This month has been all about taking it easy—hence the theme for my August 2024 podcast series.

Today, I decided to #takeiteasy on myself, by letting it be okay that I made a mistake. I acknowledged I got hurt and that it’s not my fault. And decided to offer myself compassion for the experience, rather than criticism.

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I think that one of the challenges of being on the duped end of a relationship is that we often blame ourselves. However, blame should go to the person who intentionally acted against our best interests.

If someone hurts us, misuses us, or engages with us selfishly, we don’t need to add self blame on top of that pain. We need to offer ourselves love and compassion.

We don’t need to beat ourselves up and feel like fool, or call ourselves “stupid.” We don’t need to go through life carrying that heavy weight of embarrassment and shame.

We get to see ourselves as we were in that moment—with the information we had and acknowledged in that moment—and know that we did our best IN THAT MOMENT… even if the outcome wasn’t for our best.

On today’s podcast, I began to heal, and acknowledge past experiences where I brought, and offered, the best of me to the wrong people. For one of the first times, I acknowledged what happened and did not blame myself for the hurt they caused.

I met myself with compassion and acknowledged that all I did was be myself, and being loving and kind is not wrong.

If you carry pain and hurt over an outcome that you did not intentionally cause, maybe it’s time to begin to forgive yourself.

It may be a process. You may need support, like a therapist or coach, to do it. But carrying that weight of embarrassment, shame, guilt, etc. will make life really heavy for you. And, far too often, the ones carrying all that heaviness are those who were victimized, mistreated, and misused.

Let’s begin to love ourselves, forgive ourselves, and have compassion toward ourselves. And let’s choose relationships that we can walk into with our eyes wide open… ones where we don’t have to ignore what’s before us to make them work… ones that don’t knock us down, but build us up.

Check out today’s podcast episode. It’s a fun and vulnerable one.

Blessings!

Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist

Check it out. Good stuff.
Day 24 “Self-Forgiveness: Nothing Wrong with Being Loving” #TAKEITEASY Share & Let’s Live! #Podcast Series w/ Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist
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Blessings!

Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist

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