Feeling Guilty and Letting Go Guilt is an emotion that everyone has dealt with. It varies from experiencing a minor incident that doesn’t even deserve the feeling, to making a mistake with disastrous results that we spend most of our lives getting over. Letting go of those feelings, whether small or large, is the only way we can ever forgive …
Shame vs Guilt: Transcending Shame
Shame vs Guilt: Transcending Shame Many people use the words shame and guilt interchangeably, but they actually refer to different experiences. Guilt and shame do sometimes go hand in hand; the same experience may give rise to both feelings, but guilt reflects how we feel about ourselves and shame involves an awareness that our actions have injured someone else. In …
