Do you ever wonder why, even when your partner treats you tenderly, that you still feel empty? Or invisible?

Shame steals the love you are able to feel. Shame steals that love before it’s able to land in your heart, because you feel unworthy. You simply can’t receive love even when it is abundant around you.

If you’ve felt this way, I want you to meet psychotherapist and author, Dr. Zoe Shaw. Today, we bring you a revealing conversation about shame: 

1. We’ll talk about her new book, Stronger in the Difficult Places: Heal Your Relationship with Yourself by Untangling Complex Shame.
2. She’ll explain how and why shame gets woven into our identity so tightly that we can’t feel the love waiting for us in all kinds of places.
3. And I reveal the moment my husband discovered my shame, and how it changed the character of our marriage.

Habit for Your Happily Ever After

For this week’s habit for your happily ever after, I demonstrate how I found and connected to my own shame while reading Zoe’s book.

Date Night Discussion

Dr. Zoe invites you to have a regular meeting with yourself. She calls it therapy without the therapist. She has 11 (my favorite number) questions for you to ponder. Here’s 4 of my favorites:

1. How have I disconnected (from my partner) this week because of my shame?
2. How can I connect in a healthy way instead?
3. How can I acknowledge my part in this?
4. How can I forgive myself for my shortcomings?

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