A single choice to stay quiet can feel like self-protection…until it builds a wall you never meant to raise.

In this episode, I share a story about leaving a role I loved and telling a boss, who was also a friend, far too late. The career move was right. The offer made sense. But the harder lesson lived in what I didn’t say soon enough, and how that silence reshaped a relationship I cared about.

We’ll explore why “just what the contract requires” isn’t the whole picture when trust is involved, and how guilt and timing can quietly turn into distance. I reflect on the look that said, “I would have helped you,” and the irony that the support I needed was already there, but my own fear kept me from asking.

If you’ve ever replayed the conversation you didn’t have soon enough, this one will sit with you. Off My Chest is a space to let awkward, unfinished talks breathe—because once we name them, they start to loosen their grip.

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