A 10-minute Practice That Undercuts the Root of Anxiety

The only way out of unconsciousness is to grow in consciousness. Unconsciousness cannot survive the light.

Brene Brown, the world-famous shame and vulnerability guru, put it so well in Oprah Winfrey’s show when speaking of the inner workings of shame:

“To grow exponentially, shame absolutely needs three things: secrecy, silence, and judgment. Shame cannot survive two things: being spoken and being met with empathy.”

All destructive emotions feed on secrecy, si…