How to Overcome Shame

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

From April 9, 1999: Educator, motivational speaker and author of the New York Times best-seller Healing the Shame that Binds You, John Bradshaw counsels three women on how they can let go of the crippling shame they have carried with them for years. He also shares the steps to healing, the difference between healthy and toxic shame, and the importance of embracing the shame you feel. John Bradshaw passed away in 2016 from heart failure.

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0:57.0	We have some interesting guests here today. They're people who feel deeply ashamed of something in their past.
1:04.4	There are a lot of us who carried shame for a long time.
1:07.0	I'm one of those people who finally got over it.
1:09.0	But some of the people here today have buried the truth so deeply they thought it no longer affected them.
1:14.0	Shame always does, of course.
1:16.0	The truth is always there for us to confront.
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