{"id":5458,"date":"2025-07-31T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/?p=5458"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:20:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:20:46","slug":"thought-for-the-week-the-words-we-dont-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/2025\/07\/31\/thought-for-the-week-the-words-we-dont-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought for the Week \u2013 The Words We Don\u2019t Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5459\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/2025\/07\/31\/thought-for-the-week-the-words-we-dont-say\/the-words-we-dont-say-image\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-words-we-dont-say-image.png\" data-orig-size=\"612,612\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"the-words-we-dont-say-image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-words-we-dont-say-image.png\" class=\"wp-image-5459 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-words-we-dont-say-image-300x300.png\" alt=\"the-words-we-dont-say-image\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-words-we-dont-say-image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-words-we-dont-say-image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-words-we-dont-say-image.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><em>What conversation have you been rehearsing in your head and still haven\u2019t had?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last time, we explored <em>\u201cThe Words We Whisper\u201d<\/em> &#8211; the quiet voice we carry inside. The gentle resilience. The encouragement we can offer ourselves. If you missed it, you can catch up <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/2025\/07\/24\/thought-for-the-week-the-words-we-whisper\/\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week, I\u2019ve been thinking about another layer to how we communicate &#8211; just as quiet and just as powerful:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The words we don\u2019t say.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You know the ones&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The kind that linger in the back of your mind during a conversation.<\/li>\n<li>The kind you rehearse in the shower, or rewrite in a text you never send.<\/li>\n<li>The kind that feel too honest, too messy, too vulnerable &#8211; or just too much.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hold back for all kinds of reasons&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Because we don\u2019t want to make it awkward.<\/p>\n<p>Because we don\u2019t want to rock the boat.<\/p>\n<p>Because it\u2019s easier to pretend we\u2019re fine than to explain why we\u2019re not.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>\u201cthank you\u201d<\/em> we meant to share, but we moved on too fast.<\/li>\n<li>The boundary we need yet never voice.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>\u201cI miss you\u201d<\/em> that feels too tender to admit.<\/li>\n<li>The apology we think about but aren\u2019t sure how to offer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yet unspoken words don\u2019t disappear. They collect. They shape the distance between us.<\/p>\n<p>They become weight we carry quietly &#8211; sometimes for days, sometimes for years.<\/p>\n<p>We often think communication is about what we say &#8211; yet so much is shaped by what we <em>don\u2019t<\/em> say.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, silence is self-protection. Sometimes, it\u2019s wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>At other times, it\u2019s about fear, or habit, or the weight of not wanting to risk disrupting things.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth asking yourself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What have I been holding back?<\/li>\n<li>What conversation am I avoiding?<\/li>\n<li>What part of me is asking to be heard &#8211; by someone else?<\/li>\n<li>What would I say if I trusted I\u2019d be heard with compassion?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speaking up can feel risky. It might be something simple:<\/p>\n<p>A thank you.<\/p>\n<p>An <em>\u201cI\u2019m still hurt.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An <em>\u201cI need some space.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Or even: <em>\u201cI care about this too much not to say something.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no pressure to say it all at once &#8211; maybe there\u2019s one thing you can say. One sentence. One step. One truth.<\/p>\n<p>Even a whisper can make space for healing. It can be a form of release &#8211; of reclaiming something inside you.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t have to be perfect. It doesn\u2019t have to be dramatic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><em>\u201cWe say \u2018I\u2019m fine\u2019 because we don\u2019t know how to say, \u2018This is hard, and I don\u2019t know how to talk about it yet.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>&#8211;<\/em> <em>\u00a0<\/em>Morgan Harper Nichols <em>&#8211;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Musician, songwriter, mixed-media artist, and writer, whose work is centred around the question &#8220;how can we create connection?&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What have you been meaning to say and haven\u2019t?<\/li>\n<li>What could shift if those unsaid words were gently, kindly named?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sometimes, just a few words can change everything.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to courage &#8211; and to choosing our words, even the quiet ones.<\/p>\n<p>With warmest wishes,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/home\/signature-cropped-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/signature-cropped.png\" data-orig-size=\"159,70\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"signature-cropped\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/signature-cropped.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3183\" src=\"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/signature-cropped.png\" alt=\"korinne-sig\" width=\"159\" height=\"70\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Korinne Le Page<br \/>\nThrive Coaching &amp; Training <\/strong><em>\u2013 Empowering You to Thrive!<br \/>\n<\/em>P.S. 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Last time, we explored \u201cThe Words We Whisper\u201d &#8211; the quiet voice we carry inside. The gentle resilience. The encouragement we can offer ourselves. If you missed it, you can catch up here This week, I\u2019ve been thinking about another layer to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176728601,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1389],"tags":[1477],"class_list":["post-5458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","tag-thoughtfortheweek-growthmindset-selfcompassion-leadership-personaldevelopment-humanskills-innervoice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgKEDA-1q2","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176728601"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5460,"href":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458\/revisions\/5460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}