Describe how shame, empathy, and vulnerability work as a continuum, and how they impact our relationship.
Shame, empathy, and vulnerability are intertwined with each other.
Vulnerability
How does vulnerability affect our
relationships?
Best vulnerability is the ability to share about our strengths and struggles.
Sometimes people feel shame to becoming vulnerable.
Relationships and connections can be affected on vulnerability.
Empathy
How does empathy affect our
relationships?
Providing a larger understanding of
someone's vulnerability.
Ability to connect how it makes you feel.
Shame
How does shame play
into our relationship?
Everyone has a different trigger react when shame occurs.
Tendency to disconnect from the feeling of embarrassment.
It can hit a nerve that would make them to unravel and forgetting about it.
Shame is powerful that it can destroy connections with other people relationships.
