044 — Getting Free of Shame with Dr. Stefan J. Malecek
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.
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.
In today’s hard-hitting conversation Dr. Malecek and Dr. Fred discuss:
What is shame, and where does it come from (the “proximal cause” of all shame)?
How shame affects nearly all of humanity
Shame as the source of all addiction and most of what we call “mental illness”
Greed as the most widespread addiction among humanity
The Minoan culture of Crete; the last truly egalitarian culture that was not shame-based
A critique of capitalism
What a psychologist (Silvan Tomkins) discovered when his newborn son farted (!)
Why children are “magical”
Why drugs are a “fix”...and why they are addictive
Healing shame as the key to true mental health
What happens to us when we neglect to externalize our fear, shame, anger and hurt
The problem of seeking solutions outside ourselves
Episode Length: 00:59:30
DR. MALECEK’S RESOURCES
Website > stefanjmalecek.com
Books (including Crucible of Shame) > stefanjmalecek.com/books
ALSO MENTIONED ON TODAY’S SHOW >
ManKind Project > mkp.org
Boys To Men Mentoring > boystomen.org
Minoan Civilization > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization
Silvan Tomkins > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvan_Tomkins
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