If you've been carrying old hurt, anger, or resentment and it's heavier than you've let yourself admit — this episode is going to speak directly to what you need to hear. In "Forgiveness Is a Gift You Give Yourself," Lauren reframes forgiveness not as something you do for the person who wronged you, but as an act of radical self-liberation you do for you. Holding onto resentment doesn't punish the person who hurt you. It punishes you. It keeps you chained to a moment that's already over and steals energy from the life you're trying to build right now. Forgiveness doesn't mean what they did was okay. It doesn't mean you let them back in. It means you stop letting that wound run your life. It means you take your power back. Healing and emotional freedom begin the moment you decide you deserve to be untethered from what happened to you. Forgiveness  ...