Episode notes
Episode 12: Many of us have been chased away from shame, because it seems to cause nothing but pain.
However, shame itself is a crucial social emotion that helps you become an upright and empathic person who cares about others and has a strong sense of ethics.
The key to working with shame is to understand the difference between shame that helps you maintain your morals and ethics, and shame-blame that is thrown onto you by others. The blaming form of shame is actually, and simply, abuse.
Reclaiming your own true and healing shame is crucial in a time when people are flinging shame-blame everywhere.
In this episode, we begin to observe how people's tragic avoidance of shame, and their lust for throwing shame-blame at others, is damaging our capacity to learn, grow, connect, evolve, and heal.
Your own chosen sham ...