Episode 130: Unshaming with David Bedrick

“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. 

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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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