Being raised Catholic as well as attending Catholic school from the 4th grade through the 12th grade was the perfect set-up for me to experience some major struggles with guilt and shame. I first started exploring how to heal my guilt & shame issues in the late 80’s through John Bradshaw's best-selling book Healing The Shame That Binds You. Although reading Bradshaw's book was a turning point for me in gaining an understanding what shame and guilt are, and how they develop, he