Shame : free yourself, find joy, and build true self-esteem
Joseph Burgo (Author)
Encounters with embarrassment, guilt, self-consciousness and remorse are an unavoidable part of everyday life, and they sometimes have lessons to teach us - about our goals and values, about the person we expect ourselves to be. Richly illustrated with clinical stories from Burgo's 35 years in private practice, Shame suggests that this often excruciating emotion tells us a lot about our own self-awareness, and should not always be considered a toxic influence in our lives. Joseph Burgo takes an intimate look at the full spectrum of shame - often masked by addiction, promiscuity, perfectionism, self-loathing, or narcissism - and offers a new, positive route forward on the road to authentic self-esteem
Print Book, English, 2018
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ReadHowYouWant, [Strawberry Hills, New South Wales], 2018
Self-help publications
xix, 468 pages ; 24 cm.
9781525289484, 1525289489
1099409589
The shame spectrum
The shame family of emotions
The value of shame
Unloved and left out
Exposed and disappointed
Joy and the birth of self-esteem
Shame and the growth of self-esteem
The masks of shame
Avoiding shame
Social anxiety (Lizzie)
Indifference (Dean)
Promiscuity and addiction (Noah)
Avoiding shame in everyday life
Denying shame
The idealized false self (Anna)
Superiority and contempt (Caleb)
Blame and indignation (Nicole)
Denying shame in everyday life
Controlling shame
Self-mockery (Nora)
Self-hatred (Ryan)
Masochism (James)
Controlling shame in everyday life
From shame to self-esteem
Shame defiance and narrow identity
Shame resilience and expanding identity
Building pride
Sharing joy
Appendix 1: Pre-test scoring and discussion
Appendix 2: Exercises
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Copyright page from the original book
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