Episode 280 - The Narrator you Didn't Choose

This is Episode 3 in the series on shame — and if you've been here, you know that it's been building toward something. Episode 1 introduced shame. Episode 2 gave a wide-angle view of Dr. Curt Thompson's book, The Soul of Shame. Today, it's a bit slower as I dive more in the book.Because there's a line in Thompson's introduction that I haven't been able to shake: shame is trying to tell you a story. Not that you've done something wrong. Not just that you feel bad in a moment. But that there is a narrative being written about you — and shame is the author. And it is not a reliable one.So today the question is: What is that story? Where did it come from? What does it do to your body, your relationships, your creativity, your sense of calling? And — maybe most importantly — if shame is the narrator, what does it take to tell a different story?