Divorce Quote by Erich Fromm

“Sharing our experience with someone who loves and supports us helps us feel less isolated and alone with our shame. Because the whole point…

— Wendy Ulrich

The intimacy of love absolves us of our guilty separateness.

— Mason Cooley

“When you do feel shame, seek out someone who loves and accepts you for who you are, in the intimacy that exposure brings, an…

— Daniel Gottlieb

“Incredible shame is associated with mental illness. People will confide the most intimate details of their love life before they'll mention a relative who…

— Candace Pert

Shame is removed through love.

— Danny Silk

“Only love can neutralize shame.”

— Omar Manejwala

“Whether we fear the existence of boundaries with others or crave more of them, there’s no denying that individuation and separation are inevitable parts…

— Sharon Salzberg

“While guilt over sinfulness can often lead to repentance, shame leads to indifference, intolerance, lack of vulnerability, and lack of intimacy with others as…

— Tyler Braun

“Once an emotion is toxically shame bound, one feels numb. The emotional avoidance is sealed by learning to avoid the avoidance.”

— John Bradshaw

“Shame is internalized when one is abandoned. Abandonment is the precise term to describe how one loses one’s authentic self and ceases to exist…

— John Bradshaw

“From the recovery experience of hundreds of thousands of people, we know that there is an effective way out of this constricting and binding…

— Charles L. Whitfield

“What if shame and judgment are just a stand-in for a lack of love?”

— Shannon Kaiser