Healing Your Shame and Guilt Through Self-Forgiveness

Four Avenues Toward Self-Forgiveness

As difficult as it may seem to be able to forgive yourself for the harm you have caused others, there are several effective ways to go about it:

1. Self-understanding
2. Common humanity
3. Earning your Forgiveness: taking responsibility, apologizing and making amends
4. Asking for forgiveness from your higher power. 

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