Unshaming with David Bedrick

Episode 130: Unshaming with David Bedrick

Fixing The Root| Mindset| Shamespirals| Urges| Shame| Shamefree| Emotions
July 10, 2023•2 min read

“The deeper the disturbance or difficulty, the deeper the gift that lies in it.” That's a quote by my guest this week, David Bedrick, who is the founder of the Santa Fe Institute for Shame-Based Studies, where he teaches therapists, coaches, and healers from around the world how to work with people in a new way.

David's brilliant work on unshaming deeply resonates with our mission here at Overcome Pornography for Good. Healing from a pornography habit can be an extremely challenging and disturbing experience, and David's perspective is that it shouldn't be simply accepted. There are often hidden gifts in the shame that may arise, and we're exploring this on this episode.

Listen in this week as David Bedrick shares his own unshaming story and his unique approach to unshaming. He offers insights into why shaming ourselves never leads to change, the difference between guilt and shame, and what the practice of unshaming can look like in reality. 

If you’re ready to do this work and start practicing unconditional commitment toward quitting your porn habit, sign up to work with me!

 

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

  • David’s approach to shame and his own unshaming story.

  • What the work of unshaming entails.

  • The difference between pathologizing our emotions and the unshaming approach.

  • Why shaming yourself doesn’t lead to change.

  • How guilt and shame are two different orientations.

  • Why we tend to be afraid of developing self-awareness.

 

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Sara Brewer is a certified life and trauma-informed coach. She has helped over a thousand people quit porn through her coaching programs and tens of thousands through her highly-rated podcast, Overcome Pornography for Good. Sara shares her story in her free webinars, but the simple version is that she saw shame's role in compulsive pornography use, and after developing a process focused on addressing shame as the root, her clients saw amazing success. This is why The Center for Overcoming Pornography exists.

Sara Brewer

Sara Brewer is a certified life and trauma-informed coach. She has helped over a thousand people quit porn through her coaching programs and tens of thousands through her highly-rated podcast, Overcome Pornography for Good. Sara shares her story in her free webinars, but the simple version is that she saw shame's role in compulsive pornography use, and after developing a process focused on addressing shame as the root, her clients saw amazing success. This is why The Center for Overcoming Pornography exists.

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