This episode of Decide to Transform has everything to do with life.

All personal growth has to do with releasing what no longer serves us. How do you know what no longer serves you? Well, how do you feel about it? How do you feel about a particular event, place, thing, person?

When we hold on to what does not serve us, we become bitter, anxious, depressed, gloomy. When we let it go, on the other hand, we come to feel a lightness, a fluidity, a sense of happiness that we had been longing for.

Join me for this show as I walk through one of the most effective methods of releasing what no longer serves us: forgiveness. Yes, it is that simple: forgiveness is the way out of pain.

Can't forgive something or somebody? Start with what you can forgive. Many patterns of behavior, abuses, etc. take years to forgive, so please give yourself some grace if you aren't able to forgive it in two or three minutes. Forgive the dog for peeing on the carpet, for example, forgive yourself for lying to your mom when you were eight. Start with what you are capable of right now, and build momentum.

In addition, learn from various world spiritual traditions about the power and the value of forgiveness, of letting things go.

Today's show is all about lightening your load. Release that baggage. It gets heavy.

(This episode originally aired on OMTimes Radio on May 5, 2020.)