Living in 3D Power Podcast
Discover how to live authentically and lead courageously with Dr. Amber M. Sessoms on the Living in 3D Power podcast. Explore transformative questions, liberatory storytelling, and heartwarming insights her 10-year-old daughter, Emma, to uncover your power through Discovery, Discernment, and Determination. New episodes every week!
Living in 3D Power Podcast
Episode 48: A Live Pause on Shame, Truth, and Letting Go
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What if the thing you’ve been carrying… isn’t actually yours to hold?
In this special episode of Living in 3D Power, Dr. Amber Sessoms invites you into a live 3D Power Pause—a guided space for reflection, breathwork, and truth-telling.
This week’s focus: toxic shame.
Not just the feeling of doing something wrong…
but the belief that you are wrong.
Through somatic grounding, guided reflection, and real-time community wisdom, this episode explores how shame forms in the body, how it’s shaped by systems and lived experiences, and how we begin to release it.
You’ll experience:
- a guided breath prayer to regulate your nervous system
- journal prompts for self-reflection and emotional awareness
- insights on shame, identity, leadership, and healing
- a live group reflection on fear, race, and generational patterns
- a powerful reframe: you are not the mistake you made
If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in self-doubt—this episode is your invitation to pause and return to yourself.
This episode is part of the 3D Power Pause, a weekly guided practice rooted in:
- self-awareness
- somatic healing
- values-aligned living
- and collective reflection
Chapters
00:44 What toxic shame really is
01:25 Reversing shame (wisdom from Emma)
03:07 Guided breath prayer + body awareness
06:03 Shame in systems + leadership
08:07 Naming emotional weight in crisis
09:30 Generational shame + parenting
12:30 Accountability, repair, and growth
16:10 Journal prompts for reflection
21:17 Stillness + “cocoon time”
33:16 Community sharing + witnessing
38:17 Fear, protection, and race
42:04 The 3D Power Pause shift
46:49 Closing grounding
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