dealing with regret

6 Steps to Transforming Regret

6 Steps to Transforming Regret

Still ruminating over the 5 biggest regrets dying people have?

Good!

Now let’s focus on how to release regret. Because, let’s face it, we all have them. The trick is to not allow them to keep you stuck in the past.

If you’re ready to move forward and heal, here’s what writer and life coach, Martha Beck has to share.

Her six steps to dissolving regret.

1. Get Beyond Denial

Bad sh*t happens to everyone. The question is, how do you remember it? Are you holding onto it, wishing it hadn’t happened? Are you angry or sad about it?

Beck describes this as, “unproductive regret,” a way to avoid taking action and moving forward

Top 5 Regrets of the Dying

Top 5 Regrets of the Dying

Working as a hospice social work intern, I often sat with people who were actively dying and talked about their lives, what brought them joy, and what they were afraid of.

So, what hospice nurse, Bronnie Ware , had to say in her 2019 book, Top 5 Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing wasn’t a big surprise.

Can you guess what the #1 regret waas?

Not being brave enough to live a life true to yourself.

In other words, not following your dreams.

Take a moment and ask yourself, will this be one of your regrets?