What Should I Do About Body Shaming?
“I’d rather be dead than red on the head” was a chant I heard regularly as a kid growing up in Memphis, Tennessee. “Carrot Top” became an unwelcome nickname. I...
A Journey Worth Taking
Brene Brown is a shame researcher who opines: “If you put shame in a petri dish and douse it with secrecy, silence, and judgment, shame grows exponentially.” And it can...
What to do when you’re Feeling Suicidal (or a loved one is)
Suicide seems to be everywhere. We see it in the news, we are asked about it in routine medical check ups, and hear about it in many conversations. Celebrities are...
Self Doubt
In my last blog we focused on fear and how it can take us from a feeling of joy to intense fear in just a blink of an eye. We...
The Gifts of Imperfection
One of the women’s groups I offer is based on Brene Brown’s book The Gifts of Imperfection. The material addresses the struggle people experience concerning guilt and shame. Guilt is...
I’m Amazing! I’m Pathetic (Broken)!
I’m a counselor, a therapist, a healer, someone who knows about brokenness and what it means to be healed. I’ve had a messy life and I’ve suffered abuse, loss, disappointment,...
The Upside of Shame (Part II)
Since writing my last blog post about shame, I’ve had a lot of interaction with different people and spent more time thinking about this topic. I realized my last post...