Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forgiving yourself is often easier said than done. We’re all our own worst critics, and more often than not, we hold onto our ...

More than a decade ago, I attended a workshop on forgiveness with Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance. I went in hoping to learn tools to help clients stuck in resentment, but I left with the ...

Scroll down to find a full transcription of this Happiness Break. Letting go of our regrets can motivate us to improve and help us grow. Alex Elle, a certified breathwork and writing coach, guides us ...

I am enormously helped to recognize what a messy and fallible human I am, not to hold myself to some kind of perfectionistic ...

Have you ever felt that crushing weight of guilt or shame after crossing a personal boundary or ignoring a value you hold dear, and then found it nearly impossible to forgive yourself? It’s like ...

Dear Dave: I started following your plan at the first of the year. It was one of my New Year’s resolutions. I even budgeted for Christmas each month. I’ve already gotten my holiday shopping done early ...

An alternative to self-blame is self-forgiveness. When we forgive ourselves for past mistakes and misdeeds, we let go of regret—that is, of self-shaming, the opposite of self-forgiving. We hold our ...

Dear Dave,I started following your plan at the first of the year. It was one of my New Year’s resolutions. I even budgeted for Christmas each month. I’ve already gotten my holiday shopping done early, ...