Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

The ANTIDOTE to shame #mentalhealth #shame #pleasure #presence #selfimprovement

22 Feb 2024 · 0 min

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This YouTube conversation (hosted by Josh Trent) explores shame and its antidote. Speakers argue that shame arises even around everyday pleasures (e.g., eating cake or sexual enjoyment) and that the courageous path to release shame is to cultivate more pleasure and presence—since pleasure requires present attention and surrender to the body.

We shame pleasure not just in a sexual sense, but even like, oh, I shouldn't have had that piece of cake, but you loved that piece of cake. And we carry this guilt or shame with us when we absolutely don't need to.
Sometimes when we touch the shame, maybe there's not even a space of courage in our heart that thinks we can even handle it because the emotion of shame can be so heavy. What is the courageous path of letting go of shame?
The antidote is actually more pleasure. Tapping into more pleasure in your life taps you into presence. You can't experience pleasure without being present, without paying attention. Attention. Talk to any woman. If she's up in her head during sex, there's a zero chance that she's probably that she's gonna orgasm, right? Like, we know that you have to be present in your body and willing to surrender to the experience to feel that pleasure. And I think that is the courageous path for the woman is leaning into this pleasure aspect. We shame pleasure not just in a sexual sense, but even like, oh, I shouldn't have had that piece of cake, but you loved that piece of cake. And we carry this gift.