The SPEAKHER Podcast

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF US, Community & Comparison — Who Are We Around Each Other?

CAMILLE ESSICK Season 14 Episode 7

Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.

0:00 | 18:45

Community is meant to be a place of support.
But what happens when it also becomes a space of comparison?

In Episode 3 of The Psychology of Us, we explore the tension between connection and silent competition among Black women.

This conversation unpacks:

  • The difference between genuine support and unspoken comparison
  • How social media intensifies pressure and perception
  • Respectability politics and the expectation to “present well”
  • And how scarcity and environment can shape how we see each other

You can be surrounded by people… and still feel like you’re measuring yourself.

This episode invites you to reflect on where you feel most like yourself…and where you feel like you’re performing.

Support the show

FB @thespeakherpodcast | IG @camille.essick | camilleessick.com
YT: CamilleEssick

"Where Innovators & Creators Connect".


**I do not own the rights to this music.**