Dismantling Shame for Effective and Sustainable Healing

In this 2024 conversation with Justine Willis Toms, David Bedrick points out that shame hides us both from others and from ourselves, and it teaches us not to trust our feelings.Bedrick suggests that, rather than using shame and guilt as a moral compass, we adopt a more effective strategy for a healthy mental and emotional life: to unhook ourselves from shame. This enables us to hear the intelligent messages from our body that allow healing to take place at a deeper, more sustainable level....