Martha Beck: Shame! Embarrassment! Humiliation!

Shame! Embarrassment! Humiliation!

Are there things in your life that make you want to crawl under a rock? Martha Beck has a three-point plan to get you past the tyranny of "What will they think?"

By Martha Beck
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the May 2004 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Martha Beck has a three-point plan to eliminate the feeling of embarrassment and humiliation.

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