Grey Rocking vs. People Pleasing: The Masks We Learned to Wear

Have you ever realized you've been wearing a mask so long you forgot it wasn't your face?

In this episode of Talk Sh*t and Laugh, Michele unpacks her recent discovery of the term "grey rocking" — the practice of making yourself deliberately flat, boring, and unreadable.

You've probably heard it recommended as a tactic for dealing with narcissists and difficult people, but Michele's realization was different: she'd been grey rocking her entire life, unconsciously, long before she had a word for it. Sarah's story is the mirror opposite — a lifetime of entertaining, performing, and betraying her own needs to keep everyone else comfortable.

Two completely different survival strategies, one shared cost: losing yourself in the process. We get into where these masks come from, the difference between grey rocking as a deliberate boundary and grey rocking as a default setting, and what it takes to start taking them off.

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Sarah Walton - 
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Michele Wang-
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