Episode 2: Don't Be Air. Be Fire.

How much energy have you spent preparing for conversations that never happened?

Replaying interactions.

Anticipating conflict.

Trying to understand why someone doesn't like you.

In this deeply personal episode of Please Mute Your Trauma, Tiffany Collins shares the story of a recent doctoral residential that forced her to confront an uncomfortable truth: sometimes the greatest battles we're fighting aren't happening around us—they're happening within us.

After arriving emotionally prepared for a conflict that never came, one simple piece of advice shifted everything:

Don't be air. Be fire.

Together, we'll explore how trauma can teach us to become hypervigilant, why we often give our attention to people and problems that haven't earned it, and how reclaiming our focus is an act of dignity.

This episode is an invitation to stop replaying conversations that never happened, stop preparing for battles that may never come, and start investing your energy in the people, work, and purpose that truly deserve it.

Because meaningful work doesn't begin when everything around us changes.

Sometimes it begins when we choose to stop supplying oxygen to the things that are stealing our peace.

In This Episode:

• Why trauma prepares us for battles that never happen
• The hidden cost of hypervigilance
• How our attention shapes our experience at work
• The connection between dignity and self-worth
• What it really means to "be fire"

Reflection Question:
Where are you giving your energy to people, problems, or possibilities that haven't earned it?

Learn more about the podcast and join the conversation at www.pleasemuteyourtrauma.com.

Coming soon, you'll be able to share your own workplace stories and questions through the podcast voicemail feature—because some of the most meaningful conversations begin when we realize we're not carrying these experiences alone.

Because work becomes meaningful when dignity is protected.

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.