About this episode

The episode discusses the emotional complexities of revealing one's story later in life, including themes of shame, loyalty, and the impact of past experiences on present feelings.

Send us Fan Mail Releasing our last episode in this series is a practice of letting go. So many feelings. So much unsaid. One story in one space of time. We talk about the cost and what it gives to reveal one's story late in life when shame and secrets still hold power. We explore how loyalty can live in the same place as humiliation, how joy can be allowed without the guilt, how to separate the past and present when big feelings take over our nervous system, and if a life of reactivity can t...

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Hosts: Sadie Green, Pam Colby

Topics covered

• letting go
• shame
• secrets
• loyalty
• humiliation
• joy
• reactivity

Keywords

• letting go
• shame
• secrets
• loyalty
• humiliation
• joy
• reactivity
• mental health
• emotional complexity

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