Can we take our shame to God, knowing and believing that his healing extends to our shame, rather than us revert back to keeping it at bay by continuing with our co-dependent ways of being, seldom being true to ourselves, but opting for keeping others happy? 

Shame is an emotion that has infiltrated our inner being and is now unwelcome in its falsehood. It is not true that we are shameful. I can't imagine the God that I have got to know uttering the words, "You ought to be ashamed of yourself." Yes, sadly, people say these words to one another. We can be quite adept at shaming one another, but let's not project that onto God. God does not want us to carry shame. It is His desire to heal our shame. He wants us to let it go.