S4E6 Trauma and Shame: Self-Perpetuation

Of all the things that trauma can do, its capacity for self-perpetuation is unmatched. And at the core of that experience is our neurophysiological encounter with shame. Be it the way we sense the world, or the story we tell about what we are sensing, evil will want to use shame to strengthen the experience of isolation that we feel in response to traumatic events. But God has no intention of leaving us in shame’s wake, and with the coming of Jesus—not least his own experience of trauma and the shame that it carried—we have a model for how shame can be addressed as our trauma is healed. Listen in as we discover how connection dispels shame, making it possible for us to imagine and live into life that is beyond our wounds.