The phrase "advocate for yourself" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when encouraging someone to speak up for their own rights, needs, or interests, particularly in situations like negotiations or personal matters.
Example: "In a meeting, it's important to advocate for yourself and express your ideas confidently."
Alternatives: "speak up for yourself" or "stand up for yourself".
Most important, as you encounter challenges and difficulties this year, work to advocate for yourself in overcoming those obstacles.
You have to be an advocate for yourself in the face of medical ignorance, indifference, arrogance, and a lack of training.
"When you sit down with your wealth manager, you don't advocate for yourself," says Dr. Maron, describing the shortcomings of the traditional patient-physician relationship.
Your improved communication skills enable you to become a more effective advocate, for yourself, your department, and your university, adds Palladino: "You're able to talk about your institution in a more informed way".
Learn to be an advocate for yourself.
Some of what Sandberg suggests is helpful to all women – the basics of advocating for yourself, not backing away from opportunities you want because you think they'll be inconsistent with a family you don't yet have, feeling entitled to a seat at the table, expecting more from men.
It's about advocating for yourself and ensuring you're being paid what you're worth.
It is important whether you are advocating for yourself or someone is advocating on your behalf that you are not afraid to ask for exactly what you want.
Advocating for yourself – especially when you're experiencing something that no one else understands or can see – is scary and isolating.
"One of the things that I found especially jarring at Harvard was the dichotomy between the capability and the independence of a lot of my friends, but then this sort of disconnect between advocating for yourself in the classroom and advocating for yourself in relationships," Daum says.
