The Language Between Words

In this episode of Grounded in Motion, Dr. Renee Whynes explores the power and complexity of silence — the unspoken and the unsaid — and how both shape the way we love, lead, and live. Inspired by Neil Abramson’s novel Unsaid, which examines the quiet understanding between humans and animals, Renee reflects on the different languages of silence: the kind that comforts, the kind that weighs heavy, and the kind that opens space for possibility.

Through stories drawn from movement, leadership, and everyday connection, she reminds us that communication begins long before words, but true growth starts when we finally give our truth a voice.

Listen to discover how silence can guide, protect, and transform — in relationships, in work, and within yourself.

Take a quiet moment after this episode — maybe during a cool-down walk, a post-ride stretch, or while sitting with your morning coffee.

Ask yourself:

• What truths in my life have gone unspoken because I assumed they were understood?
• What feelings or ideas have remained unsaid because I was afraid of how they’d be received?
• And what might change — in love, in work, in self — if I gave those truths a voice?

Write freely. Don’t edit, don’t overthink. Let your thoughts move the way your body does — steady, honest, in motion.

Because sometimes clarity doesn’t come from silence…it comes from giving silence somewhere to go.