What is Shame? I asked my father, who I consider to be very wise, for a working definition of shame and he replied without skipping a beat, “Being called out on a third strike ‘looking’.” For my father, that is probably the most shame-inducing experience he could imagine, but oh, for the rest of us...
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July 20, 2017July 24, 2017by Mara Teal, M.A.
How to Combat Your Daughter’s Shame: Secrets to Help Parents
As humans, we are all set up to feel shame at some point… You know, that feeling that who you are isn’t good enough to be accepted (a little Brené Brown plug here). We adults can feel this emotion at any point in time, in any setting: in relationships, at work, in the home. Well, consider...
