Let's be honest, you don't say what you really think. You bite your tongue, you let it go. You

keep the peace. Someone says something that bothers you. You smile and just nod. Someone crosses

a line. You don't mention it. Someone makes a decision that affects you.

Hmm. You go along with it even though you disagree. Why? Well, because it's easier.

Because you don't want conflict, because keeping everyone else comfortable

feels safer than rocking the boat.

Hmm. Do you ever feel like this?

Here's what you don't realize.

Keeping the peace is actually costing you something.

Let's find out.

I'm Chad Lawson and let's comment down in three, two, one.

What does it cost you to stay silent? Your voice, your boundaries, your sense of self.

Every time you swallow your truth that keeps someone else comfortable,

you lose a little piece of yourself.

You learn that your failings don't matter as much as there,

that your needs are less important than their comfort.

Your presence is conditional on your silence.

And over time you forget how to speak up at all.

You tell yourself it's not a big deal. It's fine doesn't matter it's not worth the fight how many

times have you said that but it does matter do you know why because you matter your opinions

matter your feelings matter your boundaries matter and pretending they don't for the sake of keeping the peace,

that doesn't make them go away.

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