#29: Guilt-Free Setbacks (Managing Negative Feelings When Things Go Wrong)

Wouldn’t it be nice to allow ourselves some room for imperfection? We can all be so hard on ourselves when things don’t go the way we imagined them or wished them. We blame ourselves, we feel as though we’ve failed or as though we haven’t done, or even aren’t, enough. 

In this episode I wanted to like to talk us through some ways we can learn to be more gentle with ourselves, ways we can handle setbacks without feeling shameful and guilty. Wouldn’t it be nice to allow ourselves to go through setbacks, just like everybody else, and come out stronger and more self assured on the other side?

When something doesn’t go the way we wanted it to, expected it to or thought it needed to, usually our first instinctive reaction is to dissect what went wrong. We often look within ourselves to find flaws or reasons that could explain why something didn’t work out for us.

My purpose with this episode is to empower and inspire you to give yourself a big hug when you fall down, instead of kicking yourself when you are already hurt. It's okay to feel scared and nervous if you go through a setback. It’s okay to be disappointed when something doesn’t go right, but it is not helpful to blame or pressure yourself.

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Love, Natacha.