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Healing Your Shame and Guilt Through Self-Forgiveness

By Beverly Engel — 2017

These four avenues can lead you toward self-forgiveness.

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Reaching Out for Compassion

At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.

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Your Brain on Guilt and Shame

Guilt and shame can lead to depression, anxiety, and paranoia, but they also nudge us to behave better. Research suggests that they serve an important, adaptive function important for human survival.

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Why Shame and Guilt Are Functional for Mental Health

At the end of the day, guilt and shame are crucial social emotions, as they keep people from acting in pure self-interest.

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The Extra Stigma of Mental Illness for African-Americans

Our culture has taught us that we do not have the privilege of being vulnerable like other communities.

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A Rabbi’s Guide on Making Amends and Letting Those Grudges Go

Judaism offers a series of ideas and guidelines for how to cope with offense and foster forgiveness. On Yom Kippur, it’s traditional to wear white, not only because white shows the slightest stain, but to remind us of the shrouds in which we will one day be buried.

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The Motherhood Confessions: The Secret Shame of What We Do and Say When No One’s Looking

I am not the only one that has uttered something shitty to their kid. Everyone has had their asshole parent moment(s)(s)(s) while dealing with a kid. But no one really knows that we are all asshole parents because we all suffer in silence over our own parenting disgrace.

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New Mothers Are Lonely During Coronavirus. Mom-Shaming on Social Media Is Making It Worse.

The pandemic has exacerbated the isolation of early motherhood; some apps are trying to create a safer space for new moms.

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Feeling Shame is Normal—Here’s How to Deal, Mama

When shame takes over, all we want is to get out of its discomfort—and in order to do so we often end up invalidating the other person involved to help ourselves feel better.

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The Psychological Effects of Mom Shaming

A trend that is unfortunately common with individuals and mothers in this generation is “Mom Shaming,” which generally speaking is criticizing a mother for making choices for her child(ren) because they differ from the choices the criticizing person would make.

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Why Daughters of Unloving Mothers Struggle With Shame

Taking a close look at the elephant hidden in plain sight.

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