shame

Why do human beings have this huge obsession with nudity? “Nudity”, by the way, does not mean covering your elbows or your ankles or your knees or your ears (unless you happen to live in Iran). Nudity means covering up “the bits.” It means that we are not allowed to see the mammillary glands (breasts) and we are also not allowed to see any areas associated with urination, excretion or reproduction.

Sunday March 22, 12 p.m. on OWN TV an all-new “In Deep Shift with Jonas Elrod” features TED Talk speaker and comedian Maysoon Zayid, a remarkable Palestinian American woman who lives with Cerebral Palsy, and what she is doing to take a stand for equality.

Suddenly the shame game looks ridiculous. Something more infinite is infiltrating my lens. Is that you, too?

Mainstream psychology has a way of “making us sick”… process-oriented psychology takes a completely different perspective of people ‘outside the norm’… learn more here

Lately, I have been having conversations with people who have read Soulshaping. The theme that emerges most often in these talks is that of shame. Something about the depth of self-admission in the book seems to trigger it. Some celebrate that self-revealing. Some are uncomfortable with it. Some are reminded of their own shame and want to head for the hills.

Maybe you have felt shame recently.

So what to do with it? Perhaps smoke a cigarette or something stronger. Have a drink or six. Push it down, push it away or project it out. Seek the latest self-help cure and hope someone can just guru it away for you.

David Bedirck explains why shame has been called the “master emotion”

What is love-based psychology and how may it help you becoming more caring and compassionate to yourselves and others? David Bedrick asks us to look within to something we find difficult, disturbing, or upsetting and provides tools to look even deeper to help in diminishing that source of pain.