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This episode I share a story from my own history with shame. It’s interesting though, that as I delve into this topic, it’s been prevalent in my life in new ways, so although I’m talking about chronic illness, shame has a way of creeping back in, just when you thought it was a goner.
We also talk about the root of shame: that we are really just afraid of not being connected, of being rejected, and of being alone.
Additionally, I’ve put together a little exercise for all of you. I think your pain needs to be validated and shame can make us push what we truly feel and what needs to be dealt with in order to heal, to the recesses of our psyche, making it virtually impossible to ever really come to any sort of acceptance.
So listen to this one, and get some paper, and do the exercise, because you matter. Your feelings matter. Find people who are worth connecting with and share the pain that is going to help shape you into a more complete being.
“The cure for pain, is in the pain.” – Rumi