There was a point when I realized my body was reacting long before I was willing to say anything out loud.
In this episode, I share the dinner table moment that made me see it: I started to say something true, felt the gap it would create, stopped myself mid-sentence... and within seconds, my throat felt tight. Like the words I didn't say got stuck there.
This conversation explores:
- The immediate physical response to choosing silence
- Why your body doesn't differentiate between big silence and small silence
- What "the body keeps the score" really means in daily life
- How suppression registers as threat in your nervous system
- A simple practice for listening to your body this week
This is Episode 4 in the Loving Without Shrinking series.
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00:00 Introduction
00:57 Intuitive Moment
01:30 Body Symptoms and Choices
02:12 The Dinner Conversation
03:58 Suppression as Threat
04:45 Inner Reflection Exercise
05:40 Whispers of Wisdom
06:39 Learning to Hold
07:13 The Cost of Silence
07:48 Journey to Self Community
08:10 Empowerment Action
08:29 Closing Thoughts
