Forgive Yourself

Brenda Reiss
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Host Brenda Reiss is a Freedom and Forgiveness coach, and a person just like you that is learning to navigate life and all its challenges. She teaches a forgiveness process like no other. It's a blend of practical and spiritual forgiveness. This process guides you into knowing how unforgiveness can be keeping you stuck in your relationships, both personally and professionally, preventing you from releasing resentment and finding joy. Each week I share practical and some not so practical tips, tools, and advice from myself and other people that are on this journey just like us. This is for you if you are ready to turn your pain into peace. Welcome to the Forgive Yourself podcast.

  1. 3d ago

    123: The Spiritual Practice of Forgiveness

    Spiritual healing is about coming home to the divine wisdom that's already within you, not becoming someone new. In this heartfelt conversation, I sit down with author, yoga teacher, and inner life coach Regan Caruthers to explore the connection between forgiveness and spiritual devotion, and the practices that help us remember who we truly are. Regan shares stories from her spiritual upbringing, how those early experiences shaped her life's work, and why she believes so many of us have been conditioned to disconnect from our true nature. We also explore intuition, divine guidance, embodiment, and the daily practices that help us return to love instead of fear. To learn more about Regan, visit her website: https://www.regancaruthers.com  Get a copy of Regan's Memoir "Tragic Magic": https://regancaruthers.com/tragic-magic/  Book a free discovery call for Regan’s inner life coaching: https://regancaruthers.com/inner-life-coaching/ Follow Regan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regancaruthers  Subscribe to Regan on Substack: https://regancaruthers1.substack.com/about  What You'll Learn How reconnecting with your inner life can transform the way you experience forgivenessThe difference between intellectual understanding and embodied healingHow meditation, yoga, and contemplative practices can help you cultivate peace and self-awarenessWhy intuition and divine guidance become more accessible when you create space for stillnessHow to develop a daily practice of presence, devotion, and forgiveness. Resources: Your FREE Forgive Yourself resources: https://brendareisscoaching.com/resources/ Are you struggling with a situation or a person in your life? Wondering if you are ready to work on forgiving yourself? Take our quiz to find out your emotional IQ and how this impacts your ability to forgive: https://archetype.brendareisscoaching.com/sf/357cdc60    Brenda’s Website/Links WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedIn

    123: The Spiritual Practice of Forgiveness

  2. Aug 7

    122: Acceptance Is Not the First Step

    For years, I've heard—and even believed—that acceptance was the answer. But through my own experiences with caregiving, health challenges, and now recovering from hamstring surgery, I've discovered something important: sometimes acceptance feels impossibly far away. In this episode, I'm sharing the gentler path that has transformed how I approach healing. Instead of forcing ourselves to "just accept" painful realities, what if we first became aware, gave ourselves permission, practiced compassion, and then found our way to acceptance? We'll explore why busyness can become a way of avoiding ourselves, how self-judgment keeps us stuck, and why understanding isn't the same as approval. I'll also share how this season of slowing down has taught me that healing only happens one compassionate step at a time. What You'll Learn Why acceptance is often the result of healing, the beginningThe seven-step pathway of awareness, permission, understanding, compassion, allowing, acceptance, and choiceHow busyness can become a coping strategy that disconnects you from yourselfThe difference between understanding someone's behavior and excusing itWhy self-compassion creates more lasting change than self-criticism Reflection Questions What are you trying to force yourself to accept right now?Is it a change in your health?A relationship that did not become what you hoped?A decision you made?A decision someone else made?A loss?A diagnosis?A family situation?A part of yourself you have been judging?What would change if you stopped pressuring yourself to accept it and simply became willing to understand it?What information, context, compassion, or permission might you need before acceptance becomes possible?What are you becoming aware of?What do you need to give yourself permission to feel?What are you beginning to understand?Where could you offer yourself a little more compassion?What truth could you allow to be present today without forcing yourself to feel differently about it?And what choice might become available when you stop fighting what is true? Resources: Your FREE Forgive Yourself resources: https://brendareisscoaching.com/resources/ Are you struggling with a situation or a person in your life? Wondering if you are ready to work on forgiving yourself? Take our quiz to find out your emotional IQ and how this impacts your ability to forgive: https://archetype.brendareisscoaching.com/sf/357cdc60    Brenda’s Website/Links WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedIn

    122: Acceptance Is Not the First Step

  3. Jul 31

    121: The Freedom to Trust Your Decisions

    Making the right decision doesn't always feel peaceful. Sometimes it feels lonely. Sometimes it feels uncomfortable. And sometimes it comes with guilt, grief, or the fear of disappointing the people you love. In this episode, I talk about one of the most important parts of emotional freedom: learning to trust your decisions and stay with yourself after you've made them. Discomfort isn't always a sign you're making the wrong choice, over-explaining often comes from seeking permission instead of communicating, and self-trust grows when you stop abandoning yourself in the face of someone else's reaction. Drawing from my own experiences—including leaving an unhealthy marriage and making the difficult decision to move my husband into memory care—I share how self-forgiveness transforms past mistakes into wisdom and how emotional freedom comes from choosing yourself without losing your compassion for others. What You'll Learn Why the right decision can still feel uncomfortableHow to recognize the difference between healthy discomfort and a warning signWhy over-explaining is often about seeking permission rather than communicatingHow to stop using other people's reactions as proof that you're wrongHow to stay connected to yourself even when others are disappointed by your choices Resources: Your FREE Forgive Yourself resources: https://brendareisscoaching.com/resources/ Are you struggling with a situation or a person in your life? Wondering if you are ready to work on forgiving yourself? Take our quiz to find out your emotional IQ and how this impacts your ability to forgive: https://archetype.brendareisscoaching.com/sf/357cdc60    Brenda’s Website/Links WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedIn

  4. Jul 24

    120: The Freedom to Choose Without Guilt

    Why does guilt show up the moment you start honoring yourself? If you've ever set a boundary, said no, chosen rest, or spoken your truth only to immediately wonder if you were being selfish, this episode is for you. In this episode, I explore the difference between healthy guilt, which invites growth and repair, and old pattern guilt, which pulls you back into people-pleasing, self-abandonment, and outdated roles. I share why guilt often intensifies when you're growing, how your nervous system can mistake self-honoring choices for danger, and why someone else's disappointment doesn't automatically mean you've done something wrong. Through personal stories, compassionate insight, and reflection questions, you’ll learn a new way to respond to guilt; one that helps you stay connected to yourself instead of returning to old patterns. What You'll Learn The difference between healthy guilt and old pattern guilt and how to tell the differenceWhy guilt often appears when you're making healthier, self-honoring choicesHow people-pleasing and self-abandonment become connected to guilt over timeWhy someone else's disappointment doesn't mean you've done something wrongThree powerful questions to help you respond to guilt with clarity instead of automatic self-sacrificeA simple practice for recognizing what is yours to own and what is not Resources: Your FREE Forgive Yourself resources: https://brendareisscoaching.com/resources/ Are you struggling with a situation or a person in your life? Wondering if you are ready to work on forgiving yourself? Take our quiz to find out your emotional IQ and how this impacts your ability to forgive: https://archetype.brendareisscoaching.com/sf/357cdc60    Brenda’s Website/Links WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedIn

    120: The Freedom to Choose Without Guilt

  5. Jul 17

    119: The Freedom to Stop Leaving Yourself Behind

    Emotional freedom doesn't begin with a dramatic life change—it begins with one honest moment. In this episode, I explore what it really means to stop leaving yourself behind. If you've spent years being the dependable one, keeping the peace, saying yes when you mean no, or putting everyone else's needs ahead of your own, it’s time to recognize the hidden ways you've disconnected from yourself. I share why self-forgiveness is essential to breaking old patterns and reclaiming your voice, and explore how resentment, exhaustion, and even menopause can reveal the places where you've been sacrificing yourself in the name of love, loyalty, or responsibility. Through gentle reflection questions, you'll discover that emotional freedom isn't about becoming someone new. It's about coming home to who you've always been. What You'll Learn How to recognize the subtle ways you may be leaving yourself behind in everyday lifeThe connection between people-pleasing, self-sacrifice, and losing touch with your own needsHow resentment can become a powerful guide to uncovering unmet needs and missing boundaries.Why boundaries don't make you less loving Resources: Your FREE Forgive Yourself resources: https://brendareisscoaching.com/resources/ Are you struggling with a situation or a person in your life? Wondering if you are ready to work on forgiving yourself? Take our quiz to find out your emotional IQ and how this impacts your ability to forgive: https://archetype.brendareisscoaching.com/sf/357cdc60    Brenda’s Website/Links WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedIn

  6. Jul 10

    118: Healing the Father Wound - Becoming the Safe Place You Needed

    Healing doesn't mean forgetting the past or pretending it didn't hurt. It means no longer allowing what you didn't receive to define who you are. In the final episode of this three-part series on the father wound, forgiveness, and healing, we explore what it truly means to move beyond awareness and begin rebuilding your relationship with yourself. I share how childhood experiences with an emotionally unavailable, critical, or inconsistent father can shape the way we love, trust, set boundaries, and view our own worth—and why healing isn't about waiting for someone else to finally become who you needed them to be. Instead, through gentle reflection questions and self-compassion, we can heal one small choice at a time. What You'll Learn Why healing the father wound doesn't require excusing the past or reconciling with your fatherHow childhood beliefs about love and worth continue to influence your relationships and daily choicesWhy compassion is the foundation of lasting healingHow to stop waiting for someone else's approval before choosing yourselfWays to rebuild self-trust through small, consistent acts of self-care and healthy boundariesHow to forgive yourself for the survival roles you adopted as a child Resources: Your FREE Forgive Yourself resources: https://brendareisscoaching.com/resources/ Are you struggling with a situation or a person in your life? Wondering if you are ready to work on forgiving yourself? Take our quiz to find out your emotional IQ and how this impacts your ability to forgive: https://archetype.brendareisscoaching.com/sf/357cdc60    Brenda’s Website/Links WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedIn

    118: Healing the Father Wound - Becoming the Safe Place You Needed

  7. Jun 26

    117: The Father Wound - How It Shapes the Way You Love, Trust, and Choose

    The father wound isn’t just about your father. It’s about the beliefs you formed about yourself when you didn’t feel fully seen, safe, protected, chosen, or emotionally met. In this second episode of my When Father’s Day Feels Complicated series, we’re exploring how those beliefs can quietly shape the way you love, trust, and choose long after childhood. I’ll share some of my own experiences with people-pleasing, self-doubt, and trying to earn love, while helping you recognize the patterns that may still be influencing your relationships today. We’ll talk about why familiar doesn’t always mean healthy, how the father wound can impact self-trust, and what it means to begin choosing from your worth instead of your wound. What You'll Learn Why the father wound goes beyond your relationship with your fatherThe beliefs that often develop when emotional needs go unmet in childhoodHow the father wound can affect the way you love, trust, and choose in adulthoodWhy familiar relationship patterns can feel so difficult to breakThe connection between father wounds and self-trustHow to recognize when you're choosing from old wounds instead of your worthReflection questions to help you explore your own patterns with compassion Resources: Your FREE Forgive Yourself resources: https://brendareisscoaching.com/resources/ Are you struggling with a situation or a person in your life? Wondering if you are ready to work on forgiving yourself? Take our quiz to find out your emotional IQ and how this impacts your ability to forgive: https://archetype.brendareisscoaching.com/sf/357cdc60    Brenda’s Website/Links WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedIn

    117: The Father Wound - How It Shapes the Way You Love, Trust, and Choose

  8. Jun 19

    116: When Father's Day Feels Complicated - Forgiving What You Didn't Receive

    Father’s Day can bring up more than celebration. It can stir grief, longing, anger, confusion, gratitude, or the ache of something that was never fully there. In the first episode of this three-part series, I explore the father wound and the impact of growing up with a father who may have been physically present but emotionally unavailable, absent, critical, inconsistent, or simply unable to give you what you needed. I share parts of my own story and invite you to consider the difference between the father you had and the father you needed. Together, we will explore how unmet needs can shape the beliefs we carry about ourselves, the roles we adopt to earn love and approval, and the patterns that continue to show up in our relationships today. This episode is not about blaming fathers or forcing forgiveness. It’s about telling the truth about your experience, grieving what was missing, and beginning to release the belief that what you didn’t receive says anything about your worth.  What You'll Learn The difference between the father you had and the father you neededHow unmet childhood needs can shape beliefs about worth, love, and belongingThe survival roles many people adopt to earn connection and approvalHow father wounds often show up in adult relationships, work, and achievementReflection questions to help you begin releasing old stories and reclaiming your worth Resources: Your FREE Forgive Yourself resources: https://brendareisscoaching.com/resources/ Are you struggling with a situation or a person in your life? Wondering if you are ready to work on forgiving yourself? Take our quiz to find out your emotional IQ and how this impacts your ability to forgive: https://archetype.brendareisscoaching.com/sf/357cdc60    Brenda’s Website/Links WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedIn

    116: When Father's Day Feels Complicated - Forgiving What You Didn't Receive
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Host Brenda Reiss is a Freedom and Forgiveness coach, and a person just like you that is learning to navigate life and all its challenges. She teaches a forgiveness process like no other. It's a blend of practical and spiritual forgiveness. This process guides you into knowing how unforgiveness can be keeping you stuck in your relationships, both personally and professionally, preventing you from releasing resentment and finding joy. Each week I share practical and some not so practical tips, tools, and advice from myself and other people that are on this journey just like us. This is for you if you are ready to turn your pain into peace. Welcome to the Forgive Yourself podcast.

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  • Creator
    Brenda Reiss
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    123
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Brenda Reiss Coaching All Rights Reserved.
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