Everyone loves being smart. Everyone wants to be funny. But what about tortured? In this emotionally raw finale, Paul Chamberlain takes you into shame, trauma, and desire—not to relive it, but to reclaim it. Your deepest wounds contain fuel when processed, integrated, and turned into leadership, creativity, and sovereignty.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Trauma, shame, and desire as fuel
- The science of nervous system recalibration
- Carl Jung’s shadow, Resmaa Menakem’s soul nerve
- How shame stabilizes—then cages
- Turning repressed energy into post-traumatic sovereignty
MENTIONED THINKERS & SOURCES:
- Carl Jung – Shadow integration
- Resmaa Menakem – My Grandmother’s Hands
- Gabor Maté – The Myth of Normal
- Bessel van der Kolk – The Body Keeps the Score
START HERE:
Take the free Smart Funny Tortured Self-Audit to map your darker angels:
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction - What You’ve Been Hiding Might Be the Key
00:30 The Final Chapter of the SFT Trilogy
01:14 Redefining “Tortured”: Not Broken, But Heavy
02:23 Trauma as Adaptation, Not Damage
05:29 How Shame Becomes the Emergency Manager
06:05 The Nervous System’s Protective Rewrite
07:18 Desire as Sacred Direction
08:04 Listening to What You Crave
09:26 The Invitation: Take the Self-Audit
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Your darkness is not the end of your story. Begin integration now at SmartFunnyTortured.com