Habits Without Shame: Celebrating Progress || H&K with Sandra Chuma

Habits Without Shame: Celebrating Progress || H&K with Sandra Chuma

From About Progress by Cloud10

June 6, 2026 · 9 min

About this episode

Sandra Chuma discusses the importance of self-compassion in developing lasting habits and overcoming shame.

If you've ever fallen off a habit and spent more energy beating yourself up than getting back on track, this one's for you. Sandra Chuma breaks down why shame is one of the biggest blockers to real personal growth and development and why the path to lasting daily habits actually starts with self-compassion, not self-criticism. She makes a distinction that hit hard: there's a difference between being a failure and experiencing a failure. One crushes you. The other teaches you. If you're working on self improvement and wondering why you can't seem to stick with anything, the answer might not be discipline, it might be the way you're talking to yourself. Listen to the full episode here: https://www.aboutprogress.com/blog/keys-to-creating-big-routines-by-starting-with-small-habits ⁠Preorder Sticky Habits ⁠book today! ⁠Leave a rating and review⁠ Get the free DSL Training. Follow About Progress on ⁠YOUTUBE⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Cloud10

Guest: Sandra Chuma

Topics covered

  • self-compassion
  • personal growth
  • habits
  • self-criticism
  • mental health

Keywords

  • habits
  • self-improvement
  • shame
  • personal growth
  • self-talk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: About Progress

Products: Sticky Habits

Books & works: Habits Without Shame: Celebrating Progress

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