Speaking to Shame

Another week, more shame to speak to! 📣

This episode is full of straightforward and easily accessible 🔨tools to aid you in your fight against shame. 

Affirmations are a highly effective and customizable way to support your  healing and growth.

I give a few to you here, with some decent jokes and a pun I'm really proud of! 😂

As always, find me here:
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P.S. Speaking to Shame is celebrating its ONE THOUSANDTH DOWNLOAD. Thank you, thank you, thank you. That’s all I can say. 😭✨🎉🧡

Added August of 2022: WOW. Speaking to Shame has GROWN! I am floored and humbled and weepy. What a journey this has been! As the podcast grows, so too do my abilities to share incredible stories and people with you. As my time investments increase, so does my need for support. If Speaking to Shame has ever helped you feel seen, I’d be honored if you donated ANY amount to the show. Here’s to continued healing. 🧡
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LOOK AT YOU, HEALING YOUR SHIT! ✨🧡
If you've found support or connection through STS, you can show your thanks by donating and sharing the podcast with your friends!
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When you think of Thanksgiving, do you think of shame?  

SHOCKER, RIGHT. We’re talking about shame?! 

Speaking to ✨Holiday Shame✨

It shows up in a lot of ways, many we don't even understand or notice! 

Join me for EPISODE TEN (🎉) of Speaking to Shame, where we dive into the space we take up, our couches, and the sometimes terrible-ness of others.

Find me on Instagram, TikTok or email me: [email protected].

Added August of 2022: WOW. Speaking to Shame has GROWN! I am floored and humbled and weepy. What a journey this has been! As the podcast grows, so too do my abilities to share incredible stories and people with you. As my time investments increase, so does my need for support. If Speaking to Shame has ever helped you feel seen, I’d be honored if you donated ANY amount to the show. Here’s to continued healing. 🧡
DONATE HERE 

LOOK AT YOU, HEALING YOUR SHIT! ✨🧡
If you've found support or connection through STS, you can show your thanks by donating and sharing the podcast with your friends!
FIND ME: Instagram, TikTok

Vulnerability and dirt: what do they have in common? 

That’s exactly the question Erika Nordfelt answers on the newest episode of Speaking to Shame! 🎉

Erika is our in-house Shame Slayer, and in this, her second STS episode, she lives up to that title. As a licensed therapist, she adds value in not only her jokes (which are many), but also in her eight years of clinical work in Eastern Idaho.  

This episode is jam-packed with tools, relatability, vulnerability, and authenticity. And as always, we speak to the shame we all carry. 🔧🧡✨

Like Erika says, “if you’re inclined to this journey of vulnerability, trust that it can enhance your life. Vulnerability is an integral element to living a valuable, meaningful life.”
Find Erika by visiting her website or catch her on Instagram

Have shame? Want to talk about it? Email me, [email protected], or find her on Instagram.

P.S. You're a damn miracle. 🧡

Added August of 2022: WOW. Speaking to Shame has GROWN! I am floored and humbled and weepy. What a journey this has been! As the podcast grows, so too do my abilities to share incredible stories and people with you. As my time investments increase, so does my need for support. If Speaking to Shame has ever helped you feel seen, I’d be honored if you donated ANY amount to the show. Here’s to continued healing. 🧡
DONATE HERE 

LOOK AT YOU, HEALING YOUR SHIT! ✨🧡
If you've found support or connection through STS, you can show your thanks by donating and sharing the podcast with your friends!
FIND ME: Instagram, TikTok

If you are tuning in with thoughts or feelings around ending your life, or thoughts of wanting a break, rest in a permanent way, please know you are not alone.

Please know there IS another option. Please know you are deserving of love and  belonging and consideration.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 988 (updated in July of 2022.)

Reach out to a family member or friend, a colleague, reach out here; let someone know that you’re struggling, that you’re aching, that you’re carrying a heavy load. There is another option.  🧡

Today, I share my experience with suicidal ideation and planning during my first postpartum experience.

I also give some tools and education in the hopes that we can be better prepared to help our fellow humans along their journey. 🔨🔧

Connect with me! YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
[email protected], and share your story.
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*Disclaimer: Emily Stearman and Speaking to Shame are not replacements for therapeutic or clinical/medical diagnoses or treatment plans. All that is shared in Speaking to Shame is meant as educational/supporting content. Emily Stearman does not claim any therapeutic licensure or rights.* 

Added August of 2022: WOW. Speaking to Shame has GROWN! I am floored and humbled and weepy. What a journey this has been! As the podcast grows, so too do my abilities to share incredible stories and people with you. As my time investments increase, so does my need for support. If Speaking to Shame has ever helped you feel seen, I’d be honored if you donated ANY amount to the show. Here’s to continued healing. 🧡
DONATE HERE 

LOOK AT YOU, HEALING YOUR SHIT! ✨🧡
If you've found support or connection through STS, you can show your thanks by donating and sharing the podcast with your friends!
FIND ME: Instagram, TikTok

When Emily and Nathan lost their way to each other, vulnerability saved them. 

In this episode of STS, I interview my husband Nathan about our near-divorce in the summer of 2020. 

Now, over a year later, we are healing and growing! Though, the role shame played in our heartbreak was undeniable. 

With time and lots of shame resilience work, we’re able to see much clearer the paths that lead us to where we ended up, and the shame that was our companion along the way. 

We hope our story brings light to the deeply personal experience of marital struggle that countless others live through. 🧡

Are you tired of the time you’re giving shame? Find Emily on Instagram @helloemilystearman, or email her at [email protected] for more support, tools and resources in your healing, along with a chance to be featured on an episode of STS.

Added August of 2022: WOW. Speaking to Shame has GROWN! I am floored and humbled and weepy. What a journey this has been! As the podcast grows, so too do my abilities to share incredible stories and people with you. As my time investments increase, so does my need for support. If Speaking to Shame has ever helped you feel seen, I’d be honored if you donated ANY amount to the show. Here’s to continued healing. 🧡
DONATE HERE 

LOOK AT YOU, HEALING YOUR SHIT! ✨🧡
If you've found support or connection through STS, you can show your thanks by donating and sharing the podcast with your friends!
FIND ME: Instagram, TikTok

HOW did we get here? How are we buying products sold to us using shame? How are we trading shame like currency? How are we using shame to relate to other people? ❓

I dive into these questions and more, in episode six of STS. 🎉

A new opportunity in the STS community is now available! Listen to the episode to learn how you can give your input and be featured on an upcoming episode.  🙌

You can find me on IG @helloemilystearman, and email me at [email protected]. ✨

Added August of 2022: WOW. Speaking to Shame has GROWN! I am floored and humbled and weepy. What a journey this has been! As the podcast grows, so too do my abilities to share incredible stories and people with you. As my time investments increase, so does my need for support. If Speaking to Shame has ever helped you feel seen, I’d be honored if you donated ANY amount to the show. Here’s to continued healing. 🧡
DONATE HERE

LOOK AT YOU, HEALING YOUR SHIT! ✨🧡
If you've found support or connection through STS, you can show your thanks by donating and sharing the podcast with your friends!
FIND ME: Instagram, TikTok

We do the mom things; what about feeling the mom feelings? 💔

If you've ever felt shame about your output as a mom or your enjoyment of motherhood, this is the podcast for you. 🧡

Join me as I speak to Delaney Monahan of @mothersformothers_ about the shame surrounding mental health in motherhood, and the community of support that Delaney is building for mothers. ✨

While Delaney and I are trained professionals in fields like Social Work, Behavioral Intervention, and Relationship Coaching, we still didn't "have the answer" to avoiding postpartum mood disorders.

The shame we both carried from not immediately loving motherhood helped move us in our current direction; one of seeking and supporting other mothers who feel forgotten and lacking. 🧡

Delaney is a trained social worker, passionate about supporting moms through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond. She loves facilitating women's circles and holding space for women to reflect on their journey, grow from their experiences, and harness their power. Delaney lives in Chicago with her 2-year-old son and 13-year-old rescue cat. She loves coffee, late night porch chats, and a good true crime podcast while power walking.

You can find Delaney HERE

Added August of 2022: WOW. Speaking to Shame has GROWN! I am floored and humbled and weepy. What a journey this has been! As the podcast grows, so too do my abilities to share incredible stories and people with you. As my time investments increase, so does my need for support. If Speaking to Shame has ever helped you feel seen, I’d be honored if you donated ANY amount to the show. Here’s to continued healing. 🧡
DONATE HERE 

LOOK AT YOU, HEALING YOUR SHIT! ✨🧡
If you've found support or connection through STS, you can show your thanks by donating and sharing the podcast with your friends!
FIND ME: Instagram, TikTok

Join me for the first in a series: Let's Talk Tools.  🔨🧰
This series will be the practical and usable resources for dealing with the shame we all face.

Let's take it back to a skill you learned in grade school.

GET CURIOUS!  ❓❓

Asking shame a question grounded in safe curiosity can be the disruption that keeps shame from taking root.

What would it feel like to give less energy to shame? Asking questions is a great way to find out. 🧡

Connect with me on Instagram @helloemilystearman, where you'll see me keeping it together with heaps of grace and second chances. ✨
Email: [email protected]

Added August of 2022: WOW. Speaking to Shame has GROWN! I am floored and humbled and weepy. What a journey this has been! As the podcast grows, so too do my abilities to share incredible stories and people with you. As my time investments increase, so does my need for support. If Speaking to Shame has ever helped you feel seen, I’d be honored if you donated ANY amount to the show. Here’s to continued healing. 🧡
DONATE HERE 

LOOK AT YOU, HEALING YOUR SHIT! ✨🧡
If you've found support or connection through STS, you can show your thanks by donating and sharing the podcast with your friends!
FIND ME: Instagram, TikTok

The shame we feel about the space we take up-- let's talk about that.

P.S. Diet culture is wrong, society's beauty standards are not representative of actual people, and you really, truly, absolutely and without a doubt, are enough as you are. 🧡

Come hang out with me on Instagram! I dance a lot and tirelessly fight alongside you for the healing  you deserve. ✨ @helloemilystearman
Email: [email protected]

Added August of 2022: WOW. Speaking to Shame has GROWN! I am floored and humbled and weepy. What a journey this has been! As the podcast grows, so too do my abilities to share incredible stories and people with you. As my time investments increase, so does my need for support. If Speaking to Shame has ever helped you feel seen, I’d be honored if you donated ANY amount to the show. Here’s to continued healing. 🧡
DONATE HERE

LOOK AT YOU, HEALING YOUR SHIT! ✨🧡
If you've found support or connection through STS, you can show your thanks by donating and sharing the podcast with your friends!
FIND ME: Instagram, TikTok

In episode two of STS, I interview licensed therapist Erika Nordfelt. We dive into emoji's, t-shirt slogans, and the isolating feeling of shame.

This episode is jam-packed with wisdom and relatability.  Erika gives real tools to aid in the fight against shame, and I say "YES" a lot, because it's just THAT GOOD. 🙌

Erika Nordfelt is a licensed therapist who believes people are doing their best. Shame resilience and self-love are at the core of her work, and she's honored to be part of people's story.  She is the owner of Greenstone Counseling in Rexburg, Idaho, and has been a therapist for eight years.

Added August of 2022: WOW. Speaking to Shame has GROWN! I am floored and humbled and weepy. What a journey this has been! As the podcast grows, so too do my abilities to share incredible stories and people with you. As my time investments increase, so does my need for support. If Speaking to Shame has ever helped you feel seen, I’d be honored if you donated ANY amount to the show. Here’s to continued healing. 🧡
DONATE HERE

LOOK AT YOU, HEALING YOUR SHIT! ✨🧡
If you've found support or connection through STS, you can show your thanks by donating and sharing the podcast with your friends!
FIND ME: Instagram, TikTok