How Do You Unlearn Silence?
Bestselling author and speaker, Elaine Lin Hering joins me on the podcast this week.
This week’s guest on The Pain Gap podcast is a personal favorite, and a globally recognized facilitator, writer, and speaker who has worked on six continents, helping people and organizations develop the skills we often lack: effective communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution.
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, author of “Unlearning Silence” and speaker extraordinaire.Elaine’s book feels especially urgent for our community right now. Too often, women, and especially women of color, are told that the solution is to “speak up.” But as Elaine shows us, silence isn’t a personal failing. It’s something we’re taught by families, cultures, workplaces, and systems that punish us when we use our voices.
In this conversation, Elaine and I discuss how silence impacts our health, leadership, and relationships, and how we can begin to unlearn it. Because when we do, we create space for lives that are more fulfilling, more just, and more free.
Fun fact? On her 5th birthday, Elaine made a wish for world peace. Still wishes – and works for – world peace today!
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