How to stop feeling shame

The next time you notice yourself minimizing your feelings or shaming yourself, I hope you can take a step back and challenge the thought. You are doing the best you can, and that is something to give yourself some credit for.💛​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ ✨Your feelings are valid.​​​​​​​​ ✨Your experiences are valid.​​​​​​​​ ✨You are valid.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ For more on self-gaslighting and how to stop the cycle, click here for my blog post on self-sabotaging!

Shame makes us feel alone, exposed, and deeply flawed. We cannot become resistant to shame, but we can develop resilience to it. Here's how.

A quote about overcoming shame by John Mark Green - author of Taste the Wild Wonder - available from Amazon. #shame #judgment #unworthiness - shame recovery - self-image

There’s a school of thought that loves to berate us for the choices we’ve made. The problem with this viewpoint is that, though we have free will, choices aren’t always freely made. Sometimes they’re a matter of survival, or doing the best we can with the information we have at the time.