Do you apologize for getting emotional? For being hungry? Needing to use the bathroom? Are you out here telling people you’re sorry for having the regular-ass needs and experiences of any other living organism? When people say sorry too much, I always read between the lines, “I’m sorry for existing – clearly your life would beContinue reading “Apologizing for Having Needs – A Sign of Trauma and Shame”
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How Toxic Shame Sabotages Your Relationships and What to Do About It
As a full-time relationship coach, I can say for sure that the greatest obstacle to helping people learn, heal, grow, and cultivate loving relationships with themselves and others is toxic shame. Hands down. This soul-eating emotion (as the founder of analytic psychology Carl Jung described it) tries to persuade you that you are less thanContinue reading “How Toxic Shame Sabotages Your Relationships and What to Do About It”