So far this month I’ve talked a lot about shame and what we do to try to cope and protect ourselves from it. We put […] Read More
Category: 31 Days (October)
Empathy is a strange and powerful thing. There is no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, […] Read More
Everyone experiences shame and there is no way we can eliminate it from our lives. As Brown puts it, “As long as we care about […] Read More
I’m taking the information I list in this post from Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly and I’ll list source information at the bottom of this post. […] Read More
Yesterday I talked about grace. The challenge is to believe it. There’s something Jesus said: “Then they asked him, ‘What must we do to do […] Read More
For any of you who have followed my blog for a while, you’ll know that grace is a big deal to me. It’s a very […] Read More
I’ve written about watching Brene Brown’s TEDx talk on “The Power of Vulnerability”. This is the part that blew my mind: Wait what?!?!? They just […] Read More
I love the concepts of “light” and “darkness” and they are strewn all over the Bible. John in particular uses these metaphors. Here’s a few […] Read More
Take a look at this: “Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.” [emphasis mine] (Genesis 2:25, NLT) “At […] Read More
While the felt experience of shame is the same for men and women (Brene Brown calls it the “warm wash of shame”), what triggers shame […] Read More