The Hidden Power of Shame: How to Break Free and Rebuild Your Life

Shame is one of the most powerful — and hidden — forces shaping our lives, especially for women over 40 who are navigating reinvention, relationships, and self-worth. In this transformative episode of Life on Purpose Over 40, I sit down with Jessica Boston, hypnotherapist and creator of the Homecoming program, to uncover how shame silently dictates our identity, decisions, and emotional patterns.

We explore:

• Why nearly every woman struggles with shame (and why most don’t recognize it)
• How shame acts as a survival mechanism that actually creates isolation
• The four shame response types: pleaser, prover, procrastinator, and panicker
• Why perfectionism, people-pleasing, and overworking are really shame patterns
• How small traumas and broken trust shape our emotional foundations
• Practical tools to rebuild your “emotional home” with trust, boundaries, and vision

Jessica’s Homecoming framework uses a powerful house metaphor to help women rebuild from the inside out, combining self-acceptance with practical steps for lasting change.

If you’ve ever felt not enough, struggled with self-criticism, or found yourself repeating painful patterns in relationships, career, or health — this conversation will help you release shame and step into self-trust, freedom, and purpose.

👉 Learn more about Jessica’s work at jessicaboston.com where you can take her free quiz to discover your shame response type and explore the Homecoming program.

www.lifeonpurposeover40.com