Chapter Twelve

Letting Go

We Will Never Forget a Painful Experience, But We Can Learn Not to Be Prisoners of Our Emotions.

You will never forget a horrendous experience. Acknowledge this reality, feel your feelings, do your best to make sense of the experience, learn from it, and celebrate surviving the trauma. You made it through the worst part. Now, it’s time to repair the damage and recover. It’s time to truly change.

Lessons

How Do Issues of Letting Go Influence You Today?

Let Go

Do not be defined by a person or situation outside of your control. When you have endured enough pain, many resources are available to help you let go. Getting Unstuck is one of many helpful books. A trusted companion, journaling, professional help, and new skills are other avenues to help you recover.

Skills

How do I get unstuck? By learning new skills! When it comes to letting go, consider mastering these: Be resilient. Have hope. Let go. Repair and recover.

Getting Unstuck contains step-by-step, how-to details of these and many other skills. If you’re really stuck, perhaps I can help!

Perspective

“Use and share your gifts and talents to achieve a strong ending. Life is waiting for you to grasp it. Go for it!”

Esther Bleuel

 

Click on a Lesson That Resonates

Start Today on the Path to Getting Unstuck!

About Trust

We Can’t Always Believe What People Say, But We Will Always Believe What They Do.

About Being Powerless

All We Can Do Is All We Can Do Within Our Sphere of Influence.

About Self-Respect

It’s Our Responsibility to Be Important to Ourselves.

About Persistence

It’s Our Responsibility to Be Important to Ourselves.

About Forgiveness

Deciphering Our Childhood Is Not About Vilifying Our Parents. It’s About Understanding Why We Are the Way We Are.

About Focus

Start with the End in Mind.

About Perspective

Mistakes Are Okay. Just Be Sure to Make New Mistakes.

About Learning

We Must Learn Our Own Lessons, in Our Own Time, in Our Own Way.

About Boundaries

Let Our Yes Mean Yes and Our No Mean No.

About Wisdom

Knowing About is Not the Same as Truly Knowing.

About Attitude

It’s Not What Happens So Much. It’s How We Handle Things and What They Mean to Us That Count.

About Letting Go

We Will Never Forget a Painful Experience, But We Can Learn Not to Be Prisoners of Our Emotions.

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