A significant barrier to figuring out what we really want to do is the voice in our head that warns us to stop when we consider or start doing things that are not broadly seen as “normal.” Professor and author Brene Brown’s clarification of shame and guilt helped me understand what’s really going on when we struggle to pay attention to our intuitions and desires. She defines shame as “the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging.” She believes that most people give too much power to this emotion when making life
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