This post is part of the Heal Your Past series, with a Shame Recovery worksheet for paid subscribers coming soon.
Hi friends,
I hope you are well.
As I write, I feel shame tighten around my edges as I know I’m sharing personal reflections here which makes me vulnerable. What will they think? Will I be judged? Will they unsubscribe? Am I enough? I go ahead, in case it helps you dissolve the shame you may carry. This is work I had to spend time on in my own therapy, and it is well worth it. This packed post is free, and I translated a therapeutic process for you into a Shame recovery worksheet for paid members including therapeutic exercises, journaling and somatic tools for body shame - out shortly.
In this post I outline the impact of toxic shame, my own experiences of shame, recognising shame, and the antidotes to stop it treading on our hopes and dreams.