243: How to Move Through Regret

The Next Right Thing

Emily P. Freeman

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The disembodied smoke of regret is nearly impossible to contain, corral, or neatly repackage and conceal. Once it's released, it sticks to the fibers and hangs on for days. Perhaps you can relate. Here is a practice that has helped me not only move through it but also find peace on the other side. Not a perfect peace, but a settled one. I hope it's helpful for you as well.

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Episode 79: Find Relief from Regret
Conversation: The Sacred Art by Diane M. Millis
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0:00.0	I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to the next right thing.
0:04.4	You're listening to episode 243.
0:06.6	This is a podcast about making decisions but also about making a life.
0:13.2	If you struggle with decision fatigue, chronic hesitation, or if you just need a few minutes
0:18.6	away from the constant stream of information and the sometimes delightful but also distracting
0:24.5	hum of entertainment, you're in the right place for discerning your next right thing.
0:29.9	In our last episode, we dove deep into what we really mean when we say we're afraid of
0:34.5	choosing wrong.
0:36.0	That's episode 242.
0:37.9	Today we'll carry that question all the way out and continue to explore what to do when
0:43.3	we did choose wrong or when the consequences of our choice led to something unwelcome or
0:48.6	unwanted.
0:49.6	Listen in.
1:03.8	I've been wanting to do an episode about regret for a while now.
1:07.5	Mainly because it's something that people ask about a lot but I've hesitated because
1:11.3	I already did an episode on regret and I wondered do I have anything to say different?
1:16.5	Well, when I look back, I realized that episode was from the spring of 2019.
1:22.5	It was episode 79.
1:23.9	It was called Find Relief from regret and at that time we asked the question, what
1:30.4	if you do what you think is your next right thing but later you look back and realize
1:34.3	it wasn't the right thing after all.
1:36.6	What do you do when your next right thing turns out wrong?
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