In today's interview, I will be talking about how to forgive someone who hurt you with the amazing Dr. Gladys Ato, of Drgladysato.com (clinical psychologist, leadership and personal growth expert, speaker and author of “The Good Goodbye: How to Navigate Change and Loss in Life, Love and Work”).
By the end of this video you will know:
- What a good goodbye is and how to have one
- How to forgive someone who hurt you
- The importance of self-love, grace, compassion and forgiveness
- And much more!
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Great! You can do whatever it is you need to do to get comfortable and press play to access this awesome conversation, below:
TOPICS DISCUSSED
- Introducing Gladys Ato
- Gladys' journey to becoming the author of "The Good Goodbye: How to Navigate Change and Loss in Life, Love and Work"
- What is a "good goodbye?"
- How to have a good goodbye
- Why grieving is not a linear process (and that's okay)
- The importance of self-love, grace, compassion and forgiveness
- Debunking common myths and misconceptions about what forgiveness is and is not
- How to forgive someone who hurt you
- The impact of "old wounds" and how to identify them
- How to develop and increase your self-awareness
- Final words of encouragement
QUOTES WORTH SHARING
"The good goodbye really comes when you can see both extremes (grief and celebration) and find the story that is going to carry you forward in the most empowered way possible" (Dr. Gladys Ato) Click to tweet
"Grief is not a linear process" (Dr. Gladys Ato) Click to tweet
"Acceptance is recognising what's in front of you without judging it or trying to change it...by just looking at it, you are not imposing the past on it nor trying to predict the future..." (Dr. Gladys Ato) Click to tweet
"Gratitude is like the grease in a squeaky wheel. It allows you to follow through the experience [of loss] with a little bit more ease" (Dr. Gladys Ato) Click to tweet
"...Let the universe co-create with you" (Dr. Gladys Ato) Click to tweet
"Sometimes we can be so good at extending grace and forgiveness to other people but really not so great at being compassionate with ourselves. Self-compassion is huge and sometimes we don't realise how huge a part of our healing, wellness and wholesomeness it actually is" (Nina Dafe) Click to tweet
"Forgiveness means that you are no longer choosing to carry the burden of that resentment in order to try and change what already happened; so you're freeing yourself up to move forward..." (Dr. Gladys Ato) Click to tweet
"I am not holding on to anything that is not in service of my highest good" (Dr. Gladys Ato) Click to tweet
RESOURCES AND SCRIPTURES MENTIONED
- The Good Goodbye: How to Navigate Change and Loss in Life, Love and Work
- The 5 Stages of Grief
- "As a man thinketh, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7)
- The Good Goodbye Blueprint: Your Roadmap to Thriving After a Change or Loss
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