Healing begins with forgiving yourself 13 Articles

by Reverend Ashira Goddard

Healing from emotional, mental, or spiritual pain begins with self-forgiveness. Without self-forgiveness and freeing yourself from the clutches of guilt the door to inner peace will remain locked. Sometimes forgiving your...read more

by Ottis Jenkins

I do not know that I am as bad as some people make me out to be, and then again I don't know that I am as good as other's make me out to be. What I do know that is generally speaking I have tried to serve the needs and des...read more

by Rosemary Chaulk

There is an important step that comes before forgiving yourself. The first step to healing is to accept yourself. You can never forgive yourself if you cannot accept yourself. You have to accept something, try to underst...read more

by Charles Griffith

The Baldwin Blog I watched Daniel Baldwin on Prime Time's Family Secrets. It covered his stay in a rehab. For the 9th time. He checked into Renaissance Malibu treatment center. It's one of 25 in a 10 mile stretch....read more

by Ethel Smith

Forgiveness is a connection that all mankind share. It doesn't matter if your 9 or 99 years old. Trying to get rid of that unbearable guilt of harming someone or someone harming you can eat away at your core and it will di...read more

by Debby Peebles

I cannot agree more with this statement. Forgiving yourself is so important to your emotional well being and stability. I believe that the answer to a lot of life's situations is forgiveness and acceptance of self and th...read more

by Christine G.

IF GOD FORGIVES ME, WHO AM I NOT TO FORGIVE MYSELF? Are my standards higher than God's? Many Christians are reluctant to forgive themselves, because forgiving oneself does not appear to be a scriptural concept. I thin...read more

by Vingill

- "Something has happened and I can't let it go." - "I've got these painful memories and can't stop thinking about them." - "I just want the pain to go away." If you can relate to these statements, then I've got some ...read more

by Denise Difalco

Only I held the key to free myself from my self-made prison. For years I suffered as a severely housebound agoraphobic - a product of real and unwarranted guilt. Depriving myself of life was a cruel form of punishment...read more

by Myrna Writewood

Healing begins with forgiving yourself, When you feel then you can heal, emotions are apart of each and everyone of us. Where getting past the part of blame, of telling yourself that it wasn't your fault, letting...read more

by Marvin Swain

The beginning of mental distress is not a new thing, people have been crazy a long time, I have heard this before. But what exactly are the people who say this talking about? It is learned from one generation to the next....read more

by Veronica Foust

I agree with this very much because this the one thing I have had to learn. By going to therapy I have been able to realize that I have to forgive myself for my past mistakes and then I can move forward with my life. I can...read more

by Johnathen E. Swssau

The phrase " act of redemption: is clear cut in dictionary terms. But the depths of what it entails and means test ones mantle and character as a human being. It is not something that can be done overnight or even in pe...read more