Getting Free of Shame with Dr. Stefan J. Malecek

<p>On today’s show, Dr. Fred speaks with writer and healer Stefan J. Malecek, Ph.D, who has written three non-fiction books, and is working on his eighth novel. He is also a Hawaii state elder for the ManKind Project and a soon-to-be-elected board member for the Boys to Men Project. </p> <p>The core of today’s conversation surrounds Dr. Malecek’s work and research on the impact of shame, as he explores in his academic book The Crucible of Shame, which he has reworked into a forthcoming popularly-written self-help version called Healing Shame. </p> <p>In today’s hard-hitting conversation Dr. Malecek and Dr. Fred discuss:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">What is shame, and where does it come from (the “proximal cause” of all shame)?</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">How shame affects nearly all of humanity</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Shame as the source of all addiction and most of what we call “mental illness”</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Greed as the most widespread addiction among humanity</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">The Minoan culture of Crete; the last truly egalitarian culture that was not shame-based</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">A critique of capitalism</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What a psychologist (Silvan Tomkins) discovered when his newborn son farted (!)</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Why children are “magical”</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Why drugs are a “fix”...and why they are addictive</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Healing shame as the key to true mental health</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What happens to us when we neglect to externalize our fear, shame, anger and hurt</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">The problem of seeking solutions outside ourselves</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Episode Length: 00:59:30</p> <p> </p> <p>MALECEK’S RESOURCES</p> <p>Website > <a href='https://stefanjmalecek.com'>stefanjmalecek.com</a></p> <p>Books (including Crucible of Shame) > <a href='https://stefanjmalecek.com/books'>stefanjmalecek.com/books</a></p>