I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't)

from loralu

This book was a great reminder of personal worth and the struggles against the false self of shame.

from ms_rowse

This one took me a while to read because at times the content got so "real" that I had to put the book down and walk away for a day or two. I was so glad I bought my own copy instead of checking it out from the library, because I was able to mark it all up, and I'll be going back through it until...

from Calavari

I Thought It Was Just Me Though the content of this book speaks directly to and about women, shame is universal and that point is made repeatedly. There is even a section at the end that describes where she was at with shame research on men at the time of the writing for this and what prompted he...

from smallwonder56

Brene Brown introduced me to the fact that I was experiencing shame in all those moments I was experiencing self-hatred. Our family was a profoundly shaming family and it's taking me a long time (with wisdom from Brene) to realize that they were using it as a tool for controlling my brothers and ...

from jerrikobly

The quest for perfection is exhausting and unrelenting. We spend too much precious time and energy managing perception and creating carefully edited versions of ourselves to show to the world. As hard as we try, we can't seem to turn off the tapes that fill our heads with messages like, "Never go...