Shonda Rhimes
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1,129 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 10 Apr
Shonda Rhimes’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And for me, I would say the biggest yes that I said yes to was difficult conversations.
I don't think any of us do.
I think we all instinctively run from conflict as much as we possibly can.
I mean, I think that's just a fact.
I still struggle with trying not to run away.
But the reality of it is, is the energy you expend...
Like making it okay that somebody else is doing something that you're afraid to talk to them about.
The work that's involved in sitting with whatever it is they're doing that's driving you crazy or whatever it is that's happening to you that you won't confront is so much more depleting than actually just saying the thing that you need to say.
And, I mean, I was really bad at it.
My work example is that I used to try to, you know, I used to have to let people go sometimes.
I have fired people who did not know they were fired and came to work the next day.
Because...
I swear to God, because I was so scared, so scared of having the conversation.
You know, the thing where you like say lovely things to get them started and settled in, and then you say the hard thing.
That does not work for me because I would say all the lovely things and I'd watch people's faces grow more hopeful and more engaged and more comfortable.
And then I'm like, and now I'm supposed to hit them with a hammer.
Like that's not, it's not going to happen.
So lately I've started, not in a really cruel way, but in a way that's really frank is I'm like, just don't bury the lead.
Like start with, this is not working and here's why.
And then go from there.
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