Nothing’s wrong with the bee w/ David Bedrick

What if the thing you keep trying to fix is the most intelligent part of you? We tend to think of shame as a hot, exposed feeling. David Bedrick, author of The Unshaming Way and Maria’s own teacher, says most shame is invisible: it looks like performing well, calling ourselves anxious or shy or blocked, and asking to have our symptoms taken away before we’ve ever gotten curious about them.Waypoints[00:01:35] — Shame you can’t feel[00:12:20] — Nothing’s wrong with the bee[00:22:55] — Shy, or scared?.[00:29:30] — The story underneath the story[00:41:50] — Math is when numbers are angry at you[00:49:28] — The critic you don’t know is thereResources David Bedrick — davidbedrick.comThe Unshaming Way: A Compassionate Guide to Dismantling Shame by David Bedrick (North Atlantic Books, 2024)Deborah Keenan — poet and David’s former poetry teacher; her poem about trying to “be good”Cornel West — “I am because somebody loved me”CTAYOUR SECRET INVITATION HEREHave a creative quandary? Submit a question to be answered on the showGot some creative resistance? Get your free audio guide to the Creative Resistance Practice for unblockingTheme song by deadmen