Freedom From Shame: How Mindfulness, Vulberability & Compassion Can Set You Free

By Christy Bonner

Dr. Christy Bonner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a certified yoga teacher. In this book she speaks about her own journey of healing the shame of growing up as the child of an alcoholic. She reminds readers of various tools such as positive self-talk, meditation, mindfulness, vulnerability, connection and self-compassion that can free them from the shame that binds them. This is her first book in the One Hour Therapy Series, a series of books meant to be read in roughly one hour that can help you grow in emotional intelligence.

In Freedom from Shame, Dr. Bonner writes:

Shame is the voice in your head that questions your own worth and beauty, and the devil on your shoulder that convinces you that you don't measure up. For me, it has been incredibly important to let go of the need to be perfect, in the process of healing my shame. If I don't have to be perfect, I can then be honest and vulnerable with friends about the struggles I am facing in life.

Early in my marriage, it was important for me to create the illusion that I had the perfect marriage. But if you are married or in a relationship of any kind, you know sustaining a partnership can be incredibly tough. When I started to open up to my friends about this, I noticed they were more open with me about the struggles in their relationships.

When you start to share the painful aspects of your story with others, it's often as if you can hear the crickets, cicadas, our friends, and all of creation join in a mighty chorus of "me too." And once you hear the "me too" somehow it normalizes your story, and reminds you of the truth that we are all on this journey of being human together.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B67WWJ6C
• ISBN13: 9798755245944
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"