EPISODE FILE 007 / COSTS: RELATIONSHIPS

What Happens When You Never Speak Up

Episode 7 examines how people-pleasing and conflict avoidance can turn keeping the peace into storing frustration for later.

Episodes / File 7

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The file

  1. 1The instructionKeep everyone comfortable. Say you are fine.
  2. 2Why it feels safeSilence postpones the discomfort of disagreement.
  3. 3What it costsUnspoken needs and boundaries accumulate as resentment.
  4. 4The correctionState a need before resentment speaks for you.
  5. 5Your 24-hour testSay one clear, specific thing you need without disguising it as ‘I’m fine.’

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