Break Free from Shame.
Discover Your True Self.
The Unshaming Way:
A Transformative 2-Day Workshop
June 20-21, 2026 | Amsterdam
Led by David Bedrick, JD, Dipl. PW
Author of "The Unshaming Way"
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Location: Amsterdam, To Be Announced
Saturday & Sunday, 20th & 21st of June, 2026: 10am – 5pm
Most of us, consciously or unconsciously, are imprisoned by shame, creating a wall that separates you from your true gifts and essential aliveness. Unshaming helps you remove that wall, access your deep wisdom, and celebrate the authentic self you were born to be.
Join David Bedrick in Amsterdam for The Unshaming Way, a powerful two-day workshop that is open to everyone.
Does this sound familiar?
You silence parts of yourself because you fear they're "too much"
Your inner critic attacks you relentlessly: "I'm not smart enough," "I'm a failure," "I'm ugly"
You hide your true feelings and censor yourself before others get the chance
You constantly worry, "What will people think of me?"
You wish you could change your body, personality, or emotions
You feel small, invisible, and disconnected from your gifts
You're exhausted from trying to "fix" yourself
All of these are ways shame can have a hold over your life.
THE TRUTH ABOUT SHAME
Shame isn’t just a feeling—it’s a lens that distorts how you see yourself and others.
This lens keeps you small and invisible, afraid to fully explore the parts of your soul that are yearning to come forth and be celebrated.
Over the course of our lives, layers and layers of shame build up based on ideas about who we’re supposed to be. It comes from external voices – your family, society – but as a child, you internalize it. And all of those “shoulds” become a wall that separates you from who you truly are: your gifts, your purpose, the essential aliveness you were born with.
When you learn to Unshame, you transform the internal viewpoint you have about yourself and it feels like meeting yourself for the first time. You don’t just heal, you transform. The result is is a life where you are liberated from judgment, connected to your inner intelligence, freer to express your true self, and able to create YOUR own path that is aligned with your soul purpose and the unique medicine you are here to share with the world.
Unshaming is one of the most impactful and fast-working techniques available to help you understand the true value and intelligence you have to share.
"David Bedrick is a gentle warrior. His methodology is phenomenal. The most kind, soft, powerful vehicle I’ve ever encountered to heal trauma and release shame. I wish everyone would adopt this way of helping people through pain. Known and unknown.”
— Sue
WHAT YOU'LL GAIN FROM THIS WORKSHOP
In this training, you will forge a new, loving and compassionate relationship with your authentic feelings by addressing shame at the root and learning techniques to divest it from your consciousness.
You will see how shame pervades the way you look at your own development, how it leads you to try to get rid of parts of yourself. You may even be shocked to learn how rare it is to be looked at with Unshaming eyes - eyes that delve fiercely and gently into what it’s really like to be you.
You will learn to see anew: that every “bad” thing you see within yourself is a seed with profound potential to blossom into something wonderful.
That means the things you most desire to change about yourself: your depression, your body image, your insomnia, your relationship problems, your codependence, your migraines, your parenting…
Each of these things is a seed inside you leading to your gifts and wisdom.
You will leave Unshamed with new eyes and a new relationship with yourself.
"David’s class was profoundly life-changing for me…His Unshaming paradigm is world-shifting and urgently needed in our shame-saturated society.”
—Maria
WHAT YOU'LL GAIN FROM THIS WORKSHOP
In this training, you will forge a new, loving and compassionate relationship with your authentic feelings by addressing shame at the root and learning techniques to divest it from your consciousness.
You will see how shame pervades the way you look at your own development, how it leads you to try to get rid of parts of yourself. You may even be shocked to learn how rare it is to be looked at with Unshaming eyes - eyes that delve fiercely and gently into what it’s really like to be you.
You will learn to see anew: that every “bad” thing you see within yourself is a seed with profound potential to blossom into something wonderful.
That means the things you most desire to change about yourself: your depression, your body image, your insomnia, your relationship problems, your codependence, your migraines, your parenting…
Each of these things is a seed inside you leading to your gifts and wisdom.
You will leave Unshamed with new eyes and a new relationship with yourself.
“David embodies a rare kind of teacher: warm and loving, sharp and truthful, extremely devoted and passionate. He is a guide I would wish for anyone ready for a paradigm shift and true transformation”
— Keren
YOUR 2-DAY TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY
Day 1: Saturday, June 20 (10am-5pm)
Module I: Understanding Shame and Beginning Your Journey
Discover what shame really is and how it's shaped your life. Connect the dots between your early experiences of abuse and trauma and shame’s hold on you as you learn about its root causes. Learn why Unshaming is the key to your deeper healing, self-love, and the unfolding of your gifts and “medicine”.
You'll witness: Live demonstrations of Unshaming in action as participants work through their deepest wounds and transform their self-perception in real-time.
Module II: Unshaming Your Feelings & Reconnecting with Your Body
Our feelings are a living world within us. Many of us were shamed for our emotions as children—told to "toughen up" or stay quiet. Learn to work with the intelligence of your emotions and identify feelings that have been stifled by shame.
In this module, we’ll work with the intelligence of your emotions, including how they show up in the body and how you can identify feelings that have been stifled by shame. You’ll also identify how shame shows up in your own narratives which is the vital first step to welcoming greater self-awareness, love, and compassion into your life.
You'll practice: Somatic experiencing techniques and powerful Unshaming exercises you can use immediately to transform your pain into empowerment.
Day 2: Sunday, June 21 (10am-5pm)
Module III. Unshaming Inner Criticism, Abuse and Trauma
Shame originates in painful childhood experiences. When you were denied, dismissed, or gaslighted as a child, you internalized these ways of witnessing yourself. That is to say, you learned to treat yourself internally the way you were treated externally, which perpetuates on yourself the denial, dismissal, and gaslighting of your inner experience.
This creates destructive inner criticism that lives in the shadows of your mind, continuing the abuse internally and unconsciously, and affecting your life. Unshaming will help you uncover your inner critic and forge a better relationship with yourself.
You'll learn: Drama-therapeutic techniques to process your inner dialogue (similar to Internal Family Systems). You'll work on your deepest responses to criticism, develop the power to defend yourself, and cultivate true self-compassion.
Imagine your life after this workshop…
✓ You recognize where shame appears in your story and know how to liberate that energy from your body
✓ Your inner work feels richer and more transformative with Unshaming woven into your practice
✓ You have practical techniques to apply Unshaming to any area: feelings, boundaries, trauma, relationships, or needs
✓ Self-criticism and judgment begin falling away from your daily experience
✓ You've taken the first steps toward building psychological immunity to shame
✓ You know how to bring this work beyond your own healing and into your family, community, and the world
I cherish the Unshaming space David is able to create. It is clear that he lives what he teaches. There's a way in which a class with David is akin to an inoculation against the "shaming witness" that is western society, is capitalism, is mental health oppression, is patriarchy, is colonialism, is White Supremacy. Once inoculated, denial breaks down and everywhere one looks one sees the ugly violence of shame being perpetuated against the most tender and vulnerable and misunderstood parts of ourselves.”
— Tessa
MEET YOUR GUIDE: DAVID BEDRICK
Why David's Approach Is Different
David Bedrick isn't just a teacher—he's a pioneer in shame-based studies with over 30 years of research and clinical experience. His work challenges the dominant healing paradigm that pathologizes people, instead seeing your difficulties as invitations to deeper self-understanding.
Growing up with an abusive father and a gaslighting mother, David knows shame intimately. His personal journey fuels his passion for helping others break free from the prison of self-judgment.
Students describe his teaching as transformative: "David's embodied way of teaching brought me face to face with my own beauty, power, and life path. I was moved to tears."
Credentials & Recognition:
✓ JD (Juris Doctor), Dipl. PW (Diploma in Process Work)
✓ Faculty: University of Phoenix & Process Work Institute (US & Poland)
✓ Founder: Santa Fe Institute for Shame-based Studies
✓ Psychology Today contributor
✓ Author of 4 books including "The Unshaming Way" (North Atlantic Books, 2024)
✓ Author of "You Can't Judge a Body by Its Cover: 17 Women's Stories"
LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE
This intimate workshop is capped at a small group size to ensure personalized attention and deep work. Spots fill quickly.
INVESTMENT IN YOUR TRANSFORMATION
2-Day Intensive Workshop
Location: Central Prague (Exact venue to be announced)
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, June 20-21, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM both days
Investment: Pricing in USD (contact for current rates)
What's Included:
14 hours of transformative training
Live demonstrations and practice
Somatic experiencing exercises
Drama-therapeutic techniques
Practical tools for daily life
Small group intimate setting