“5 Things We Can Each Do To Make Social Media And The Internet A Kinder And More Tolerant Place”, With Dr. Lanae St.John

The recipient of online critique might feel like the walls are crashing in on them or that their world is ending. They might feel unworthy of love or alone. Brene Brown says shame is highly correlated with things like violence, aggression, and bullying, among other things. It’s possible that the people doing the bullying are feeling shame about something themselves and are lashing out. Hurt people tend to hurt other people.

As a part of my interview series about the things we can each do to make social media and the internet a kinder and more tolerant place, I had the pleasure to interview Dr. Lanae St.John, aka The MamaSutra. Dr. Lanae St.John is a board-certified sexologist, Sexuality Educator and Coach, former professor, and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Outside of her private practice, her work has been featured in O ~ Oprah Magazine, Forbes, the Huffington Post, Livestrong, Popsugar and Women’s Health Magazine. For more, visit her website and…