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Episode 313: Forgive Yourself · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast
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  Speaker 1: by Joe Wattis.
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  Speaker 2: We hope you enjoy this message.
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  Speaker 3: An old man was sitting on a park bench, sobbing loudly.
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  Speaker 3: A jogger runs by, stops and asks, are you okay, sir?
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  Speaker 3: The old man says, through his tears, I'm eighty two
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  Speaker 3: years old. I have a twenty five year old wife.
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  Speaker 3: She's beautiful. She cooks gourmet meals and waits on me
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  Speaker 3: hands and foot. She does anything I ask her to.
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  Speaker 3: The jogger blinks, Wow, then why are you crying? The
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  Speaker 3: old man wails, I forgot where I live. Welcome to
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  Speaker 3: this week's episode of Positively three sixty five. Today we're
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  Speaker 3: diving into a topic that's often overlooked but absolutely vital
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  Speaker 3: for personal growth and mental health. Forgiving yourself. We've all
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  Speaker 3: made mistakes, said the wrong thing, or carried guilt longer
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  Speaker 3: than we should. But self forgiveness isn't about forgetting, It's
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  Speaker 3: about healing. Learning and giving yourself the same compassion you'd
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  Speaker 3: offer a friend. So let's talk about why letting go
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  Speaker 3: of self blame might be the most powerful thing you
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  Speaker 3: can do for yourself. But first we have our trivia
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  Speaker 3: question of the day. Are you ready for it? Here
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  Speaker 3: it is which US president served the shortest time in
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  Speaker 3: office before dying. We will have the answer when we
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  Speaker 3: Do you know the answer to this week's trivia question?
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  Speaker 3: The question was which US president served the shortest time
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  Speaker 3: in office before dying. The answer William Henry Harrison. He
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  Speaker 3: served only thirty one days before dying of pneumonia in
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  Speaker 3: eighteen forty one. Yes, William Henry Harrison was the ninth
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  Speaker 3: President of the United States and holds the record for
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  Speaker 3: the shortest presidency, serving just thirty one days. He delivered
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  Speaker 3: the longest inaugural address in history, over eight thousand words,
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  Speaker 3: on a cold, wet day, without wearing a coat or
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  Speaker 3: a hat. Soon after, he developed pneumonia and died, making
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  Speaker 3: him the first US president to die in office. His
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  Speaker 3: death raised important questions about presidential scis session, which weren't
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  Speaker 3: fully clarified until later. William Henry Harrison, Now you know,
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  Speaker 3: forgiving yourself is one of the most powerful acts of
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  Speaker 3: self care, and yet it's often the hardest. We tend
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  Speaker 3: to be our own harshest critics, replaying past mistakes over
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  Speaker 3: and over, punishing ourselves for things we can no longer change.
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  Speaker 3: But the truth is holding on to guilt and shame
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  Speaker 3: doesn't fix the past. It just keeps us stuck in
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  Speaker 3: it self. Forgiveness doesn't mean excusing your actions or pretending
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  Speaker 3: they didn't matter. It means acknowledging what happened, taking responsibility,
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  Speaker 3: and choosing to move forward with compassion. When you forgive yourself,
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  Speaker 3: you give yourself permission to grow. You shift from being
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  Speaker 3: defined by your worst moments to being shaped by how
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  Speaker 3: you rise from them. Everyone makes mistakes. It's part of
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  Speaker 3: being human. What matters most is what you do next.
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  Speaker 3: Letting go of the weight of self blame creates space
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  Speaker 3: for healing, clarity, and confidence, and in that space you'll
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  Speaker 3: find the freedom to become the person you are truly
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  Speaker 3: meant to be. You did the best you could with
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  Speaker 3: what you knew at the time. Don't let new wisdom
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  Speaker 3: lead you to condemn yourself over old struggles. Forgive yourself
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  Speaker 3: and move forward.
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