Empathy is the antidote to shame.
We are the most in-debt, obese, addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history.
Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.
Talk about your failures without apologizing.
Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth.
Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all we see is our flawed selves, alone and struggling.(page 68)