Shame, Healing, and Integrity

Today, I share about how shame, healing, and integrity are all related. As I've shared before, the etymology of shame is "to cover"-- earlier in life, people around us made us feel like feeling something was not ok, so we covered up those aspects of ourself from ourself. Which makes us feel fragmented, where parts of ourself are in conflict with other parts of ourself. And when we feel fragmented and in conflict within ourself, this is reflected to us in our life as conflict with people.

So how can we come back into a sense of wholeness?

The etymology of healing is "to restore wholeness" - not that we were ever truly broken, but we may feel broken. So healing is the process of restoring our connection to the aspects of us that we have covered up from ourself so that we may feel whole and fulfilled in knowing and accepting all of ourself.

And that's where integrity comes in. As I've shared, the etymology of integrity is "wholeness" -- so as we reconnect to parts of ourself we have covered up, we begin to come into a greater sense of wholeness, of integrity. Where we can then begin to act from our whole self and our words and deeds begin to feel more honest and true.

I dive deeper into this in today’s video, take a listen and let me know what your takeaways are - I would love to hear your reflections in the comments!

Also, if you would like to work with me, here are details on the current ways to connect. I’m particularly excited to connect with folks in the new 8-week container starting the week of April 27th, Uncovering the Gold. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at sarahwalkerting@gmail.com.

Love,

Sarah