🐚Topics covered

• The difference between guilt and shame - guilt says "I did something wrong" while shame says "I am something wrong"
• How shame disconnects us from our true identity and wraps itself around who we are
• Understanding healthy shame vs toxic shame and recognizing the difference in your own life
• Shame is a learned behavior that only exists in relation to the outside world
• Why shame sits at the lowest frequency and vibration of human experience
• Cultural shame around menstrual cycles - hiding pads, not talking about bleeding, being called "too emotional"
• How toxic shame severs us from our cyclical power and ancestral knowing that menstruation is sacred
• The physical experience of shame in the body - dissociation, lightheadedness, feeling like fading away
• Why shame is used as a tool of control by oppressors and organizations
• How shame makes boundaries blurry because we dissociate from our bodies
• The antidote to shame: connection to truth, compassion, body, and community
• Practical reflection questions for identifying where shame shows up in your cyclical continuum
• Why repairing the connection to self is one of the most powerful things we can do

About the Host

I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones and more. 

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