What Nadine Burke Harris has said about Shame
1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 27, 2026
Nadine Burke Harris, American pediatrician, ACEs researcher and former Surgeon General of California, has been quoted on Shame once in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on April 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Burke Harris argues that shame both increases stress and isolates people from the connection they need.
“Shame doesn't only increase our stress, but it also isolates us. So it makes us less likely to connect to the thing that we actually need to be successful”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Nervous System Reset: Do THIS Every Day to Rewire Your Brain From Stress and Anxiety (Apr 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:06
Episodes
Nervous System Reset: Do THIS Every Day to Rewire Your Brain From Stress and AnxietyThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Apr 27, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Mel Robbins talks with pediatrician Dr. Nadine Burke Harris about adverse childhood experiences, overactive stress responses, and buffering practices that help regulate the nervous system.
Others on Shame
- Brené Brown · 3 quotes
- Brian Davila · 1 quote
Nadine Burke Harris on other topics
- Stress buffering · 5 quotes
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Study · 3 quotes
- Toxic stress · 2 quotes
- Fight-or-flight response · 1 quote
- Procrastination · 1 quote
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing · 1 quote
- Epigenetics · 1 quote
- Adverse childhood experiences · 1 quote