Why Shame Silences Your Voice
Why Shame Silences Your Voice
Speak Before Perfection Hardens You
Have you ever stopped yourself from speaking because you were afraid you might say it wrong?
Maybe you knew what you wanted to communicate, but the words were moving more slowly than the knowing.
Maybe someone interrupted you to correct your grammar, your pronunciation, or some tiny detail that had absolutely nothing to do with the deeper message you were trying to communicate.
Maybe you learned to rehearse everything in your head before speaking.
Maybe you need proof before trusting what you know.
Maybe you wait until you are completely certain.
And somewhere along the way, communication stopped being expression and became performance.
This is one of the ways shame constricts the voice.
Shame whispers:
Don’t speak until you know you’re right.
Don’t risk being corrected.
Don’t say anything you can’t defend.
Make sure you have the receipts.
Make sure nobody can make you look foolish.
The problem is t
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