By Ariel Colhoun Passionate about increasing the sphere of influence for women & driving positive change.
Heal your soul
Learn to take care of yourself and your emotions along with your well-being first. A higher level of detox and healing comes through belief. By reorienting your spirit, you will heal your mind, body, and soul. If you have a lot of emotions that you need to release, it may be beneficial to begin the process by creating a forgiveness journal. If you forgive and let go of all the things that have ‘haunted’ you in your past, you will be free and able to rise to the top.
Regret
Learn to forgive yourself. It’s okay to experience regret. You may look back at the choices you have made in the past with regret. There is no time machine to access at this point to go back and change anything. If you have regret for some of your past life choices, take some time to figure out how and why you were led to make the decisions you made at that particular time. Those decisions were all relevant to your environment at that time. Looking back on your life is a great way to move forward – a great way to use your past experiences to make healthier or different decisions. Remember any choices you have made in the past make up you and who you are as a person today. Those choices are not permanent and it’s up to you to change them.
When you find yourself feeling full of regret, sadness, fear or self-doubt, or if you feel the weight of the world upon your shoulders, know that you can do something about it. In order to move on and break free from any regret, address the root causes, and slowly chip away at them to diminish their negative existence. Remember, life is much like a book. You can pick it up any time. You can simply read the chapters or you can write the book. You can finish a chapter and never look back, or you can re-read several chapters. You can take notes, observations, and even re-write certain chapters. It’s all up to you.
Try using a forgiveness journal
If you need a little help expressing your feelings, sometimes writing it down "the old-fashioned way" with pen on paper in a journal is the best way to finally move past your 'past'. A forgiveness journal can be a valuable tool in releasing pent-up emotions and letting go of the past in order to make room for all the new opportunities in your future. With all kinds of beautiful notebooks and journals out there, pick one that has meaning to you and begin the process of learning to let go.
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