A brief history of shame 3 March 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Shame , 4 Comments In What is unconscious shame? I’ve written about how shame affects us today. In What is ancestral trauma? I’ve written about the shame we still unconsciously carry from the dim and distant past. This brief […]
A celebrity and criminal shame casebook 3 March 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Shame , No Comments While unconscious shame is by definition invisible, there are a number of highly visible situations where the stamp of shame is so powerful – for those who recognise its clues – as to be […]
What is unconscious shame? 3 March 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Shame , No Comments We live in a society that’s historically been emotionally and sexually repressed. The psychological mechanism by which we repress our socially unacceptable emotional and sexual impulses is unconscious shame. Unconscious shame is a layer of invisible […]
Is autism linked to shame? 13 February 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments On this site I’ve written extensively about unconscious shame. Over the years, my understanding of the power of unconscious shame has grown. One of the areas where my knowledge has grown is around generational trauma. This is […]
12 Signs of unbalanced thinking 9 January 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments We spend a lot of time thinking—about work, about our families and our other interests. But how much time do we spend thinking about our thinking? Do you ever consider that you might suffer from […]
6 Tips for surviving Christmas 19 December 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments “‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la la la…” Or not. For a lot of people, Christmas is not the time of greatest joy but of the greatest anxiety, stress and depression. Obnoxious jumpers, […]
7 Steps to calm anxiety 12 December 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Anxiety , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments The first time I had a full-blown anxiety attack I was in seat 17A of a United Airlines Boeing 767 at 30,000 feet somewhere over Colorado. I had no idea what was happening […]
5 Tools for solving personal crises 20 November 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments We all have personal crises. Those crises where our chest tightens, our brain fogs and our world seems like it’s swirling down the plughole. At the time, it feels like we are the only […]
“MAX POSS. ERROR” – the shame of Donald Crowhurst 4 October 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments In this blog I have sometimes used real-life examples as case studies of unconscious shame, from public figures such as Amy Winehouse and Michael Jackson, to others such as Vincent Tabak and Private Lynndie England who would have remained […]
Aerial silk – legitimising displays of the genitals 4 October 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments I recently attended a fun day at a factory celebrating its 100th anniversary. Among the events at the fun day was a small circus featuring a variety of skilled acts. The ringmaster, an Australian […]