I’ve had a number of conversations with clients recently about “letting go.” People have asked, “How do I stop holding grudges?,” “How do I forgive?,” “How do I stop beating myself up?,” “How do I let go of this obsessive thought?,” “How do I quit this addictive behaviour?”

I think the first thing we have to do to let go of something is to recognize that we are actively holding on to it, and that doing so is causing us pain.

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