Ashamed Quote by John Bradshaw

“Shame is the deepest of the “negative emotions,” a feeling we will do almost anything to avoid. Unfortunately, our abiding fear of shame impairs…

— Gabor Maté

“Shame Resilience 101 Here are the first three things that you need to know about shame: We all have it. Shame is universal and…

— Brené Brown

Once shame touches your being at any point, even the most distant nerve is implicated, whether you know it or not; any fleeting encounter…

— Stefan Zweig

“Shame, as an emotion, has a core meaning, in relating individuals to wider social groups and norms -- real or imagined.”

— Peter N. Stearns

When I grew up, shame was used as a tool for check and balance. If you stood a chance of hearing someone say, "Shame…

— Robert Redford

Healthy shame is an emotion that teaches us about our limits. Like all emotions, shame moves us to get our basic needs met.

— John Bradshaw

“That was a moment where something clarified about shame for me: it’s not just something negative but some kind of arrow, it’s pointing at…

— Leslie Jamison

“And if we all have shame, the good news is that we’re all capable of developing shame resilience. Shame resilience is the ability to…

— Brené Brown

“word on shame: If there is any one thing that can hold us back, it is our own self-loathing. If we move through our…

— Jeff Brown

In shame there is no comfort but to be beyond all bounds of shame.

— Philip Sidney

“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of…

— Sharon Salzberg

Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot tolerate having words wrapped around it. What it craves is secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you stay…

— Brené Brown