The Hardest Skills of Navigating the Emotional Landscape of Things

This book is actually about the very hard skills of navigating the emotional landscape of things. The ego doesn't understand that stunting our emotional growth and shutting down our vulnerability doesn't protect us from the shame, disconnection and isolation guarantees them. Not talking about the shame doesn't protect you. It gives it, feeds it, lets it grow. And so our ability to let people label shame is really, really, really important.