Guilt? Ok  Shame? No Way!

Guilt? Ok Shame? No Way!

GUILT? OK  SHAME? NO WAY Allowing guilt to manifest in shame is a harmful process that occurs way too often. Guilt is healthy. Shame is unhealthy. But I am far ahead of myself, let’s start at the beginning. Guilt and shame are often thought of as interchangeable. They...

How 1 Word Changed My Shame

If you have shame – you know, that nagging, nasty inner voice that tells you everything you haven’t done, everything you should’ve done differently, and how you otherwise just aren’t good enough? – then you know how draining it is.     Ugh.  Figuring...
Do You Ever Take a Ride on the Shame Train?

Do You Ever Take a Ride on the Shame Train?

Do you ever take a ride on the shame train? The shame train is when one horrible thought you may have about yourself turns into another and then another. The shame train makes stops at sadville, depressionfield, and sometimes even hoplessness zone. The end of the...

Eliminate Your Shame Voices!

If you have shame, you have shame voices.  Shame is the deep belief that we are bad, stupid, worthless, etc.  The shaming voices are the messages that play in our head, a constant running commentary that reinforces that we are flawed and defective at our core. To turn...