Teen Moms Anonymous

This episode is the first in a powerful five-part series designed to help teen mothers and women who were teen mothers recognize, expose, and ultimately heal the toxic shame that has kept them bound.

Whether you're a teen mother, someone who works with young parents, or simply someone struggling with feelings of unworthiness, this conversation offers the compassionate understanding and practical wisdom needed to begin the journey toward emotional freedom.

Today in Part 1 of Healing the Shame That Binds You, Dr. Chris talks about

1. The two types of shame: healthy shame vs toxic shame.
2. How Healthy Shame is transformed in Toxic Shame
3. Her personal experience with toxic shame.

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In today's episode, I'm talking about judgment and shame-- two powerful, uncomfortable emotions that cause a physical sensation in the body. You may feel tension and tightness in your chest, discomfort in your stomach, tightness in your shoulders and neck, and a feeling of wanting to shrink or disappear. This is the effect of judgment and shame.
The reason I am discussing this topic is many young mothers experience judgment and are riddled with shame.
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Many teen moms and adult mothers who themselves were teen moms feel or have felt shame, and it caused them to want to withdraw and hide. Shame, however, can't survive empathy. Empathy is the ability to emotionally connect with what the other person is feeling, see things from their point of view, and put yourself in their shoes. In today's episode I talk about 5 ways everyone can demonstrate empathy.

To learn more about shame, a great resource is to listen to Shame and Vulnerability Researcher and Author, Brene Brown's, TED Talk, Listening to Shame, which has over 20 million views. She explains shame and why empathy is the antidote:

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Today I being a 5-part series entitled Healing the Shame That Binds You.

• This series is all about looking at the two types of shame: healthy and toxic shame and the difference between the two.
• It's about looking at the sources of toxic shame: the family system, the school system, the religious system, and the cultural system.
• It's about recognizing how we seek to hide and cover up our shame --through codependent behaviors, narcissistic personality, all addictions, and criminal behaviors.
• This series is about helping you heal your shame, so you can nurture the emotional development of your children. Being a model of healthy shame for them, they develop your healthy shame, and you interrupt generational cycles in your family.

For this series I'm references several sources, but primarily I'm referencing John Bradshaw's book, Healing the Shame That Binds You.

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