Strength in the sound of silence

Jen Xu
6 min readOct 27, 2022

Silence to me, is a horrifying sound. I realized I wrote about it awhile back, here. It was more about waiting “with bated breath” during one-on-one important conversations, about how I try to fill uncomfortable silences so I don’t have to hear the truth from people.

But today I think it’s time to write about silence in other uncomfortable moments — in more public settings. Namely, in comedy & in science & in presentations & in lab meetings & just slowing down. Gosh, years ago I wrote about slowing down physically, which is usually a manifestation of my brain moving too…

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Jen Xu

Athletic trainer, PhD student, coffee lover. I write about fitness, mental health, being Asian-American, and personal growth.