Transforming Shame to Guilt in the Pursuit of Racial Justice | Han Ren | TEDxKoenigLane

What's the difference between shame and guilt, and why do we experience them? Psychologist Dr. Han Ren proposes a new understanding of these primal emotions and illustrates the adaptive roles shame and guilt play in becoming antiracist. Dr. Han Ren is a licensed clinical and school psychologist, consultant, speaker and educator. Her work is deeply rooted in liberation and anti-oppressive work, practicing from a justice-oriented, interpersonal, and systems-informed framework. Dr. Ren utilizes speaking engagements and her broad social media presence to make mental health accessible and applicable in our daily lives. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@unvaccinatedAndPureBlood]

So why should I feel shame or guilt for something I never did? If we think like victims all the time, this ted talk owes me repatriations for killing my brain cells.

[@RaquelMartinPhD]

....no one said that.

[@zzulm]

She never said that you should feel shame she explained the stages of people that have shame, if you don't have shame that's great because that means that you are neutral, shame is pain and the only benefit it has is the lesson, other than that no one befits from a certain group feeling shame it is even damaging because it's a low vibration that drains energy.