“Help me get over past hurts!”

Whether you’re reeling from a rift or nursing a grudge, here’s how to move on from the pain of what was and embrace the joy of what’s to come

ID your ‘whys’ Discover hidden reasons “Being stuck in an emotion signals that there is a wound from your past that is unresolved,” says expert Arielle Schwartz, Ph.D. Ask yourself if there are other times in your life when you’ve felt this way. Maybe you were bullied as a kid, and when a co-worker was rude the other day, the pain from your childhood rushed back in. “Don’t shrug it off: Contemplate it, write about it—this ‘emotional excavation’ lets us begin to heal.” Release these hurts We often nurse grudges because they have an emotional “benefit” we’re not aware of, called a “secondary gain,” reveals expert Suzanne Degges-White, Ph.D. “A secondary gain from holding on to a disagreement may be that we like the feeling of being right,” she says. “I call grudges ‘treasured…

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Woman's World (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 14, 2022

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