If apologizing is wrong, then I don't want to be right.

One day last year Maya caught herself apologizing and then immediately judging herself for it. Because society says saying 'sorry' is something strong, competent women are not supposed to do.

That moment sent her down a deeper line of inquiry—not about language, but about power. About compassion. About what we confuse for strength, and what actually defines it. Because her view, refusing to apologize doesn't make you more powerful. It just makes the world … more cold.

In this special bonus episode, Maya reads her essay, "Girl, Keep Apologizing" aloud, reflecting on rules, awareness, and what we lose when we mistake distance for empowerment

Read the article on Medium.

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White Water is a podcast about creative urgency and the magical things that happen when we 'ride the wave' of life.

Hosted by Maya Guice, business storyteller and Founder of Panakin Studios, each episode features candid stories of tenacity and grit from individuals leading creative ventures that span industries, mediums, and borders. If you've got an idea and don't know where to start, come hang out with us in the white water!

Panakin Studios is an interdisciplinary shop of thinkers and doers. Medium-agnostic, we're half think-tank, half content studio, creating a whole machine that produces new stories for smart audiences. www.panakin.co