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Turning Shame Into Gratitude
Conversations in Compassion
English - October 29, 2020 13:13 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Health & Fitness compassion empathy motivation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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How do we handle the shame that seems to keep derailing our own personal journey toward wellness? Every time we take a positive step forward, or sometimes even when we just contemplate taking that step, shame arises and we often retreat into our learned avoidance behavior: isolation, overeating, substance misuse, distracting ourselves with work, shopping, or other activity. Can we learn to sit with that sense of shame, share it with others, listen as they share their own? In that shared experience we can shift our shame to gratitude and allow ourselves to move toward wellness and embrace others on their journey.