61. Louisa Hext - Forgiveness as a Self-Care Exercise
Forgiveness doesn't just happen. It takes practice, like everything else.
Louisa Hext partners with her clients to explore forgiveness, reconciliation, conflict resolution, and ways she can support them to create positive change in their lives.
Forgiveness affects so many aspects of our life and our emotional world. It may be challenging, but exercising emotional release by forgiving ourselves and others is a very important health journey to endure.
Here are some guidelines for facing pain and emotions through forgiveness.
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🎁 Can forgiveness help us have a better time during the holidays? 02:49 💭 Does reframing lead to forgiveness? 04:07 🍗 It takes a deep muscle for forgiveness: food is a way of “stuffing feelings”: we have to face temporary pain. 05:22 💸 Louisa had to forgive her mother for paying her to lose weight. 09:25 🤗 Forgiveness is a journey without a destination: allow yourself to falter, reframe and make mistakes. 11:48 ❤️ “To forgive is not just to be altruistic - it's the best form of self-interest”: acting out the emotion leads to an inability to relinquish a grievance. 15:17 🥰 You have to give something up to let go: these processes don’t have to be terrible, they can be a little bit of play and pleasure. 21:07 🤷♀️ It's our choice to hold on to pain: what is forgiveness? 26:36
Episode 61
