So many emotions flying around at the moment! But one seems to be sticking out: shame.

Shame is a real pain in the butt. While it can be useful in small doses, more often than not it paralyses us. Social movements lose SO MANY good-intentioned allies to shame.

And that’s because shame is really crippling! Shame makes it all about us, it traps us in negative thinking, disconnects us, and makes us act in ways that only strengthen the shame.

So what can we do?

Last week I published a short meditation to get us unstuck when shame arises. In today’s episode we go deeper by looking at the art & science of shame.

We look at:

1) 3 reasons why shame is dysfunctional, especially in the context of social movements

2) a 5-step process (conveniently called “SHAME”) to get you unstuck when shame is here

My intention is to support you with resources and tools to add to your response kit to shame. So that we you may focus your energy not on fighting the shame, but on doing the work that you really care about.

Let's do this! #daretocare

Love and energy,

Silba