How do you overcome shame and embarrassment from your past dating choices?

For example, falling for narcissists, having inappropriate crushes like married men,

or being the toxic one yourself.

Sounds oddly specific, right?

Well, I hear these things all the time in my world, and there is nothing to feel embarrassed about.

So this episode is here to help you work

through those feelings of shame so that you can move on to healthier dreamier relationships

in today's episode we're going to dissect the four most common dating choices that lead to

shame and embarrassment dissect them so that you

don't have to feel bad about it anymore, plus a three-step call to action to start taking steps

to healing these wounds. Right after this intro. Welcome to the Inner Child Podcast.

Now with 2 million downloads, I help high achievers recover from painful relationships

and childhood trauma.

Let's heal together on Season 2 of the Inner Child Podcast.

Hey Bestie and welcome back to the Inner Child Podcast.

I am your host, Gloria Zhang, therapist,

dating coach, and author. And we have an excellent question that popped up today. This was

actually submitted by listener on an Instagram poll I did. This is such a common thing I hear

all the time, especially with women I start working with initially.

This sort of shame and deep embarrassment that comes from our past relationships, our past dating decisions.

And it can be paralyzing to move forward.

And because we're too scared to talk about this to people, we keep it inside and then the thoughts just get more wacky and dramatic. And because we're not talking about it to anyone, they start to fester and get worse.

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