How to Resist Adopting a Spiritual Inferiority Complex
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A skeptic. A trauma therapist. Then came past lives.
Have you ever felt, deep down, that you’re somehow less worthy than the people around you? That feeling is often learned, especially by those of us raised to please others, and it doesn’t have to be permanent.
Join author and trauma therapist Sheba Shobashini, in conversation with author George Hammond (Conversations With Socrates), for an honest, thought-provoking evening on how to recognize and escape the trap of a “spiritual inferiority complex,” a habit of mind that can quietly become your own worst enemy in the pursuit of happiness.
About the speaker
Sheba Shobashini Andrew-Popp, MSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and trauma therapist, certified in EMDR and IFS-informed. Her memoir, Confessions of a Chateau Worker: A Know ThySelf Journey That Led to Past Lives, follows a lifelong skeptic who set out to “know thyself” and found experiences she came to understand as memories of past lives. Drawing on Internal Family Systems, the neuroscience of predictive processing, and philosophy, she writes with humor and honesty about shame, grief, self-love, and finding her own voice.
Event details
📅 Monday, November 30, 2026
🕠 5:30 p.m. doors open · 6–7 p.m. program · 7 p.m. book signing (Pacific Time)
📍 Commonwealth Club World Affairs, Taube Family Auditorium, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco
💻 Livestream available. You must register on the Commonwealth Club site to receive the link.
Tickets (purchased at commonwealthclub.org)
In person: $22 · Livestream: $5
Free for students and Leadership Circle members (without book). Commonwealth Club members receive 30–50% off.
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