70 | 4 Costs of Staying Silent at Work

Sensitive & Self-Assured | Confidence | Set Boundaries | Self-acceptance | Find Your Purpose | Self-esteem · Jul 9, 2026 · 22m

You're sitting in a meeting. You have a thought, a question, an idea worth sharing. Then the filter kicks in. What if it's a dumb question? What if I should already know this? What if I upset someone?

You say nothing. The meeting moves on. You leave feeling invisible, even though you had so much to offer.

This isn't a confidence problem you were born with. It's a learned pattern, often one that started long before this job. And learned patterns can be unlearned.

In this episode, I share my own story of staying quiet in professional settings, not because I lacked expertise, but because fear…