There’s something most women don’t realize about shame and guilt – they aren’t just emotions. They are your silent puppeteers, pulling the strings behind why you settle, why you hesitate, why you keep choosing the same cycles over and OVER again.
Let’s break it down.
Shame VS. Guilt
Guilt says: ‘I did something wrong’. It‘s about your actions. You crossed a line. You made a mistake. Healthy guilt allows you to course-correct.
Shame says: ‘I am something wrong’. It’s about your identity. Shame doesn’t tell you that you messed up-it tells you that you are the mess. And that? That keeps women stuck for years.
What Shame Does To A Woman
A woman carrying shame moves through life like she owes the world an apology.
She shrinks in relationships, afraid to take up space. She over-explains her boundaries because she doesn’t believe she’s allowed to have them. She self-sabotages love, money and opportunities because deep down, she doesn’t believe she’s worthy of them.
And here’s the part no one tells you- most of your shame isn’t even yours!
It’s the shame you inherited from your mother’s silence when she swallowed her needs.
It’s the shame from being called difficult when you had emotions as a child.
It’s the shame from every man who made you feel like asking for more was “too much”.
And until you release it from your body it will keep running your life like a background program you don’t even realize is there.
So, how do you release it?
Stop Trying To Think Your Way Out Of It
Shame doesn’t live in your mind, it lives in your nervous system.
Don’t just talk about healing, clear the shame from your body. So you can stop rubber-banding back into old cycles.
Rewire your nervous system so that self-trust becomes automatic, not something you have to force.
Break the patterns at the root, so that self-worth, boundaries, and magnetism become second nature.
If you know you’re ready to stop carrying guilt that was never yours to begin with and start feeling safe in your own damn skin, please follow along for the journey.
Your power is on the other side of everything you were told to feel guilty for.
It’s time to take it back.
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