Let Go of the Guilt: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Take Back Your Joy
Written by Valorie Burton
Narrated by Valorie Burton
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About this audiobook
Learn how to leave guilt behind for good! Life coach Valorie Burton teaches you a simple yet profound method that will free you from the “false guilt” that is so common among busy women today.
Even women who feel fulfilled often struggle to meet the demands of modern life. Both working and stay-at-home moms agree that the expectations of women have risen dramatically in recent decades.
As a result, many women overcompensate and over-apologize while the guilt dampens the joy of motherhood, relationships, and professional accomplishments. Let Go of the Guilt helps you peel back the layers of emotional, cultural, and spiritual expectations that make it difficult to navigate your multiple roles, dreams, and daily demands on your life.
Through her signature self-coaching process, powerful questions, and practical research, Valorie Burton shows you how to:
- Recognize and overcome the five thought patterns of guilt
- Break the surprising habit that tempts you to subconsciously choose guilt over joy,
- Stop guilt from sneaking its way into your everyday decisions and interactions,
- Flip those guilt trips so you can keep others from manipulating you, and
- Stop setting yourself up for stress, anxiety, and obligation, and instead set yourself for a life of joy and freedom
Valorie’s journaling questions and research-based process will shift your perspective, give you clarity and courage, and equip you with a plan of action to let go of the guilt for good.
Valorie Burton
Valorie Burton helps readers find joy and resilience while navigating the challenges of modern life. She is founder of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute and has written a dozen books on personal development. Her unique combination of research, faith, and personal transparency inspires action and delivers practical tools to find fulfillment and purpose in work and life.
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Readers find this title to be a fantastic reflection on guilt, with a great structure, good life stories as examples, and practical tips. It is a helpful resource for anyone hoping to gain more awareness of how their emotions affect their lives. The book is mostly targeted towards women, which some readers found to be a limitation. Overall, this book is highly recommended and loved for its straightforward approach and the narrator's voice.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So helpful! I highly recommend this book to all women.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A fantastic reflection on guilt and a very helpful resource for anyone (men or women) hoping to gain more awareness of how their emotions affect their lives
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I liked this book a lot, it had a great structure, good life stories as examples ( also personal ones from the author), and even some practical tips and questions to ask for yourself to start your own process dealing with guilt. I have learned useful thoughts and information from this book. My only problem was that this book was clearly created for women. I am a women so the book spoke to me, but sometimes i did not agree the way guilt was portained as a "female issue". I am aware of the pressure and expectations women can face, and it can easily lead to guilt. I agree. But i am sure men can feel this universal feeling and face their own challenges connected to it. ( For example I know dads who feel guilt if they don't spend enough time with their kids too. Its not neccesary just a mum problem.) So all in all, great book but I would have apprechiated a more universal approach to the topic.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was a really helpful & straight forward book, I really loved the narrator's voice.