Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

Overcoming Vulnerability | Why Silence Feels Like Weakness

18 Nov 2025 · 0 min

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A speaker explores why taking breaks feels like admitting failure. She describes the shame of justifying a nap to others and the pressure to look constantly productive, even when your body needs rest.

We think it's a weakness to stop because it makes us vulnerable, it makes us be. It's as though we're going to be perceived as not successful. It's so much. I always think about this, and it's so funny how the rest feels more uncomfortable. And I was like, oh, I could have organized this and I could have done this, and I probably should have read this book for work. But it reminded me of that because the. I felt so uncomfortable, and I had to explain why I took that nap. So many people. You had to justify it. You justify it to other people, right?

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