S12 EP10: What’s the No.1 Predictor of Personal Growth?
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Today we are talking about an uncomfortable word in a new light: shame. We are taking another look at a concept reserved for negativity and therapist couches and asking ourselves if there’s actually room for shame in our lives if it inspires personal growth and motivates change. In other words, is there a time and place for shame?
Today Rachael and Kelsea find themselves on opposite sides of the discussion even though they are sisters brought up in the same household with the same dose of shame going around. Tune in to hear both sides in part 1 of this thoughtful examination of something that lives deep inside all of us, like it or not.
(00:03:30) Rachael and Kelsea laugh about differences between MA and FL
(00:12:11) Life update, Kelsea’s hair is growing back.
(00:17:11) Why Kelsea and Rachael feel differently about today’s topic: shame
(00:22:10) How Rachael’s mom inspired this conversation
(00:26:14) Kelsea thinks of shame as something that has held her back but has also led her to accountability.
(00:30:40) Rachael points out a study that finds shame is the #1 predictor of personal growth.
(00:34:00) Kelsea thinks. shame can make people draw away from accountability and can disconnect people
(00:36:00) Rachael focuses on the distinction between personal shame and someone else’s.
(00:42:00) Part 2 will focus on negative behaviors around eating, motivation to workout and shame-resilience strategies.
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| 0:00.0 | it's never going to be realistic to tell everyone here, like, avoid shame at all cost. |
| 0:04.4 | You're never going to feel this. |
| 0:06.4 | And that's like saying, like, you're never going to feel sadness. |
| 0:09.0 | You're never going to feel anger. |
| 0:09.9 | You're never going to feel some of these things that you might feel are unpleasant in the moment. |
| 0:14.2 | But they do lead to the opposition of that. |
| 0:19.2 | They do lead to the opposite emotion or the next one that is going to |
| 0:23.7 | lead you in your step forward. |
| 0:29.4 | Hey, everybody. We've had some of the most incredible guests coming to you these past couple |
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| 1:09.4 | Thick That I Save Lives podcast. I got my sissy. |
| 1:14.3 | Oh, hey guys. Kelsey here. Oh my God. I like the layering you've done there. Yeah, so here's what I |
| 1:22.4 | wanted to chat with you about. Are you wearing Omni? It's three chainsni it's three chains it's three chains it's three chains |
| 1:31.6 | put two three and they're all in one clasp so uh layering so hard right now but i can never do it |
| 1:39.2 | right and every time i try to do it i put it on and i go two turns and they're off. I'm like, no, you can't. |
| 1:46.7 | So my first attempt at layering necklaces with three different chains, right? And I said, |
| 1:51.8 | they kept getting tangled and I said, like, this life isn't for me. But I really love this look. |
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