Shame is the heart disease of every era. People are dying from it—some quickly, others slowly. In its simplest definition, shame is the deep sense that you are unacceptable because of something you did or something that was done to you. Shame is not like guilt. Guilt says, “I did something wrong,” while shame says, “I am wrong.” ―Pete Wilson, from Let Hope in … [Read more...]

"There is no greater threat to the critics and cynics and fearmongers than those of us who are willing to fall because we have learned how to rise. With skinned knees and bruised hearts; we choose owning our stories of struggle, over hiding, over hustling, over pretending. When we deny our stories, they define us. When we run from struggle, we are never free. So we turn toward truth and look it in the eye." ― … [Read more...]

"When we fail to end things well, we are destined to repeat the mistakes that keep us from moving on. We choose the same kind of dysfunctional person or demoralizing job again. Not learning our lessons and proactively dealing with them, we make the same business or personal mistakes over and over." ― Dr. Henry Cloud, from "Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give … [Read more...]