Shame & Lying: From People-Pleasing to Telling the Truth with Mary Beth Thomsen
About this episode
The episode explores the psychology of lying and how it relates to shame and self-betrayal, featuring insights from Mary Beth Thomsen.
You lie one to two times a day. So do I. And most of those lies have nothing to do with being a bad person. In this episode I sit down with Mary Beth Thomsen , intuitive and spiritual life coach, psychic medium, and shamanic practitioner, to unpack the real psychology of lying: why we lie, how lying starts in childhood as a survival strategy, and how those same protective habits turn into self betrayal as adults. Mary Beth teaches her clients how to do deep internal assessments to understand where they are holding themselves back from living their most authentic lives. Her upcoming book, Burn the Ships: The Power of Telling Your Truth to Yourself and the World , gets right to the heart of what we do here: releasing shame so you can live rooted in truth, self trust, and radical acceptance. We get into why lying is almost always about safety and belonging, not malice. Why being lied to can be one of the most triggering experiences even if you have lied plenty yourself. How to teach kids honesty without shaming them. And the question underneath all of it: where in your life are you saying yes when you really mean no? What we cover: What actually counts as a lie, and the lies we tell…
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