Forgive yourself first. Let go of past hurts and direct your spirit to goodness and hope by having gratitude. ~ Janet Taylor Spence

Forgiveness can be hard. I totally understand that!

Everyone makes mistakes. Maybe you missed your daughter’s school recital because you left work late, told a lie that caused problems for others, or perhaps your actions resulted in life-altering consequences. No matter what happened, practicing self-forgiveness provides an opportunity for important growth, meaningful change, and improved emotional well-being.

While forgiving yourself may not be easy, it is very important to your emotional health. If you are struggling with forgiving yourself for past mistakes, individual counseling can help.

When you are able to forgive yourself, you can experience important growth and change that can improve your overall well-being.

5 Things to Forgive Yourself for, Today

Here are 5 Things to Forgive Yourself for, Today…so that you can move forward in a positive direction:

1. Forgive yourself for looking for love in places where you were not even respected.
2. Forgive yourself for finding excuses for those who used your kindness and compassion against you.
3. Forgive yourself for trying to fit in a box and dim your own light to please other people.
4. Forgive yourself for staying way too long in an environment that was slowly becoming toxic.
5. Forgive yourself for doubting your worth every time someone judged or rejected you.

Forgive yourself so that you can move on with your life and make space in it for love, respect, and above all peace of mind.

As difficult as it may seem to be able to forgive yourself for the harm you have caused yourself, the good news is that there are several healing ways to go about it. These ways have helped me and I am absolutely sure they will help you too:

Healing ways to Forgive yourself:

1. Self-understanding: Understand that you did the best that you could at the time. Allow yourself to accept that there was nothing more you could’ve done at the time.
2. Accept Your Humanity: To accept your humanity means to accept your limitations. After all, you are a mortal human who has good days and bad days. Who has emotions, good ones and bad ones. It’s within this human nature to err, to make mistakes. It’s how we learn.
3. Make Amends with Yourself: Just like when we hurt another person, we go out of our way to make amends with them. That might include taking responsibility for your actions and asking for forgiveness. You need to do this exact thing with yourself too. Take responsibility for when you hurt yourself or for past mistakes and forgive yourself. Pour it all on a piece of paper and then use this affirmation as you release this paper in a nearby stream or pond, “I forgive myself for…(write your past event/trauma/mistake you want to heal from here)… I AM doing the best that I can in this moment and that IS Enough.” Repeat this step as many times as you need, for as many past traumas/pains, to completely feel free of old guilt or shame.

There is only so much you can do and so much you can hurt…..Forgive yourself and heal.

Holding onto old feelings of shame and guilt has a way of stifling our growth and zapping us of our present moment happiness. Letting it all go allows you to start the healing process and take control of that happiness.

You cannot travel back in time to fix your mistakes, but you can learn from them and forgive yourself for not knowing better.~ Leon Brown

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