Shame School Community sale ends tonight


Today (January 31) is the last day to save $250 and get a bonus 1:1 session with me when you join the The Shame School Community.

The Shame School Community is a 52-week excursion into the heart of shame: what it is, where it comes from, the myths around it, how it impacts us, and how we can transform our relationship to it and live (mostly*) free from it

(*I can't promise complete and total freedom, but I can tell you that when when it does show up it won't impact you the same way)

The Shame School Community is an interactive experience designed to foster growth and transformation. It is a call to deepen emotional competence, integrity, authenticity, dignity, expression, and courage. It's a rite of passage.

The Shame School Community is for you if some or all of this resonates...you:

  • you feel a conflict or misalignment between how you act and who you really are
  • you feel "stuck" in a particular area of your life
  • you are tired of feeling defensive
  • you want to trust yourself
  • you don't want to see yourself as a problem to be fixed and prefer a non-clinical approach
  • you are tired of complaining
  • you want to improve the relationships that matter most to you
  • you are fearful that you are, in some way that you don't want to be, just like your mother
  • you have fears about self-expression
  • you like to be on a learning/healing journey
  • you are curious and like to experiment
  • you like to take your time with concepts
  • you like to discuss ideas with like-minded people
  • you are an intersectional feminist
  • you want to model a more shame-free life for your kids
  • you want to experience more unmitigated joy and delight in your life

The Shame School Community opens March 1, 2026

  • Format: Community Zoom calls several times a month at various times* to accommodate different schedules and timezones, for connection, coaching, questions, discussion, and celebration
  • Community: The Shame School Community is hosted on the Heartbeat platform, which includes comprehensive course material (see next bullet), a place to gather and share, and a calendar of all calls and special events
  • Course: 52 brief weekly lessons, writing prompts, practices, resources, and tools all designed to help you create safety, create intentional identity, and create healthy boundaries

BONUS!Enroll before midnight tonight (January 31) to receive a 90-minute 1:1 session with me!

Much, much love,

Karen

*There are two or three community Zoom calls per month (all times are Eastern timezone) will be on:

  • Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
  • Tuesdays from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Call dates/times may be adjusted depending on participants needs and availability.

Karen C.L. Anderson

Author of You Are Not Your Mother: Releasing Generational Trauma & Shame and Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters: A Guide for Separation, Liberation & Inspiration

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