Product Description
Ronald and Patricia Potter-Efron define shame as a painful belief in one's basic defectiveness: I'm a failure! I'm not good enough! An overwhelming sense can arise and persist from critical parents, a verbally abusive spouse, racist or sexist prejudice, hereditary predisposition, or from ourselves. We may in fact be our own worst critics.Deeply shamed individuals may experience pain and suffering endlessly, unless the cycle is stopped through understanding what shame is, the sources of shame, and how to heal. Then, too, some people are shame-deficient. They can benefit from having some shame in their lives. At times, shame is good.Either way, Letting Go of Shame provides solutions for personal transformation. In simple, practical language, each succinct chapter explores shame in our culture, in our relationships, and in ourselves, offering exercise and action plans for healing the wounds and learning a new freedom of joy and ease.
Synopsis
Exposes the source and nature of shame, and helps people heal themselves by looking beyond the self-hatred to locate the self.
