Shame: It’s the bully of emotions. We all experience situations at work where shame can creep in. For example, when you’ve engaged in a faux pas at the office, or got some negative feedback from your boss, or have been laid off, it can leave you feeling self-conscious to the point where you want to disappear. That can be a living nightmare and, worse, it can lead to a life less lived. Shame can bring you into a spiral that descends into an enduring sense of unworthiness. It is, arguably, a more painful emotion than guilt, which tends to occur when you experience regret about an action. Shame, on the other hand, involves negative feelings about yourself.