This is Hello Freedom and I'm your host Terry Cole.

For almost two decades I've been a licensed psychotherapist and transformation coach, and on this show I will bring you simple strategies based on practical psychology, inspiring expert interviews, and my own insights and observations from my time on the front lines of the fascinating

worlds of entertainment, impairment, and mental health.

Now let's get going with today's episode. Well, hello and welcome to Hello Freedom. I am your host Terry Cole.

Super Sight. You guys are going to hang out and spend a little bit of time with me today.

I actually have a really super duper special guest on the show today and we're going to be

unpacking something that I find incredibly fascinating, which is female shame.

Right? Let's talk about female shame.

When shame goes unchecked, how does it impact our life?

Brne Brown says, yes shame is tough to talk about, but the conversation isn't nearly as dangerous as what

we are creating with our silence. We all experience shame, we're all afraid to talk

about it, and the less we talk about it the more we have it.

How can we let ourselves be seen if shame has us terrified of what people might think? So I just want you to take a deep breath and close your eyes and think about any part of

your life that you have held on to shame and what happens when you do? There are secret

parts of all of our lives and I've had you know 30 years of therapy you guys and every

modality known to mankind and I'm still discovering things about myself right because it's sort of a

never-ending journey I mean in my mind evolution is not

so we evolved to some place where like the ultimate quote-unquote truth is. It's

really becoming the ultimate expert on our own experience and who we are, right?

And then we can make real choices of how we want to be in the world.

So how did I get all amped about talking

about shame besides Prenay Brown who I love and she's been talking about it. But

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