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We all have something. Forgiveness is still freedom. #forgiveness #forgivethem #healingjourney #bitterness #resentment

forgiveness: choosing to release shame and self-punishment for who you were when you didn’t know better, and allowing yourself to grow without staying stuck in the story of your worst moment

I feel very strongly about what forgiveness means and how it can be used in healing. I do not subscribe to the idea that we are ‘expected’ to forgive someone if we are still feeling the anger (or sadness, confusion … you get the idea). Through my own healing, and supporting hundreds of people in their healing, I have found that it is imperative for us to learn how to release the hold that it has on our body - giving ourself permission to release it - that is forgiveness. I’m curious what you guys think? How do you view forgiveness? Did this give you a new perspective? Do you struggle to forgive? I’d love to hear! Let me know in the comments or send me a message!

Holding onto resentment only blocks your own peace. Forgiveness isn’t for them - it’s for you. Let go of what’s heavy so more light can enter your life. Protect your energy and choose peace 🙏🏻❤️✨ #forgiveness #letgo #choosetoforgive #healing #advice

Forgiveness isn’t healing if you skip this step. Everyone talks about forgiveness like it’s the final step. But what if you’re trying to forgive without first acknowledging the part of you that was wounded? The part that lacked something. The part that felt unseen. The part that is still carrying the pain. If you skip that step, forgiveness becomes pressure. Another demand. Another way of silencing yourself. Real healing doesn’t start with letting go of them. It starts with turning toward the part of you that was hurt. That’s where the work begins. If this resonates, you’re not “too sensitive.” You’re unprocessed. Watch the full video on my YouTube channel. Link in the bio.

Forgiveness. Forgiveness begins with the decision to close the gaping wound you’ve been carrying. It is a deliberate release of the pattern that has continued to play out in your life. It doesn’t erase the memory or rewrite what happened to you. You might see things through a new lens, but that is in service to your future, to the life you want to lead going forward. You don’t need to forget or avoid what happened to you, but you can recall without reliving or reopening the wound. We may bestow forgiveness on the perpetrator, or we may not. Another way we can think of forgiveness, for our perpetrators, is as a release; not approval, not permission, not erasure, just a release of the hold they’ve had over us for a time. The bravest and most profound gift we can give ourselves is self forgiveness for carrying around this gaping wound for so long, allowing it to color our lives. Releasing the wound allows our nervous systems to complete a cycle and return to normal function. Regardless, forgiveness for others is a personal choice and it is your responsibility to make the best choice for you, NOT ANYONE ELSE, YOU. Forgiveness is not weakness, on the contrary it takes great strength and the implementation of boundaries. It’s making the choice for peace, growth, and freedom and releasing replay, bitterness, and suffering. Forgiveness is for you, not for them. ~ Genny 💕 #somaexpevolution #somatictherapy #forgiveness #healingjourney #somaticyoga

Forgiving yourself isn’t forgetting - it’s freeing yourself. 🌿 Begin where you are, not where you think you should be. • #SelfForgiveness #InnerPeace #RewriteYourStory #LettingGo

Forgiveness isn’t about excusing what happened. It’s about freeing yourself from carrying it. In my recent conversation with @rivkagoren , we talked about how holding onto resentment only keeps you stuck, not them. Forgiveness is a release. A decision to choose your peace over your pain. You don’t forgive because they deserve it. You forgive because you deserve freedom. If this resonates, share it with someone who needs the reminder. 💛 #Forgiveness

One of the biggest myths about forgiveness is that it requires closeness. It doesn’t. You can forgive someone and still choose distance. You can forgive someone and decide they no longer have access to you. Forgiveness clears resentment. Boundaries protect healing. You are allowed to do both. If you’ve ever felt guilty for setting boundaries after forgiving someone — this is your reminder.

Letting go isn’t the best way to do this work. Choosing Forgiveness is.

I know the word forgiveness triggers a lot of people because they think it means letting the other person off the hook, saying what they did was OK, or we’re removing any accountability from them. But I was organically guided to forgive someone in a horrible situation at @bostoncollege in 1998. The moment after I forgave, I walked away free. God did the rest of the work for me and seven years later that person apologized, and I realized that they had been holding onto the weight of what they did for seven years. In a way that was probably causing him more pain than I ever experienced from the situation. That’s when I realized forgiveness was for me not for him. I share this story for anybody who feels like forgiveness is weakness. It’s actually strength. It’s not letting them off the hook. It’s telling yourself I don’t want this to live in my body because I want to be free and I deserve to be free. When I finally got the apology that I never thought would come, it didn’t change the way I felt. That’s why I know I can forgive without getting it an apology. The forgiveness was the bigger piece of the puzzle and it was all for me. I’d love to know your thoughts on forgiveness in the comments. #resentment #forgiveness #lettinggo #fyp

I want to be very clear here. Forgiveness is one option for healing but it is certainly not the only one. You don’t need to forgive to find peace. Forgiveness gets framed as something you’re supposed to do to heal, a necessary step to move forward. But that version keeps you stuck waiting for a feeling that may never come, and doesn’t need to. You don’t have to forgive to heal. What matters is deciding to stop letting their actions dictate how tightly you hold your own pain. The hurt doesn’t just live in your thoughts. It shows up in how you move through the world, in the ways you protect yourself before anyone gets close, in the tension you carry without realizing. Healing is choosing to release the grip that pain has on your body and your future, whether you forgive them or not, because you deserve freedom from what happened. It’s not instant, it’s not linear, and forgiveness isn’t required (neither is letting them back into your life or pretending the damage wasn’t real). What matters is that you’re no longer willing to let what they did define what comes next for you. #healing #forgiveness #growth