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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

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Shame remove filterMy husband or wife remove filterGetting ready for something remove filterClear all
Who it is written for · My husband or wife
A practitioner 1My husband or wife 1
Where you are right now · Getting ready for something
Coping, mostly 2Struggling right now 2Getting ready for something 1
Theme · Shame
Feelings and focus 2Choosing your response 1Shame 1Practising under provocation 1Equanimity and perspective 1The moment before you snap 1

A friend or a counsellor telling you that you are not a monster helps, and it only takes you so far. The shame usually sits with one particular person, and it eases most when that person hears the thing and stays.

So aim a disclosure carefully rather than widely. Choose the person the shame is actually about, pick a moment with room in it, and say the small…

Twenty minutesShameEmotionally focusedQur’an 66:8

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.