You in the Fog.
Have you ever said…
“I’ll try.”
“Maybe later.”
“I probably should.”
“It’s fine.”
“I don’t know.”
“I guess.”
“We’ll see.”
“I can’t.”
“I have to.”
Sometimes these phrases are harmless.
But sometimes, they are signs of something deeper.
They are the words we use when we’re not quite ready to be clear.
When we don’t want to disappoint someone.
When we’re avoiding a decision.
When we’re pressuring ourselves instead of choosing.
When we’re saying yes with our mouth but no in our heart.
When we’re speaking to ourselves in a way that makes us feel less capable than we actually are.
I call this Soft Talk.
Soft Talk is the language of ambiguity, avoidance, and half-commitment.
It sounds polite.
It sounds flexible.
It sounds responsible.
It even sounds nice.
But over time, Soft Talk can quietly cost you clarity, confidence, boundaries, follow-through, peace, and self-trust.
The good news?
Once you can hear it, you can begin to change it.
Join the Free 7-Day Soft Talk Challenge
For seven days, you’ll receive one short email each morning designed to help you hear the Soft Talk showing up in your life and begin replacing it with language that is more honest, clear, and agency-building.
Not harsher.
Not colder.
Not more rigid.
Just more true.
This challenge is not about policing every word you say.
It’s not about becoming blunt or intense.
And it’s definitely not about giving yourself one more thing to criticize.
It’s about learning to pause and ask:
“What do I actually mean?”
“What am I choosing?”
“What am I avoiding?”
“What is the cleanest honest sentence?”
Because when your language becomes clearer, your choices become clearer.
And when your choices become clearer, your life begins to feel clearer too.
Inside the 7-Day Challenge, You’ll Learn How To:
Hear your own Soft Talk
You’ll start noticing the subtle words and phrases that soften, delay, blur, or avoid clear choices.
Clarify your commitments
You’ll learn why “I’ll try” can become a hidden escape hatch—and how to replace it with a cleaner yes, no, or specific commitment.
Replace pressure with choice
You’ll see how “I should” often creates guilt and resistance, and how “I choose” brings you back to ownership.
Close open loops
You’ll learn how phrases like “maybe later” and “we’ll see” may be keeping decisions open long after you already know the truth.
Communicate more clearly with others
You’ll practice replacing vague, peacekeeping language with honest words that help prevent confusion, resentment, and overcommitment.
Speak to yourself with more truth and agency
You’ll begin noticing the internal Soft Talk that makes you feel less capable, less clear, or less in control—and practice language that brings you back to steadiness.
Create your own Soft Talk Audit
On the final day, you’ll identify your most common Soft Talk patterns and choose clearer replacement language to practice going forward.
This Challenge Is For You If…
You often say yes when you mean maybe—or maybe when you mean no.
You tend to soften your opinions, needs, or preferences to keep the peace.
You use phrases like “I should,” “I’ll try,” or “It’s fine” more than you realize.
You feel stuck in indecision, guilt, or overthinking.
You want to communicate more clearly without becoming harsh or confrontational.
You want to build more self-trust, follow-through, and confidence in your daily life.
You’re ready to start paying attention to the words shaping your thoughts, choices, relationships, and peace.
What You’ll Receive
When you sign up, you’ll receive:
A welcome email right away so you know what to expect.
One short challenge email each morning for seven days.
A daily Soft Talk phrase to notice.
Clear language replacements you can practice immediately.
A simple reflection prompt to help you apply the lesson to your real life.
A final Soft Talk Audit to help you keep going after the challenge ends.
Your Words Are Not Just Words
The way you speak matters.
The way you talk to yourself matters.
The way you communicate your needs, choices, boundaries, and commitments matters.
Your language is not just describing your life.
It is helping shape your life.
If your words are foggy, your choices often feel foggy too.
But when your language becomes clearer, you begin to reclaim your agency.
You make cleaner decisions.
You communicate with more honesty.
You stop outsourcing your peace to other people’s reactions.
You begin showing up for yourself at work, at home, in your relationships, and in your own head with more clarity and confidence.
That’s what this challenge is here to help you begin.
Ready to Hear Your Soft Talk?
Join the free 7-Day Soft Talk Challenge and start replacing the language of ambiguity and avoidance with words that bring you back to clarity, choice, and self-trust.
A free 7-day email challenge to help you recognize the words that create ambiguity, avoidance, and self-doubt—and replace them with language that brings you back to clarity, confidence, and choice.
Hi, I'm Lori. I help overwhelmed, high-capacity women entrepreneurs and businesswomen reclaim calm, clarity, and self-leadership through the language they use with themselves, their bodies, their work, and their families.
