Silence Has a Body Count 🔇

"The opposite of courage is not cowardice; it is conformity." — Rollo May

There were years I wore quiet like armor.
I called it peace. Others called it composure.
But deep down, I knew what it really was: self-protection.

“If silence speaks louder than words, what is your silence saying?”

My silence didn’t mean I was okay.
It meant I didn’t trust the room.
Didn’t trust the people in it.
Didn’t trust myself to be heard, or to handle the weight of what I might say.

“Everyone brought wine. I brought generational silence and a fake smile.”

The worst part…
I convinced myself I was “above it.”
That maturity meant detachment.
That strength meant biting my tongue until it bled.

But unspoken pain has a way of leaking into the atmosphere. It shapes your posture, your tone, the energy in the room. People feel it even if they don’t name it.

Your silence is always saying something.
The question is: Is it telling the truth?

Your shadow speaks in symbols.
In patterns. In pause. In the ache you keep dismissing.
The 30-Day Shadow Work Journal is a place to listen… gently, honestly, bravely.

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