Embracing Shame: How to Stop Resisting Shame and Turn It Into a Powerful Ally

by Bret Lyon, Ph.D., SEP, Sheila Rubin, LMFT, RDT/BCT, Bret Lyon, et al.

Discover a proven pathway for transforming shame from a self-punishing emotion into a powerful ally for your health and happiness.

Why do we feel shame? Given how painful and destructive shame can be, it's easy to see this emotion as an inner demon that turns our own mind against us. Yet shame is a universal emotion--and it serves an important purpose. "While toxic shame can keep us stuck in a self-defeating vortex," say Bret Lyon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1649630468
• ISBN13: 9781649630469
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Sounds True
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

An Epic Awesome & Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Embracing Shame

BRAVO!! I rarely come across a book that truly handholds one through the intricacies of deep inner work. This beautiful book delivers!! I highly recommend reading and doing the exercises in Embracing Shame: How to Stop Resisting Shame & Turn It into a Powerful Ally. The authors have figured out how to navigate the S-word—Shame. This work unlocks the self-imposed individualised prison cell of our Shame-based society. It majestically stands alone outside the purview of typical surface-skimming offerings of Self-Help New Age Love & Light Only nonsense that sugar-coats painful traumas AND standard pop psychology models fronted by pretty-perky-perfect experts touting this quick fix and that—leaving us all flapping in the wind filled with even more Shame than before because we’re not getting the simplicity of what they’re selling. I’ve bought into these brands; they often end up in the Goodwill donations pile. This book is lovely to look at! From cover to cover, every line on every page, there are gems that sparkle and tinkle—getting your attention, or you will catch yourself sobbing or cheering with the sheer joy of recognising your already triumphant journey of waltzing in and out of the Matrix with all its traumas, of which Shame is its main tool to keep us shutdown and apart, separated from one another, or mated together in an ugly snarling truce, or suffering in silence and bitter hermitage. This beautiful book is a step-by-step guide to discovering those abandoned and forgotten parts of us covered in Shame so we can retrieve them and lovingly carry them from our past and into our current lives, including their wisdom of having suffered rightly: Shame as a Powerful Ally. By doing this, we can experience the blessed wholeness sum of our many parts with love, our dignity, and Divine Nature restored.

Embracing Shame is Revolutionary and Beyond Helpful

I'm so excited for this book, not only are Bret & Sheila's methods to help clients deal with their internalized toxic shame revolutionary, but emotional health and healthy shame are one of the foundational pieces to healing. This book will change how you view shame, as we tend to vilify it because it doesn't feel good, but shame as the social construct 'master' emotion helps us to reconnect in our bodies, heal from trauma and understand and attune to our needs on a fundamental level. Transforming toxic, pervasive shame into healthy shame bit by bit, is such a powerful, stunning experience! Easy to understand and assimilate, well-written and beyond helpful in our journey, Embracing Shame is a must-read if you are looking to live your fullest, most authentic life!