Who knew that some of the most personally transformative non-fiction of our time would come from a shame researcher? And yet, here we are, crying over Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly as she covers the walls we put in place to protect ourselves from vulnerability, the dominant shame messages we receive based on gender scripts, and the terrifying but essential tools we need to knock them all down.

Mentioned in the episode:

Brené Brown’s previous works

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

What is the proper plural of Octopus?

Brené Brown Netflix Special: The Call to Courage

Scary Close by Donald Miller

This Is Your Brain on Birth Control by Sarah E Hill, PhD

Hilary McBride

Theodore Roosevelt’s “Man In the Arena” speech

Guilt vs Shame

“Men are afraid women will laugh at them; women are afraid men will kill them.”

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Is self care becoming a burden? (NPR article)

Recommendations:

Shame episode by The Liturgists podcast

The Mask You Live In documentary

Shameless by Nadia Bolz-Weber

This by Michael Gungor

Scary Close by Donald Miller

Mothers, Daughters & Body Image By Hilary McBride