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What Body Acceptance Means to Me as a Disabled Woman

By Erica Mones — 2020

Internalized ableism occurs when disabled people internalize stigmatizing messages in society, like the low expectations that are often placed on those with disabilities. These expectations usually present in two ways. Disabled people are made to feel that we shouldn't go to work or school, or we're called "inspirational" simply for existing.

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Transformance—What Can Happen When Shame Lifts

Sheila Rubin writes about transformance, a term used to describe “the force in the psyche that’s moving towards growth and expansion and transformation,” and the idea that healing is “not just an outcome but a process that exists within each person that emerges in conditions of safety.”

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Sheila Rubin
2018
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How to Transform Shame Over the Holidays

There’s an expectation of what is supposed to happen during the holidays: images of a family gathered around a tree, presents, food, love and connection as people smile at each other. But if your family is different, there sometimes can be shame.

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Sheila Rubin
2017
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Using Astrology to Release Shame

One of the hardest aspects of being human is moving past shame. Those feelings of deep regret—and the lingering insecurity and unworthiness that most likely accompany them—stick with us in a way that can be profound.

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Jennifer Freed
2020
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This Ugly Diet and Weight-Related Complication Is Crippling Care and Progress

Blame and shame will not lead to sustainable weight loss.

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Yoni Freedhoff
2014
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