Introduction – Provoking Courage - Finding Strength in Vulnerability
Provoking Courage and Finding Strength in Vulnerability will open yourself to the willingness to feel, to release yourself from the grip you have on your emotions and stop limiting yourself. When we become aware that the struggle, we are having is with ourselves, we can turn our attention to the source in order to solve the problem, but we must be willing to look where we need to and feel emotions that may make us uncomfortable at first. Then we can choose to really open ourselves to understanding all the options we can imagine. We are likely to discover that we are resisting something based on a limited understanding, and we must then open ourselves to willingness.
Opening ourselves to willingness may feel like we are surrendering or abandoning all that we believed. But at the same time, it is an act of Power and Courage because it is a conscious choice, we make about how to apply our personal will. We find Strength when we open ourselves up to Vulnerability.
Provoking Courage: A Three-Step Process to Healing
Discovery Sessions – Free | 1:1 Sessions – $90 per Session | Group Sessions – $70 per Session
This is a six-week course – with two 90 minute sessions per week.
In the first section, we attempt to grasp the shame experience by describing it carefully and by contrasting ordinary, constructive shame (shame you can use to improve your life) with the problems of excessive shame.
The second section covers five different sources of shame:
- our genetic and biochemical makeup,
- our American culture,
- our families of origin,
- our current shaming relationships, and
- our own self-shaming thoughts and behaviors.
You will learn guidelines for healing shame in the third section. Healing begins with understanding and is followed by taking action. Healing shame will require us to:
- become aware of our shame,
- notice our defenses against shame,
- accept a certain amount of shame as part of the human condition,
- challenge shame, and
- set positive goals for ourselves to help replace our shame with self-worth.
When we start healing shame, we’ll be able to say, I am human, no better or worse than others, good enough as I am.
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Provoking Courage: Finding Strength In Vulnerability
Written By: Wanda Elizabeth Nordlie
Written By: Wanda Elizabeth Nordlie