In this first full episode of Please Mute Your Trauma, Tiffany Collins explores “the performance of being fine” at work: the way employees learn to smile, comply, stay quiet, and keep functioning even when they are exhausted, overwhelmed, or carrying far more than anyone can see.

Through humor, lived experience, and sharp workplace reflection, Tiffany unpacks the gap between what organizations say they value — people, authenticity, well-being, psychological safety — and what they often reward: emotional suppression, compliance, and silence.

This episode asks what happens when professionalism becomes performance, when “I’m fine” becomes a survival strategy, and when dignity is treated as something employees have to earn.

Because maybe the problem was never that people brought too much of themselves to work.

Maybe the problem is that work asked them to leave too much of themselves behind.

We want to hear from you!

If you've ever sat through a meeting wondering whether anyone was listening, received a pizza party instead of support, or been told to "bring your whole self to work" only to discover there were terms and conditions attached, this episode is for you.

Learn more about the show and connect with Tiffany at:

www.pleasemuteyourtrauma.com

Because work becomes meaningful when dignity is protected.