<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Releasing shame restores energy previously spent... > Releasing shame restores energy previously spent on concealment, rehearsal, appeasement, and self-attack. That energy becomes available for learning, intimacy, creative work, and the courage to enter rooms the old voice declared forbidden. **Source:** [[livestreams/Understanding and Releasing Internalized Shame - Workbook|Understanding and Releasing Internalized Shame]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Releasing shame restores energy previously spent on concealment, rehearsal, appeasement, and self-attack. That energy becomes available for learning, intimacy, creative work, and the courage to enter rooms the old voice declared forbidden.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-releasing-shame-restores-voice-declared-forbidden ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->