HeyJaredRaised on Shame
Raised on Shame is a trauma-informed podcast about unlearning shame-based beliefs rooted in faith, purity culture, and high-control systems.
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Happily as We Go: Shame, Trauma, and the Work of Healing (opens the original)
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What if healing is not about finally arriving at happily ever after, but learning how to live happily as we go? In this episode of Raised on Shame , Kimberly talks with Paul Schulte about religious trauma, shame, identity, grief, EMDR, and the importance of doing our own work. Paul reflects on growing up gay in a deeply religious family, coming of age during the AIDS crisis, and the ways unprocessed trauma can shape how we see ourselves, our relationships, and even the work we do to help others.
What If Shame Isn’t the Problem? (opens the original)
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What if shame itself isn’t actually the problem? In this episode of Raised on Shame , Kimberly sits down with psychotherapist, writer, and researcher Dr. Judith Pilla, author of How Shame Runs the World , for a conversation that challenges some of our most common assumptions about shame. Dr. Pilla argues that shame, in and of itself, is simply an emotion. The real question is how humans use it. Together, Kimberly and Dr. Pilla explore the difference between prosocial shame, which can communicate
Who Told Us What Happily Ever After Means? (opens the original)
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Season 2 of Raised on Shame begins with a question: Who told us what happily ever after was supposed to look like? This season, we’re deconstructing happily ever after and the stories we inherit about love, marriage, divorce, family, faith, identity, and what a “good life” is supposed to be. And to start that conversation, Kimberly sits down with two returning guests: her daughters. Together, they talk about what makes an ending happy, whether a story can still be good when it doesn’t end the wa
Raised on Shame Season 2: Deconstructing Happily Ever After (opens the original)
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Season Two of Raised on Shame is here. This season, we're Deconstructing Happily Ever After and questioning the stories we inherited about love, marriage, family, faith, identity, and what a good life is supposed to look like. What happens when the life you were taught to want no longer fits? What becomes possible when you realize you're allowed to write your own story? And this season, I want to hear from you. Shout Your Shame is our new anonymous call-in voicemail. Call 448-488-7046 to tell us
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