Men and Their Shame

27/03/2023 30 min Episodio 144
Men and Their Shame

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Get your free Personal Reboot Guide at www.theconfidentman.meCheck out more resources to help you as a man at David Maxwell CoachingShame is a strange thing to talk about because many people try to deny shame or say we shouldn't feel it. Shame is real and it is a serious issue among men today. We talk about how shame hurts men but also bring out some of the positives of shame that we have forgotten as a society. The Negative Side of ShameShame is a hidden weight too many men carrySecret actions that no one may know about but we still deal withMen are designed to be the ones who stand up for othersShame causes us to pull ourselves from the fightShame and failure lead many men to quit tryingOther men just get hard to the shame and stop caringWe must recognize the negatives that are coming from our shame or they will silently rob us of our real design as menThe Positive Side of ShameOur conscience feeling bad can be a good direction for usIt makes us think twice before engaging in an actionImagining the shame more than imagining the thing you want to do is a positive benefit of shameWe have imaginations and we should use them to think ahead about our actionsSeeing someone else affected makes us rethinkShame can keep us from investigating and finding out more about specific activitiesThinking through the consequences of shame and letting our own shame keep us from hurtful things is a positive of shameThe Antidote to Bad ShameCharacter and integrity should be the pillars of strength for menDr. Henry Cloud in Integrity: "Character is the ability to meet the demands of reality"The more you have a strong core, the more you will make the right choicesCharacter is built through the lens of our realityThe Reality of Our Strengths and WeaknessesThe Reality of Our Core