Self-Care
Healthy Shame or Toxic Shame?
Shame. Even the word sucks. I want you to think about something that you have felt shame about, either recently or long term. And, in
May 20, 2020
Shame. Even the word sucks. I want you to think about something that you have felt shame about, either recently or long term. And, in
Humans are funny old things.
On the one hand, we are pretty non-compliant. We tend to, largely, not really go along with what we are asked to do, and we are even less likely to do what we are told to do. If that weren’t true, there would be no need for police, or even laws for that matter.
Dan Siegel is a parenting and brain development expert. His insights into how children and adults sometimes resort to activating the most primitive parts of our brain because a situation becomes so emotional or so many other things are going on for us that we can’t clearly reason, problem solve and find a resolution.
My daughter is 10 right now. She is already a capable and confident person, and I can’t wait to see what kind of adult she becomes. These are the things that I want her to know, now as an 10 year old, but also for her whole life. I’m her Dad, and it’s my proudest job title.
We ask each other a lot of meaningless and trivial questions throughout every day: “How are you?” “How was your night?” “How’s the family?” Nothing sinister, sure, but how many times do we ask those questions because we are
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Acknowledge of country.
I live and work on Guringai and Darkinjung land, and I want to pay my respects to the traditional custodians of this place, past and present, their elders and leaders emerging, and I acknowledge that this is now, has always been, and will always be Aboriginal land.
Acknowledge of lived experience.
As someone who has a lived experience of mental illness, I want to acknowledge people visiting and using this website who have had a similar experience, as well as the people who have been carers, families, or supporters of those who live with mental illness.
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