Who would have thought that feelings of shame from decades old 'stuff' could be impacting what shows up on your dinner plate? Well, it does. Not always, but for those with emotional eating issues, it's more often than you think.
While doing some research today, I found a powerful article by Dr. Jane Shure. It starts with:
"Shame is that feeling of being inherently flawed, damaged, and defective. It dampens spontaneity, drains life energy, and keeps us prisoners of self-doubt. Shame has many faces and shows up with different voices, but they all say that the person we present to the world is deficient, that we won't amount to much, and that we should keep ourselves hidden.
Feelings of shame live in the body and get stored there over time. Shame can evoke strong urges to shrink ourselves and disappear from sight in an attempt to avoid perceived interpersonal humiliation. It can produce agitation, suspiciousness, resentment, irritability, a tendency to blame others, and even terror. Shame leaves us wanting to flee rather than be present. It makes us want to block out emotions because we don't know how to soothe hurts or manage pain."
(For the full article click HERE)
Deepak Chopra says that the root to healing shame is through forgiveness. What if today you forgave the people who shamed you as a child and taught you that you didn't matter? What if, at the same time, you forgave yourself for believing them AND for continuing to reinforce this belief for many, many years? Imagine being free of this debilitating, underlying force?
While doing some research today, I found a powerful article by Dr. Jane Shure. It starts with:
"Shame is that feeling of being inherently flawed, damaged, and defective. It dampens spontaneity, drains life energy, and keeps us prisoners of self-doubt. Shame has many faces and shows up with different voices, but they all say that the person we present to the world is deficient, that we won't amount to much, and that we should keep ourselves hidden.
Feelings of shame live in the body and get stored there over time. Shame can evoke strong urges to shrink ourselves and disappear from sight in an attempt to avoid perceived interpersonal humiliation. It can produce agitation, suspiciousness, resentment, irritability, a tendency to blame others, and even terror. Shame leaves us wanting to flee rather than be present. It makes us want to block out emotions because we don't know how to soothe hurts or manage pain."
(For the full article click HERE)
Deepak Chopra says that the root to healing shame is through forgiveness. What if today you forgave the people who shamed you as a child and taught you that you didn't matter? What if, at the same time, you forgave yourself for believing them AND for continuing to reinforce this belief for many, many years? Imagine being free of this debilitating, underlying force?