In the final installment of Natalie Seibel, LPC’s, transformative series Unmasking Shame, “Doubt” takes center stage as the hidden force fueling shame-driven behaviors like procrastination, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and control. This in-depth guide explores how doubt, learned in childhood, disconnects you from your intuition and inner wisdom, keeping you trapped in fear and seeking external validation. She offers practical and reflective strategies to release self-aband

In this fourth installment on unmasking shame, Natalie explores the way control functions and how to navigate the emotions that arise with it in order to identify what you do have control over and be able to put down shame’s tricks that otherwise keep you stuck.

Learn more about how shame can show up in the form of people-pleasing and to discover practices to support you in making changes.

Learn more about how shame can show up in the form of perfectionism and to discover two practices you can turn to to help you navigate it when it does!

Shame  is insidious. I believe this is the main source of human suffering without even knowing it. It whispers thoughts, beliefs, and stories that influence your behavior for the sole purpose of protection and   self-preservation . But when shame remains out of awareness, it keeps you from moving towards your goals, dreams, and desires.  Shame is best friends with the   Ego . Together, they do their best to keep you alive. Shame is not trying to ruin your life. On the contrar