Episode 170: What About Guilt and Shame? | A Conversation with C.A. Larson, Part 1

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Religion & Spirituality, Feminism, Motherhood, Ldswomen, Spirituality, Lds, Thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, Mormonwomen, Religion, Marriage, Mormon, Faith

5 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

“The most liberating process is to realize that no one’s expectations for my life matter but my own,” says therapist C.A. Larson. In Episode 170, she joins Cynthia and Susan for the first part of a discussion about guilt and shame. What’s the difference between these two emotions? How do they help or hinder our growth and progress? And what tools can we use to manage them in healthy ways, and move toward greater self-acceptance?

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0:00.0	I do though, I do see this in other places and that is with the people that I see
0:09.6	in my practice from other Orthodox religions.
0:13.0	Right, right.
0:14.0	So my Muslim friends and clients, my Orthodox Jewish clients, my Evangelical Christian clients,
0:21.7	they all share a lot of these same feelings.
0:25.0	The list is different that they feel like they have to conform to,
0:29.0	but the guilt and shame is very, very familiar and very much the same.
0:33.0	I think it makes it easier for me to work with them because I really understand it.
0:38.0	Coming from my own place with that, and oftentimes it's just the feeling of never being enough, never doing
0:44.3	enough, never just not being enough.
0:47.4	And so that resonates.
0:49.6	Hi, I'm Susan Hinckley.
0:55.0	And I'm Cynthia Wynward.
0:57.0	And this is at last she said it.
0:59.0	We are Women of Faith discussing complicated things.
1:02.0	And the title of today's episode is, what about shame and
1:05.2	guilt? Today we're having a conversation with C. A. Larson. Yay, you're back, C. A.
1:11.6	Yay. Welcome, C. A. Hey. Welcome, C. A.
1:14.0	The title is even hard for me to say,
1:16.0	I have a feeling I need to just lie down in advance for this conversation.
1:19.0	I was just going to say, Susan.
1:20.0	Are you lying down?
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