#38 Fighting Shame with Compassion Guest: Lennie Knowlton, CMHC

Braxton Dutson sits down with Lennie Knowlton, CMHC to discuss shame and how it affects everybody. They explore what you don't know about how shame and trauma affect the body, how the body is made to respond, why your therapy may be working against your natural instincts and what you can do to start changing your shame cycle. Read the Entire script at birdsandbeespodcast.com Lennie speaks to these specific topics find them around around 5 minutes after the set timestamp. 00:04:35 NEUROBIOLOGY 00:07:27 TRAUMA MAKES OUR BRAINS UNWILLING TO BE VULNERABLE 00:12:28 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHAME AND GUILT 00:33:47 THE IMORTANCE OF MINDFULNESS TO ADDRESS DISTRESS 00:35:21 PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM SHAME BY ADDRESSING PARENTAL SHAME. 00:41:20 CONNECTION IS THE ANTIDOTE TO SHAME 00:51:53 HOW DO WE EMPATHIZE WITH OURSELVES 01:00:34 EXCLUSION IS A SHAME TRIGGER "YOU'RE ENOUGH IF" Resources from the show: Find these on our website in the notes of this episode. We will have links to these resources. Dan Siegel "Brain Storm" book Yohan Hari Brene Brown "The Daring Way" book Kristin Neff (The Art of Self-Compassion) Leave Birds and Bees an iTunes review https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/birds-and-bees-podcast/id1201131540?mt=2 Leave a Stitcher Review https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/braxton-dutson/birds-and-bees-podcast Birds and Bees Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/birdsandbeespodcast Listen from our webpage Birdsandbeespodcast.com