#673: When Awareness Becomes a Hiding Place: The Cost of Negotiating With Avoidance

Insight can feel like growth—until you realize nothing has changed.

In this episode, Denise G. Lee explores how awareness becomes a socially acceptable form of avoidance, especially for capable, dependable leaders who learned early to carry more than their share.

This is not an episode about confrontation or “speaking up better.”
It’s about recognizing the cost of negotiating with avoidance—and the quiet self-abandonment that follows.

Referenced article:
https://deniseglee.com/awareness-as-avoidance/

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