by Denise Pass | Mar 18, 2019
Shame RX: Bad Luck had Nothing to Do With Your Shame. “The one thing I ask of the Lord—the thing I seek most—is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.” —Psalm 27:4...
by Denise Pass | Mar 18, 2019
Shame RX: Avoiding Conflict only keeps us bound in shame. You’re hurt. They’re hurt. It seems like there is no way out. So, you do the only logical thing that comes to mind. Avoid them and the situation. That’ll work, right? Not so much. Remember,...
by Denise Pass | Mar 17, 2019
Shame RX: Bad Luck had Nothing to Do With Your Shame. It feels like Tina Turner’s song, “What’s Love Got to do with it”, only substituting the word “luck” for “love” would be good background music to today’s shame...
by Denise Pass | Mar 16, 2019
Shame RX: Our appearance is not the full picture. Beauty is only skin deep. Well, not so much. True beauty is much deeper than that. And yet the world around us focuses so much on the outside that it can affect our inward beauty, too. Trying to measure up to an...
by Denise Pass | Mar 15, 2019
Shame RX: Conviction is a gift and need not condemn us. If you’ve ever sat in a courtroom for traffic or other civil or criminal hearings, you know that pervasive lump in your throat well. The tension is palpable and fear of conviction fills the air. Even when...
by Denise Pass | Mar 14, 2019
Shame RX: Comparison only magnifies our shame. In our desire to feel like we are enough, we often resort to comparison. But there’s a funny thing about comparison — comparison only magnifies our shame. In an attempt to make ourselves feel better, we are racked...