What Are You Carrying? | An Espresso Talk

About this episode

The episode explores the socialization and internalized patterns that affect how individuals communicate and carry emotional burdens in meetings.

Have you ever been talked over in a meeting—and later found yourself replaying the moment, wondering why you stopped speaking? In this Espresso Talk, we move beyond what happened in the room and look at what we carried into it—and what we carried out. Following Before I Finished Speaking and I Stayed This Time, we explore: how we are socialised, especially through race, to move in certain ways how those patterns become internalised—automatic and often invisible why silence can feel protective, while still leaving us carrying more than we should This isn't about blame or fixing ourselves. It's about understanding what we've learned to carry—and beginning to restore. ☕ The YAIT Town Journey: Naming → Restoring → Imagining If this resonates, share it with someone who might need it too. Join Ama-Robin for an espresso at the Umoja Cafe! Come as you are. Take what you need. You ain't imagining this!

People in this episode

Host: Robin Lofton

Topics covered

• socialization
• race
• internalized patterns
• silence
• self-understanding
• restoration

Keywords

• communication
• meetings
• socialization
• race
• silence
• emotional burden
• self-reflection

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