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Forgiveness: Forgiving Yourself

Filed Under Emotional Healing, Life Coaching, Mental Healing, Spiritual Healing, Stress Remedies

So far, in these blog posts, we’ve talked a lot about forgiving others. There’s one very important person we’ve not talked about yet – and that’s you. It’s about time we take a closer look at forgiving yourself, what it means, why it’s so difficult, and why it is important.

Forgiving yourself is often harder than forgiving anyone else. We can be extremely hard on ourselves.

We may be are our own worst critics and as a result it’s often tough to forgive ourselves. It can be hard to admit and let go of our mistakes. Yet self-forgiveness is one of the most powerful parts of self-love.

When you learn to forgive yourself your past mistakes, you aren’t just able to start moving on. You will also start to develop a deeper feeling of self-worth.

With this feeling of self-worth comes a new-found self-confidence that will serve you well in the days to come. Life can be much easier and a lot more fun when you are able to develop a good feeling of self-worth and self-confidence.

Good News from The Life Coach Dr., Marlene Shiple, Ph.D.Of course all of that might be easier said than done. Forgiving yourself, as I mentioned earlier, is harder than it looks. It’s not something that comes easy to most of us. If you’re lacking in self-worth, and self-confidence, it will be even harder. The Good News is that you can get there by following a simple step-by-step process.

3 Steps to Forgiving Yourself:

  1. Start by admitting your mistakes. You won’t be able to forgive yourself if you don’t know what you’re forgiving yourself for. Make a list, or simply start with some of your biggest mistakes. Admit them to yourself so you can start to move on.
  2. Next, think about what you would have done different, given the chance. Knowing what you do now, what would you change? With that clear in your mind, realize that you did the best at the time. Maybe you didn’t make the best decisions, but you had to grow as a person to realize that. Forgive your past self for the decisions you made, and be thankful for those mistakes. They are part of what molded you into the person you are today. We learn from our mistakes and all experiences (good and bad), mold and shape us.
  3. Last, but not least, vow to do better in the future. You have grown and become a different (and hopefully better) person as a result of the mistakes you’ve made.

 

Forgive yourself for the things you regret and work on doing better going forward. Do this and you’ll notice how your feeling of self-worth increases with each good decision you make. Before you know it, you’ll be the confident, happy person you’re striving to be – thanks to self-forgiveness.

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