Forgiveness & Letting Go of the Past: Episode 365
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In marriage, unresolved hurts can pile up over time, creating distance and eroding trust. That's why forgiveness is one of the most crucial (yet challenging) elements to maintaining a healthy, connected relationship. But what does true forgiveness actually look like? And what blocks it from happening?
In this episode, we dive into the depths of forgiveness: what it is and what it isn't, why it's essential for moving forward, and how it affects your closeness as a couple. We'll also explore real-life examples of where forgiveness may be needed in marriage, what keeps couples stuck in hurt, and practical steps to move towards genuine healing. Whether you're navigating small offenses or deep ruptures, understanding forgiveness could be the key to breaking free from repetitive conflict cycles.
As you listen, we recommend these two relationship resources:
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The Level 2 "Rebuilding Us" Couples Challenge
2. The Steps to Rebuild a Marriage Guide
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empowered Couples podcast. We're here you get modern, non-boring |
| 0:05.1 | relationship advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, fight smarter, and stay in the same |
| 0:10.2 | team. No matter the challenge that you face, I am one of your hosts, Erin Freeman. And I'm |
| 0:13.8 | Jocelyn Freeman, but you all just know us as the Freemans. And this episode is about forgiveness |
| 0:17.9 | and letting go of the past. And I know that as you read and hear the word forgiveness, it might already start to bring things up. |
| 0:26.6 | And so because this is such a big topic, we're going to break it down into the following sections. |
| 0:32.6 | So we're going to talk about what forgiveness is and what it's not, |
| 0:36.6 | examples of where forgiveness may be |
| 0:39.4 | needed in a marriage, what blocks the ability to forgive, and then practical steps to forgive |
| 0:46.9 | in your marriage pertaining to specific scenarios that will break down. |
| 0:51.8 | Yeah, and forgiveness has a lot to do with all of your relationships, |
| 0:56.7 | whether friends or family. And so most of this will apply to those as well, but obviously this is |
| 1:02.2 | the empowered couples podcast. And we are specifically talking about forgiveness between the two of |
| 1:07.8 | you as romantic partners and or spouses. |
| 1:11.7 | And forgiveness is really just a crucial element in general of living a life free from, |
| 1:20.0 | this might sound strong, bondage and the offenses that happen in your own individual past. |
| 1:29.1 | Now, even in terms of your marriage, you know, it's an interesting thing to really think about, |
| 1:34.9 | we, I'll say this, and you may say something different, I personally have not met a lot of |
| 1:40.9 | couples in which one partner was specifically intent or malicious on an offense. |
| 1:49.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:50.5 | Would you agree? |
| 1:51.2 | I think that's definitely for the couples that we work with. |
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