Who Named You Shame?

Differentiating your emotion from your identity.

We reflected on the different factors that determine the many ‘labels’ we have. A significant one, we all agreed, was our names. We had no choice when we were given, we were not as aware of our world then as we are now. As adults, we could decide to change our names, if desired.

A friend recalled how shortly after she had adopted a new name in her twenties, she had…