It started with a flat tire. A neighbor’s wife offered help, her husband wrestled with the jack, and soon five of us were bracing a car that threatened to roll back. But the one person who never moved? The car’s owner.

What looks like apathy is often something else—avoidance, helplessness, even shame.

In this episode, Dr. Lia Roth breaks down how silence can be louder than action, why defense mechanisms keep us stranded, and how roles like Fixer, Hero, Rescuer, and Ghost shape the field around us.