Episode 20: Coaching Through Shame

This week we are going to explore what shame is, and we are going to contrast it from an associated feeling of guilt. We'll talk about possible causes of shame, the effects of shame, and then we will talk about how we can effectively coach our clients around and through shame.
Coach with Clarity Podcast - Coaching Through Shame

20: Coaching Through Shame

We're wrapping up our mini-series about coaching through difficult emotions by exploring a big one... SHAME. Just reading or saying the word allowed is often enough to invoke feelings of embarrassment, brokenness, and unworthiness within us. And when our clients carry shame with us as a constant companion, it can block them from accomplishing their goals.

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Show Notes

We're wrapping up our mini-series about coaching through difficult emotions by exploring a big one… SHAME.

Just reading or saying the word allowed is often enough to invoke feelings of embarrassment, brokenness, and unworthiness within us.

And when our clients carry shame with us as a constant companion, it can block them from accomplishing their goals.

That's why in this week's episode, we're taking a close look at shame – what it is, what it's not, what causes it, and how we coaches can help our clients through it.

Topics covered

  • An exploration into what shame is
  • How it contrasts with an associated feeling of guilt
  • Possible causes of shame
  • The effects of shame
  • How we as coaches can effectively coach our clients around and through shame

Resources mentioned

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TRANSCRIPT

Well, hey friend – welcome to the Coach with Clarity podcast. My name is Lee Chaix McDonough and I'm so excited to have you here today. If this is your very first time listening to the podcast, I want to offer you a special welcome, and let you know that we are concluding a mini series that I've been conducting about coaching through difficult emotions. 

So two episodes ago, we talked about the role of sadness, and how it may be showing up in our clients and how we can coach them through it. Last week, we talked about anger, and so I'm wrapping up this little mini series by diving into shame.

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