🐚Topics covered
- The difference between guilt and shame - guilt says "I did something wrong" while shame says "I am something wrong"
- How shame disconnects us from our true identity and wraps itself around who we are
- Understanding healthy shame vs toxic shame and recognizing the difference in your own life
- Shame is a learned behavior that only exists in relation to the outside world
- Why shame sits at the lowest frequency and vibration of human experience
- Cultural shame around menstrual cycles - hiding pads, not talking about bleeding, being called "too emotional"
- How toxic shame severs us from our cyclical power and ancestral knowing that menstruation is sacred
- The physical experience of shame in the body - dissociation, lightheadedness, feeling like fading away
- Why shame is used as a tool of control by oppressors and organizations
- How shame makes boundaries blurry because we dissociate from our bodies
- The antidote to shame: connection to truth, compassion, body, and community
- Practical reflection questions for identifying where shame shows up in your cyclical continuum
- Why repairing the connection to self is one of the most powerful things we can do
About the Host
I’m Iris Josephina, a functional hormone specialist, orthomolecular hormone coach, and entrepreneur. Through Cycle Seeds and The Inner Rhythms Podcast, I support people in reconnecting with their cyclical nature, deepening body literacy, and reclaiming hormonal harmony from a place of sovereignty and embodied knowledge. Most people know me from Instagram, where I share stories, tools, and inspiration on cyclical living, menstrual cycles, fertility, hormones and more.
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