TELLS: Naming Early Signs of Workplace Mobbing

Why We Wrote This

Most workplace harm doesn’t begin with open conflict.
It begins with small, deniable moments that are easy to dismiss and hard to explain.

A tone that shifts.
A glance that lingers.
A joke that lands wrong.
Sing-song insults.

People often sense these changes long before they have language for them. Their bodies react, but their minds are told to rationalize, minimize, or “be professional.” By the time the pattern becomes undeniable, reputations have already shifted and exits have narrowed.

TELLS was written to interrupt that timeline.

This book exists because too many people are harmed at work before anything officially “happens,” and because the lack of early language keeps them trapped longer than necessary. When people don’t have words, harm feels personal. When they do, patterns become visible.

TELLS focuses on early recognition, not endurance.
It does not attempt to diagnose systems or teach escalation strategy. It gives readers language for what their nervous system is already registering, so they can trust their perception sooner and make clearer choices.

This book is for:

• People who feel destabilized at work without knowing why
• High-functioning professionals suddenly labeled “too sensitive” or “not a fit”
• Anyone whose body is reacting before the story makes sense

TELLS is deliberately short, accessible, and plainspoken. It is not therapy, legal advice, or a guide to fixing broken systems. It is a tool for recognizing when a system cannot repair itself.

Later books in this series explore escalation, power dynamics, and structural entrapment. TELLS is the first step: noticing what’s happening before the damage is normalized.

If something at work feels off and you can’t explain why, this book was written for that moment.