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How shame affects arrested development 30 June 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Shame , No Comments On this site I’ve written extensively about unconscious shame. Here I want to connect shame to arrested development. Arrested development is a colloquial term, popularised by the TV show of the same name, for what […]

What is the mother wound? 8 November 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Mother wound , 2 Comments Our society doesn’t have an accepted sense of some kind of mother wound that we all suffer from, individually or collectively. Yet one look at the world reveals a globe reeling from crisis to […]

Shame-based issues #1 – Self-harm 3 March 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments In other blogs I have written about how high sensitivity, anxiety, doubt, panic, low self-esteem and low confidence are a family of related feelings. Such feelings consequently give rise to a family of behaviours as a means […]