Forgiving Self-Destructive Behavior

Podcast #413

Forgiving self-destructive behavior keeps many people stuck in confusion and conflict. If you’ve spent a huge portion of your life stuck in self-sabotage, self-destructive or unhealthy patterns of thought or behavior, then this episode is for you. In it we’re going to explore how to forgive yourself for being so harmful, for making poor decisions and wasting time. Forgiveness is the balm that will soothe your heart and give your mind the brain space it craves to walk and think with more confidence. 

In this episode of The Confidence Podcast, we’ll be talking about:

1. Why it’s so hard to forgive ourselves when we don’t struggle as much in forgiving others
2. 13 things you can do to start letting go and forgiving yourself for harmful things you’ve done
3. The next steps to take in rebuilding your self-trust and self-compassion

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WHY IS IT SO HARD TO FORGIVE YOURSELF?

Self-forgiveness is not letting yourself off the hook, or being easy on yourself. 

It’s understanding that unforgiveness doesn’t help, and holding onto things hurts your psyche. 

Guilt is a long-term decision to feel miserable for a long time. And there are deep consequences. You’ll be miserable, and you’ll attract other miserable people. 

Difficulty forgiving also leads to heart attacks, high blood pressure and depression. 

What types of self-destructive behavior can be hard to forgive?

Any type that you have wanted to be free from – some examples of which are: over eating, over drinking, binging, compulsive shopping, gambling, scrolling, cutting, compulsive exercising, control, perfectionism, procrastination, smoking, toxic relationship patterns

13 WAYS TO START FORGIVING YOURSELF FOR SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR

Take ownership of your mistake. 

Articulate how you feel. 

Identify the hurt

Understand what you want (peace) 

Recognize unrealistic expectations 

Stop living on replay mode

Apologize to yourself or your body

Put things into perspective

Allow God in 

Replace guilt with gratitude 

Renew your mind

Do a new thing (repent, change behavior, etc.)

Rest and trust. 

Unbelief makes it hard for us to forgive ourselves.

-we believe in forgiveness for others

-we believe that God forgives in theory

-so why can’t we forgive ourselves

NEXT STEPS IN REBUILDING SELF-TRUST & COMPASSION

…while also still maintaining and nurturing positive behavior change. 

We’re trying to do it on our own strength

In other words, we enter into the “Promised Land” by fully embracing God’s grace. We find “rest” when we really believe that all our sins have been washed away. This, we’d suggest, is exactly what your friends mean when they suggest that you need to “forgive yourself.”

“I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears. Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.” -Psalm 34:5 

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www.trishblackwell.com/377

Episode #363

Perfection? How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

If you’ve ever struggled with wanting to know who you are and how to actually like yourself, you won’t want to miss this episode. We’ll be talking about exactly that: how to like yourself. 

Did you know that confidence is simple? If you follow The Confidence Formula in the way we teach in the COC, then it’s as easy as (1). slowing down, (2). simplifying and (3) strategizing … all of which we do right alongside you in the COC. We’re thick into the Back-to-Basics Challenge, implementing the Confidence Formula in the College of Confidence and it’s not too late to join us. It’s back to school, back to basics … something we all need. 

I’ll be coaching you through the following categories, for a full week at a time.

Overthinking

Weight loss

Self-Sabotage

Stress

Comparison 

Being Yourself

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LISTENER OF THE EPISODE: 

Kim Smith: 

I have been wanting to email you forever, but just wasn’t sure what to say.  You truly have been a life changer for me in the past two plus years.  I am a divorced mom of three kids and had a very controlling ex-husband.  He now tries to control me through my children, but I am not going to let him.  After the divorce, I jumped into the dating scene WAY to fast and have some horrible relationships, but also made me grow as a person.  That being said, I couldn’t be the confident person I am today without you in my life.  I could go on for hours about how you have helped me in my personal life and my work life.  I truly want to thank you for doing your podcasts because they have helped me through life.  I recently joined a group called Toastmasters which I am hoping will help me with my speaking skills and my leadership skills.  I am a supervisor of my friends, which were also my peers and now I am their boss.  This is one aspect in my life where you have helped me build the confident with myself and I am trying to become the leader that helps my entire team (friends, peers) grow.  I am in the second part of presenting a speech in my Toastmasters group.  I have decided to do the 4-6 minute speech on confident and want you to know that you will be a huge part of the speech.  I am in the beginning stages of the speech which will be a PowerPoint presentation so would like to share it with you when I have it complete.  I can’t truly thank you enough for what you have done for my life and the way I look and handle situations.  My confident has become stronger because of you.