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In this episode of the unwrittn pod, I’m talking about something I’ve been wrestling with all year: visibility wounds. The strange mix of wanting to be seen and being completely terrified of it at the same time.

I get into how our fear of perception shapes the way we create, try new things, and even show up online. For most of my life, I avoided sharing anything: my writing, my ideas, even the things I cared about, because the thought of people actually watching me try felt unbearable. This year, for the first time, I started posting my work consistently, and it forced me into that awkward phase no one talks about. Where you’re still figuring out your voice, where silence feels personal, and where everything in you wants to delete the post five minutes after uploading it.

I talk about why that silence isn’t failure, why our nervous systems mistake visibility for danger, and why the pressure to be ‘perfect from day one’ is stopping so many of us from ever getting good at the thing we love. I also get into the wider culture around content, how we’ve become obsessed with being seen rather than becoming skilled, and why embracing the slow, private part of the journey is where your real voice actually forms.

This episode is a reminder that you’re allowed to be a beginner and take up space. And you’re allowed to build something meaningful long before anyone is paying attention.

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