Fete Lifestyle Magazine October 2022 - Best Of Issue | Page 62

1.Make a decision to disrupt the unhealthy cycle of self-inflicted trauma and suffering. Speak aloud and write down that you have made a decision to begin the healing process.

2.Accept responsibility for your past mistake and accept that you are NOT responsible for the mistake of another.

3.Write down all the reasons why you are holding on to this hurt or feeling the way you do about yourself or another, so that you release the emotions suffocating your heart.

4.Affirm that holding on to low vibrational emotions such as anger, regret, guilt, shame, blame, sadness, fear, worry, resentment, etc. does not serve you in a healthy way and keeps you stuck in the cycle of suffering.

5.Surrender the judgment of your ego. Being human means we are fallible, we make mistakes. From a place of compassion and non-judgment, seek new understanding or new meaning about your past experience that will support your healing. Remember - people who are hurting, tend to hurt others.

6.It’s ok if nothing makes sense. Understand that you did the best you could at that moment, place and space in time with what you knew. Write or speak aloud an apology to yourself or another.

7.Affirm that you are a survivor, you are an overcomer, you are human, you are here at this moment, place and space in time because you have lived, learned and grown through and despite your past experience.

8.Only you can determine how your past will affect your present. The past cannot and will not ever hurt you again, as long as you let go and release the emotions, memory, and meaning you attached to the past experience forever. Give yourself permission to forget, let go, learn, move forward, and heal.

9.Write down all the ways you have grown, changed, and learned from your past in a healthy way. Be your own best friend and celebrate each lesson learned as a win. Step into your experience of freedom by allocating

5 minutes every day to feel the unconditional love, acceptance, and compassion your heart holds for you.

Celebrate your freedom by Affirming- I am free from the past experience! I am free from the emotional stronghold! I am free from the cycle of suffering! I am free from judgment! I am free to heal and move forward! I am free to be! I am becoming the person I can feel good about and I feel free! I am moving forward with my life knowing that I am infinitely loved by my creator! I am free to choose now to heal myself and it feels so good!