After A Mistake – Let Go Of Self-Blame

Did you make a mistake and find yourself unable to stop blaming yourself for it? Do your thoughts keep going back to what you should have done differently?
This short guided meditation invites you to gently widen your perspective. Not to excuse what happened or pretend it didn’t matter, but to discover what else may also be true.
As your perspective begins to shift, the self-blame may soften. You may find more inner peace, self-compassion, acceptance, and relief.
A short meditation for anyone who wants to stop getting stuck in self-judgment after making a mistake and find a kinder way forward.

Transcript

Welcome. If you feel stuck in a painful story, This meditation invites you to gently widen your view and discover what else is also true. Seeing your story from a different perspective may bring a sense of ease. Maybe you made a mistake. That could be true. And I don't want to tell you that it's not a problem. I would simply like to invite you to ask yourself one question. What else is true? What kind and helpful things might also be true, But may have disappeared into the shadow of the first story? Maybe it is also true that you can learn something from this that may be useful to you. What could that be? Why might it be good that you learn exactly this from what happened? Maybe it is also true that the consequences could have been much worse and that you got away with it quite lightly. In what way might it be true that you were lucky this time? And maybe it is also true that what feels like a mistake right now may later turn out to be something good or important. Can you open yourself to that possibility for just a moment? In what way might what seems like a mistake right now Also be good and right. What happened is still there as a fact. And the other parts of your reality are also there. Maybe they have been there all along. They were simply hidden in the shadow of the first story. How does it feel if they are all allowed to stand next to each other now?