Doe Quote by Starhawk

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

“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

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

— Ugo Betti

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

— Michel de Montaigne

“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 hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being shared. Shame…

— Brené Brown

“The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone”

— Milan Kundera

“Shame weakens us. It can make us frightened to take on something new. We start to withdraw from whatever might give us pleasure, self-esteem,…

— Sharon Salzberg

“If we can find someone who has earned the right to hear our story, we need to tell it. Shame loses power when it…

— Brené Brown

“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

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we…

— Milan Kundera

“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