Shame – Page 5 – Red Tent Living

Silencing the Shame

By: redtentwomen March 7, 2016March 6, 2016

Day to Day, Intentional LivingBrené Brown, empathy, God, Grace, jr. high, self-care, Shame, Susan Tucker, William Paul Young16 Comments

Here’s the truth: no one is harder on me than me.

A Woman with a “Man’s Struggle”

By: redtentwomen February 22, 2016February 21, 2016

Intentional Living, WholeheartedAddiction, christianity and pornography, Jennifer Stamness, Jesus, Love, pornography addiction, Puberty, recovering from pornography, sexuality, Shame, women recovering from pornography7 Comments

My parents asked me if I had any questions. But, I simply nodded no and told them I understood what was happening.

Bottled Beauty

By: redtentwomen February 18, 2016February 14, 2016

Day to DayAnna Hull, Christianity, Femininity, Grace, Jesus, purity, Rape, Sexuality and God, Shame, Virginity, Waiting Till Marriage8 Comments

“Wanna come up?” “Netflix and chill tonight?” “What about friends with benefits?”

Still Looking

By: redtentwomen February 11, 2016February 15, 2016

Day to DayAdolescence, Conservative, Culture, Innocence, intimacy, Julie McClay, Marriage, relationship, Sex Ed, Shame15 Comments

“My family and I are looking for sex.”

The Wink

By: redtentwomen December 10, 2015December 11, 2015

Day to Day, TravelDeath, Final Judgement, Freedom, Fugitive, Jan Meyers Proett, Jesus, Parking Ticket, Shame2 Comments

Today, I ran the vacuum cleaner close to where my nephew Andrew was reading, in my own house, at mid-day. I had every right to clean, but what tumbled reflexively from my core was, “Oh, I am so sorry.”

Out of the Shadows

By: redtentwomen December 3, 2015October 18, 2023

WholeheartedBaptist, Charlie Hall, College, dancing, Footloose, God, Identity, Paulo Coehlo, Shame, Susan Tucker6 Comments

During my college years a group of friends and I would leave the small town in which our Baptist college was located and drive to the nearest “big city” to go dancing.