Archives for “shame”

Brene Brown says everybody has shame, but nobody wants to talk about it. But not talking about it lets us overestimate its power. I am happy to listen to my shame, but I don’t accept its theories about who I am. I won’t live in the house shame built for me. I have a different [...]


This TED talk really made my jaw hit the floor. You may not know this about me, but… my life has been rough. I don’t mean I’m a victim. I mean I’ve been unhappy. Like 20-years-on-Prozac unhappy. (And other meds too.) I sought peace, not as a researcher, like this woman, but as a desperate [...]