'You should feel ashamed of yourself'

'You should feel ashamed of yourself'

If you experienced toxic, dysfunctional, unloving or emotionally abusive parenting, then you were consistently made to feel ashamed. It therefore became part of your subconscious programming, and - even an as adult - your subconscious belief is that there is something fundamentally wrong with you.

Perhaps you even heard things like, ‘You should be ashamed of yourself!’, or ‘Shame on you!’

The toxic shame stays buried within you, and it becomes a part of your identity.  

So, rather than seeing that you made a mistake, you believe you are a mistake.

You didn’t do something ‘bad’… you are innately bad.

You feel sorry and ashamed about who you are as a person.

I’m not good enough: 'Imposter Syndrome'

I’m not good enough: 'Imposter Syndrome'

Although our minds love to tell us that if we just had that additional qualification, if we had a bit more experience, if we took that online course… then we’d feel good enough; feeling like an imposter has nothing to do with those things. An extra piece of paper or a new title will not change the way you feel inside.

You don’t need another skill. You don’t need more training. You don’t need another book.

You need to work on your inner self; your mindset and your beliefs.

13 ways parental abuse is still affecting your life

13 ways parental abuse is still affecting your life

Are you aware of how past abuse is affecting your present life?

Those experiences may be negatively impacting your relationships, the decisions you make, the abundance you attract, your confidence, happiness and quality of life…

How many of these behaviours are true for you?

Conclusions: how they are crippling you and keeping you stuck

Conclusions: how they are crippling you and keeping you stuck

We all have stories. Not stories in the sense of a recount of events, a tale; but “stories” that we create because of events. In the incident above, I let the way I felt in that moment leaving the bank define my subconscious beliefs about money and myself for the next 15 fucking years. Sounds ridiculous, but I guarantee you are doing the same, in so many areas of your life.