Breaking free of the gilded cage — navigating shame, relationships, and the weight of wealth

Part 5 of 5: Beyond the Golden Ghetto

"This village can be a gilded cage," the pastor said. She sat in my living room in the Swiss Alps, holding a mug of warm herbal tea. It had been an intense but liberating hour. I had been sharing my fifth step—a part of the recovery process—a kind of confession delving into one’s moral inventory, focusing on resentments, the causes, how we were affected…