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When Guilt Needs to Be Challenged: Discerning Conviction from Unhealthy GUilt
...So if you are somebody who can relate to this dynamic of guilt showing up pretty often for you in your thought narrative, I want to encourage you to get real curious about how it shows up for you, when it shows up for you, what the message is, and if it is something that helps you get back on track with the way you want to live, great. Listen to it, pay attention. If there's something with your morals or something that's dangerous and risky and really not how you want to live, then guilt can be really, really helpful.
But if you are somebody that this is a common dynamic for in terms of your thoughts and your thought patterns—just as you go about your daily life and as you shift from tending to one task and one person and one responsibility to the next, then let's really start to challenge that guilt narrative. Is it motivating you? Is it helpful? Is it encouraging?…