Communication is often compared to a skill, but at Brielle Consulting Group, we’ve found a more accurate metaphor: it’s a muscle. Like any muscle, if you don’t use it, it weakens. And when challenges arise, you may find yourself too unprepared to lift the “heavier weights” of hard conversations.

Every person has experienced the weight of an avoided conversation. Whether it’s something as trivial as an empty toilet paper roll or as significant as a strained workplace relationship, we’ve all chosen silence at some point. At Brielle Consulting Group, we’ve seen how this instinct to avoid can quietly undermine personal well-being and organizational culture alike.

Silence may feel easier in the moment, but it always builds walls. Each unspoken need or avoided conversation adds another layer of distance. Over time, relationships — whether professional or personal — become strained, not because of dramatic conflict, but because of unspoken words.