Unlearning shame and redefining self worth

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Have you been feeling an unsupportive pressure to constantly be producing and working?

Do you have a hard time sensing- and responding to your body’s queues of exhaustion, overstimulation, and depletion?

And/or are you easily caught in spirals of shame and guilt, when you can’t live up to tasks, expectations, and goals?

If you felt seen in one or more of these questions, you are in no way alone!
All of these symptoms are a part of a larger weaving of values imposed on us by larger societal structures, we may refer to as internalised capitalism.

As psychotherapist Daniel Rich describes it: “Internalised capitalism is the adoption of the messages of capitalism as your own values or guiding principles, typically to your own detriment.” And to that, I would add, It is often “hidden” in our subconsciousness, which means that we tend to not be aware of it, even if/when it plays a big role in our everyday decision making.