#43 - The Art of Forgiveness & Letting Go

In this solo episode, Bella explores the depths of RELEASING resentment, anger, and bitterness and why it will free your mind, body, and soul. Forgiveness and letting go have many social, cultural, historical, and even scientific contexts that help us understand how our conditioning may play into whether or not we want to release negative emotions. Listen to learn about these contexts, my personal experience with letting go, and ways that you can move toward the mind-body freedom that comes from releasing, too.

"Forgiveness and letting go require you to feel something empathetic toward a human you’re convinced is incredibly undeserving… Yet giving it anyway." (read more here)

Themes + Learnings:

My personal story behind learning to forgive despite my ego holding onto hardshipThe religious and spiritual themes interwoven with forgivenessVisualizations and thought processes for letting goWhy over-identifying with hardship is breeding lingering resentment in your bodyWestern culture's lack of forgiveness and discouragement of letting goZen Buddhism's approach to detachment

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Episode References:

https://www.wisdomtimes.com/blog/health-benefits-of-forgiveness/

https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Zen-David-Scott/dp/0760703094

https://www.amazon.com/Way-Zen-Alan-W-Watts/dp/0375705104/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GRUM1BXH9EN8&keywords=way+of+zen+alan+watts&qid=1651690401&s=books&sprefix=way+of+zen+al%2Cstripbooks%2C124&sr=1-1