After one of my last posts, Feeling Shabby and it Ain’t Chic, I received some very kind and sweet inquiries, mostly in the form of “I read your blog Dale. How are you? Are you ok? Really?” to which I replied, “Thank you, yes, I am ok.”  And while I appreciate their concern, I think my honesty made them uncomfortable. You see one of my highest values is authenticity. I believe in being honest about my real feelings and thoughts especially ones that are a little bit embarrassing because as shame researcher, Brene Brown points out, shame only needs three ingredients to survive: silence, secrecy and judgment. So instead of hiding my shameful shabby mindset, I shared it out loud […]

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