252 - How Forgiving Too Fast Kept Me Stuck for 20 Years
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The episode challenges traditional views on forgiveness, emphasizing the importance of acceptance and emotional processing instead.
What if the thing you've been told will set you free is actually keeping you stuck? What if forgiveness isn't even the goal? In this episode of Life Happens with Barb & Michelle , our hosts challenge everything we've been taught about forgiveness. Not the textbook version we learned as kids, but the real, messy, evolving kind that shows up after serious trauma, toxic relationships, and years of bypassed emotions. This is a raw conversation about what happens when you stop forcing yourself to forgive and start focusing on what you actually feel. 💬 Barb opens up about replacing forgiveness with acceptance after her divorce, her history of sexual abuse, and why at 69 years old she's done pressuring herself to forgive people who caused real harm. 💬 Michelle gets vulnerable about being a self-described "sucker" who forgave a major trauma too quickly because the person said the right words, and how she's learning to sit with her own feelings before letting anyone else influence her process. ✨ In This Episode, We Discuss: Why Barb swapped the word "forgiveness" for "acceptance" and how that shift changed everything The danger of forgiving too quickly and bypassing the emotions…
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