Introduction to Self-Compassion for Shame

Shame makes us go small, go silent, or go away. But it doesn’t have to.

In this live 3-hour online workshop, you’ll learn how self-compassion can meet shame with understanding, clarity, and care.
This is a powerful resource-building session for anyone ready to explore how to work with the toxic and debilitating aspects of shame.

Shame can occur when we feel judged by others or when we judge ourselves. It can happen when we do something wrong and when we’re entirely innocent of wrongdoing. Whenever we feel bad about ourselves, for whatever reason, there is a touch of shame.

Shame makes us shrink, become silent, or retreat. Ironically, shame itself is not the problem. The problem is that there is often no one home to work with shame.

Self-compassion is the antidote to shame. In this 3-hour workshop, we’ll take a unique, non-pathological look at shame through the eyes of self-compassion.

After learning about the theory and research on shame, you will have an opportunity to explore the personal and cultural causes of shame in your own life within the context of self-compassion, and then to resource yourself in the midst of shame as it arises in the moment.

After this activity, participants will:

• Explain the theory and research on shame and self-compassion.
• Describe how self-compassion is an antidote to shame – the 3 paradoxes of shame.
• Identify personal childhood and cultural disconnections that lead to shame.
• Apply new self-compassion practices to relieve the burden of shame in daily life.

PREREQUISITES:

This course will be limited to 30 participants who have attended previous Mindful Self-Compassion training programs and/or who have experience with a Metta practice.

Online, 3-hour Workshop