{"id":1387,"date":"2017-10-02T00:40:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T05:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2018-01-22T02:50:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T07:50:12","slug":"forgiving-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/forgiving-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgiveness: Forgiving Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

So far, in these blog posts, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve talked a lot about forgiving others. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one very important person we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve not talked about yet \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s you. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about time we take a closer look at forgiving yourself, what it means, why it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so difficult, and why it is important.<\/p>\n

Forgiving yourself<\/a> is often harder than forgiving anyone else. We can be extremely hard on ourselves.<\/p>\n

We may be are our own worst critics and as a result it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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.<\/p>\n

When you learn to forgive yourself your past mistakes, you aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just able to start moving on. You will also start to develop a deeper feeling of self-worth.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Good<\/a>Of course all of that might be easier said than done. Forgiving yourself, as I mentioned earlier, is harder than it looks. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not something that comes easy to most of us. If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re lacking in self-worth, and self-confidence, it will be even harder. The Good News<\/em><\/strong> is that you can get there by following a simple step-by-step process.<\/p>\n

3 Steps to Forgiving Yourself:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Start<\/strong> by<\/strong> admitting your mistakes. You won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be able to forgive yourself if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re 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.<\/li>\n
  2. Next<\/strong>, 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t 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.<\/li>\n
  3. Last, <\/strong>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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve made.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Forgive yourself for the things you regret and work on doing better going forward. Do this and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll notice how your feeling of self-worth increases with each good decision you make. Before you know it, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be the confident, happy person you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re striving to be \u00e2\u20ac\u201c thanks to self-forgiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    So far, in these blog posts, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve talked a lot about forgiving others. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one very important person we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve not talked about yet \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s you. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about time we take a closer look at forgiving yourself, what it means, why it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so difficult, and why it is important. Forgiving yourself is often harder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,4,6,2],"tags":[346,372,183,389,110,388,390],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-healing","category-life-coaching","category-mental-healing","category-spiritual-healing","category-stress-remedies","tag-forgiveness","tag-forgiving","tag-mistake","tag-process","tag-self-confidence","tag-self-forgiveness","tag-self-worth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1456,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions\/1456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}