Please Mute Your Trauma
Welcome to Please Mute Your Trauma, the podcast for anyone who has ever been told that people are their organization's greatest asset while simultaneously feeling completely invisible.
Hosted by Tiffany Collins, Navy veteran, HR professional, doctoral researcher, and recovering overthinker, this show explores the messy intersection of trauma, dignity, meaningful work, workplace culture, and what it actually means to be human at work.
Each episode blends humor, storytelling, research, and real-life workplace experiences to unpack the things many organizations don't talk about: psychological safety, organizational betrayal, burnout, identity, leadership, belonging, and why so many employees spend more energy surviving work than finding meaning in it.
If you've ever replayed a meeting in your head, questioned your worth because of a performance review, survived a toxic workplace, or wondered why a pizza party somehow became a management strategy, you're in the right place.
Because organizations don't have a people problem.
They have a humanity problem.
And work becomes meaningful when dignity is protected.
Please Mute Your Trauma
Welcome to Please Mute Your Trauma
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Organizations don't have a people problem.
They have a humanity problem.
Welcome to Please Mute Your Trauma—the podcast exploring the workplace experiences we carry long after we've left the building.
If you've ever driven home replaying the same conversation...
Questioned your worth after one performance review...
Wondered why one manager's words still live in your head years later...
Or found yourself asking, "Why am I still carrying this?"
You're in the right place.
Hosted by Tiffany Collins, this podcast explores workplace trauma, dignity, meaningful work, leadership, and the human experiences that shape who we become. Together, we'll translate research into real conversations, challenge conventional ideas about professionalism, and give language to experiences many people have felt but never fully understood.
Because work isn't just something we do.
It changes how we see ourselves.
And maybe it's time we started asking those questions out loud.
Subscribe now and join the conversation.
Because work becomes meaningful when dignity is protected.
If you've ever sat through a meeting wondering whether anyone was listening, received a pizza party instead of support, or been told to "bring your whole self to work" only to discover there were terms and conditions attached, this episode is for you.
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Because work becomes meaningful when dignity is protected.