🪞 UnShaming Reflections · UnShaming for Women

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🪞 UnShaming Reflections

Shame doesn't just live in our families. It lives in our systems.

It shows up when a doctor dismisses your symptoms. When a teacher punishes your child for having big feelings. When the culture tells you that rest is laziness and your worth is measured by what you produce. These aren't just bad experiences. They are shaming witnesses operating at a systemic level.

And the hardest part? When the system shames you, it's easy to believe the problem is you.

This week's reflection:

🌟 Can you think of a time when a system or institution (healthcare, education, workplace, religion, the wellness space, or any other) dismissed, denied, or minimized your experience? What did you internalize about yourself because of it? And knowing what you know now about how shame forms, can you see that the message was about the system, not about you?

You were never the problem. 💛

xo, Amanda

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