The purpose of this three part learning experience is to integrate a conceptual framework of chronic shame with each individual’s very personal templates of childhood shame and helplessness. More specifically, through this learning experience, we will explore how each participant’s projected images of death and favorite/least favorite animals reveal a personal template of shame and helplessness that is often covered up in the necessity to grown up. A primary purpose of this learning experience is to open up and normalize shame in a non-judgmental environment, so individuals do not always feel desperate to keep their shames hidden at all costs.