We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is.
In this four-episode podcast, Alan Noble delves into the everyday struggles of modern life, discussing how the simple act of getting out of bed can be a powerful testament to the goodness of life and God. In each episode Alan Noble, author of the book by the same name, invites a special guest on to share their own experiences struggling to get out of bed.
Offering wisdom and compassion, each episode offers hope and support to those who struggle with sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental illness.
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We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is.
In this four-episode podcast, Alan Noble delves into the everyday struggles of modern life, discussing how the simple act of getting out of bed can be a powerful testament to the goodness of life and God. In each episode Alan Noble, author of the book by the same name, invites a special guest on to share their own experiences struggling to get out of bed.
Offering wisdom and compassion, each episode offers hope and support to those who struggle with sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental illness.
…When You’re Overwhelmed With Shame (Curt Thompson)
On Getting Out of Bed
48 minutes
2 years ago
…When You’re Overwhelmed With Shame (Curt Thompson)
“Shame has me cowering. I'm straight jacketed alone in my isolation. If I've done something for which I feel shame, I will not come to find you. The very notion of me, imagining you, seeing me, see you? It's too nauseating. It's too painful for me.
And you're saying, ‘Curt, let's, let's get coffee again.’ I'm like, no, I can't. And it's going to be hard for me to look at you.
And I am going to have to take the risk of allowing myself to be seen by you in the very moment that shame is in the room in order for me to have a physical and embodied experience of watching it be disregarded in your eyes.
Only now can I really see myself. Because I see you seeing me.”
Curt Thompson is a psychiatrist, speaker, and the author of The Soul of Shame.
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On Getting Out of Bed
We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is.
In this four-episode podcast, Alan Noble delves into the everyday struggles of modern life, discussing how the simple act of getting out of bed can be a powerful testament to the goodness of life and God. In each episode Alan Noble, author of the book by the same name, invites a special guest on to share their own experiences struggling to get out of bed.
Offering wisdom and compassion, each episode offers hope and support to those who struggle with sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental illness.
