Does any of this sound familiar, a?

Instead of speaking up in meetings, you write down your ideas, afraid to stumble over your words in front of everyone.

Instead of making all your friends laugh, you stay quiet to avoid mispronouncing a specific word.

Instead of talking about the things you love, you stick to easy conversations to avoid hearing, “Could you repeat that, please?”

It breaks my heart when I hear that people don’t get to experience the real you in English.