https://open.spotify.com/episode/0MZyQQK9QOS9WBhEijY5jV?si=2FX45CyzTlW9rVFQ5JMt_g

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Core Truth: Your feelings are valid, but your feelings do not always equal reality. You can love the life you've chosen AND still feel regret. Both things are true.

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Why This Matters


Feel it in Your Body


The Exercise

This is a tool for integration, not justification—it helps you make peace with your past while honoring all dimensions of your experience.

I’ve included an example in the first row so you can get the idea for how to fill this out. 😊

| THE REGRET This can be any regret from any time in your life - recent or distant, big or small. | THE SHADOW SIDE Why you allowed something, why you tolerated it, why you co-created it, what insecurities you were operating from | THE LIGHT SIDE All the beautiful breakthroughs, the Phoenix rising, the ways challenging experiences led you somewhere meaningful | | --- | --- | --- | | Dropping out of music school in the second year, even though I still loved composing. | Fear of being “ordinary,” comparing myself to prodigies, and choosing quick relief over staying with discomfort and steady practice. | I later built a joyful, self-directed creative life: composing for short films, teaching beginners, and making art without tying worth to performance. | | | | | | | | | | | | |


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