Quote of the Day

The topic of narcissism has penetrated the social consciousness enough that most people correctly associate it with a pattern of behaviors that include grandiosity, a pervasive need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.  What almost no one understands is how every level of severity in this diagnosis is underpinned by shame.  Which means we don't "fix it" by cutting people down to size and reminding folks of their inadequacies and smallness.  Shame is more likely to be the cause of these behaviors, not the cure.

-- Brene Brown, Daring Greatly, p. 21