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The Unbeknownst of Shame Part One: What is Shame?

Posted on December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 by Chele Yntema
Alone and exposed. Exposed and alone. My very being unwanted as she was. Instead, misunderstood and abashed. Denigrated. Disparaged with blame… There was but a shadow of who I once knew. Alone and exposed. Exposed and alone. Hollowed, emptied of all that was left of me. There was nothing there...Read More

Patterns of Self-Protection: Attachment vs Authenticity

Posted on February 17, 2024December 13, 2024 by Chele Yntema
Are there times in your life when you find yourself in connections, conversations, collaborations, or relational dynamics that leave you feeling like you could not show up as your authentic Self?  For many of us there have been interpersonal interactions throughout our lives that seem to have this uncanny ability...Read More

Shame was always there

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 by Chele Yntema
There is not a time where shame has not been present; not a time where I have not wondered “what is wrong with me”.  I was never “normal”; never good enough: never smart enough, never fast enough, never slim enough, never fit enough, never pretty enough.  Yet paradoxically I was...Read More
Chele Yntema is a Registered Practicing Counsellor with The Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia.
In the spirit of reconciliation I acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. I pay my respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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