I often joke with my girlfriends and clients that for us, guilt is like the Starbucks coffee store: right around the corner.
But there are physical, emotional and spiritual health risks of feeling guilty about everything and letting it control our lives.
Knots in the stomach, fatigue, fogginess, migraines, a weakened immune system and flare ups of UTIs, colds and other immunity related disorders.
Guilt weakens us. Physically it weakens our immunity and emotionally it weakens our sense of wellbeing and confidence.
Guilt does to the soul what cancer does to the body. (Tweet it)
This is an important subject for us as women because we carry guilt over things both small (“I forgot to do the laundry”) to big (“I didn’t take good enough care of my kids/parents”).
Self-debilitating and stressful emotions like guilt can create havoc in a woman’s body, mind and spirit. It eats into our sense of wellbeing and creates toxicity and imbalance within.
Guilt and I go back a long way.
As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I’ve had a long, deep and painful relationship with guilt through most of my teenage and adult years. It took me years of de-conditioning from old patterns and thought-beliefs to finally move into a space where guilt wasn’t the emotion at the front and centre of my decisions. Sure guilt springs up on me ALL the time, but I don’t let it stay. That’s the key. No permanent residence.
I’ve shared these techniques and tools with women in my coaching program and retreats and now I have the opportunity to share them with you online.
It’s time to release this cancerous symptom once and for all. It isn’t serving you and is likely keeping your from living your best life.
Join me for a a special Femfessionals’ global online event on August 21st where I’ll talk about:
- The origin and purpose of guilt
- Emotions that serve as guides vs. emotions that don’t
- An easy and quick technique to say ‘no’
- How to say ‘yes’ to all the important things
- How to deal with guilt when you take time out for yourself
- A great resource to deal with guilt and other stressors
For more info click here: http://bit.ly/1pvmPJw
What effect does guilt have on you? What else should I cover in my talk (even if you can’t attend please share your ideas).
Love xo
I totally agree – guilt and shame are so important to address and heal. I still beat myself up over things i did when i was in junior high!!!! ugggh. I’m glad you are helping women move through this and tap into the wisdom of emotions!
Hi ana, our guilt patterns go back a long way, don’t they? I know of nothing more toxic to our being than guilt. Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing your thoughts xo
Hey Puja – I so resonate with your post darling. Guilt comes in all kinds of guises and unless you nip it in the bud, it can become a much bigger beast. Gosh even in the line of work i do, you would think i have a handle on it, but guilt is still an emotion that sneaks up on me just when i have got my act together 🙂 Thank fully i have learn to pacify it, but it’s so important to know how to curb it and that’s why your work is so important to teach women how to overcome it in a holistic way ❤ x
Ah Roxy! I hear you, guilt rears it’s ugly head no matter how far along we’ve come on our journey of personal development. The trick then is to catch it and nip it in the bud as soon as we become aware of it. Glad you’re looking these demons in the face.Thanks for the love and support xo
I think guilt is something we will always experience to some degree, the trick is, like you said, we need to make sure it doesn’t stay. 😉 Women have such HUGE expectations on themselves (don’t even get me started on that!), that we end up feeling guilty over the smallest things. Time to let it go. Guilt does not serve us, nor does it serve anyone around us. Much better when we don’t allow our guilt to ‘set up permanent residence” (I love that by the way Puja!)