Shame = killer of creativity

Let's make new relationships with a necessary, yet painful experience of our humanity

A few thoughts about shame

I knew that this would happen eventually. I would sit down to write and something that happened in my private life would have an impact on my creative process. Today, I’m stuck. I Am stuck because of my experience of shame. This shame I’m experiencing is earned and deserving.

I’m not going to go into the ‘what made me’ part of being ashamed. Instead, in this post, and a few more, I’m going to explore some aspects of shame, how it impacts us all differently and some clues as to how we can have a more healthy relationship with it.

Fun with shame!

I typically do a first draft of the newsletter either as a voice to text dictation or as a note scratched out on my reMarkable2 tablet. Here’s what I started with today.

Overwhelmed by shame is not the most grounded place to start a creative endeavour. These newsletters are a daily test of my creativity. As of writing this, I feel completely worthless. I have nothing to offer anyone. Ever. What the hell was I thinking maki…