Day 5: Conversations With Shame
Hey Queen! Shame loses power when it’s no longer running in the background. Today we stop fighting shame and start listening—not to obey it, but to understand it. Shame often shows up as a misguided protector, trying to keep you from rejection, failure, or pain. When you bring shame into the light, it shifts. What was once loud becomes informative. What once controlled you can now be redirected. Curiosity is your power today, not judgment. let’s get into this prompt: If my shame could speak, what would it say it’s trying to protect me from? What does it need from me now…silence, punishment… or compassion and truth? Finish this sentence: “I don’t need you to protect me anymore because…”