Please Mute Your Trauma

What does workplace professionalism actually mean — and who taught us the rules? In this episode of Please Mute Your Trauma, Tiffany Collins takes a closer look at the unspoken rules of professionalism at work: where they come from, how employees learn them, and why so many of those rules are less about respect and more about survival. From “leave your emotions at the door” to “be a team player” t...

Episode 3: That Doesn't Count How many times have you explained away your own experience? "It wasn't that bad." "Other people have it worse." "It doesn't really count." In this episode of Please Mute Your Trauma , Tiffany explores why so many of us instinctively minimize our own stories—and what that habit may actually be teaching us. Through stories fr...

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:...

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 sa...

Why I Couldn't Stop Asking Questions Why do some workplace experiences stay with us long after we've left the building? Why can one manager's words echo in our minds years later? Why do some jobs leave us feeling more alive… while others leave us questioning our worth? In this opening episode, I share the question that has quietly followed me through the Navy, human resources, leade...

Organizations don't have a people problem. They have a humanity problem. Welcome to Please Mute Your Trauma —the podcast exploring the workplace experiences we carry long after we've left the building. If you've ever driven home replaying the same conversation... Questioned your worth after one performance review... Wondered why one manager's words still live in your head years...

Organizations don't have a people problem. They have a humanity problem. Welcome to Please Mute Your Trauma . This podcast explores the workplace experiences we carry long after we've left the building. If you've ever replayed the same conversation on your drive home... Questioned your worth after one performance review... Wondered why one manager's words still live in your hea...