by rick_patterson | Jan 24, 2021 | Apology, Failure, Growth, Shame, truth
What is Truth? The Great Exposer “What is truth?” is the rhetorical question made famous by Pilate during the interrogation of Jesus. This has become the non rhetorical question in today’s world. We struggle to understand the possibility of “alternative facts”....
by rick_patterson | Aug 20, 2019 | Courage, Failure, Growth, Narcissism, Shame, Uncategorized
Narcissists hate criticism. Let’s be blunt about that. It’s almost unbearable. But overcoming shame (and narcissism as a result) means dealing with criticism. When a person with shame based narcissistic tendencies such as me does something creative, they...
by rick_patterson | Apr 4, 2019 | Failure, Fear, Growth, Shame
Failure is a crushing word to many (most) people. We avoid it like the plague. Yet we also say we believe that life’s greatest achievements come through failure. In fact, many of the greatest successes in the world will remind us of this very fact – from Benjamin...
by rick_patterson | Jan 19, 2019 | Courage, Growth, Narcissism, Uncategorized
Shame unmasked can lead to recovery from narcissism – though it can be a long, hard battle. We talk a lot about Narcissism today – especially in our heated political climate. It’s fairly well understood how much narcissists irritate us and how...
by rick_patterson | Oct 20, 2018 | Growth, Narcissism, Psychology, Shame
I am Rev. Dr. Rick Patterson and I’m a narcissist. More accurately, I’m a recovering narcissist. There was an article in Psychology today[1] with the headline “Empathy, the Ability that Makes us Truly Human”. As a shame researcher myself, I generally agree. It’s also...
by rick_patterson | Jul 22, 2017 | Achievement, Growth, Shame, Success
I am a trophy hunter – not with a gun – but I love a good trophy and I tend to hunt for them. That desire is key for thriving in corporate America – you got to love getting the big win and the big award recognizing your greatness. Trophies have a lot of forms. Sports...
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