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Awkward Celebration

Awkward Celebration

A practice for transforming shame

Nov 09, 2023
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In the posts about tending shame, I mentioned a formula I have been working with for some years, that the antidote to shame is celebration. This is a working theory, drawn from a blend of studying the nervous system’s stress responses and intuition. Much like how play enables us to tap into our social engagement system in a way that could be considered …

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