Welcome to episode 277 of Live Happy Now.

This is Paula Phelps, thanking you for joining us again this week.

All of us feel guilty from time to time, but if you're having trouble letting go of guilt, well, you're not alone.

Guilt is a difficult emotion, but today's guest is here to talk about why it's so tough to manage

and how we can do that better. Valerie Burton is founder of the Coaching and Positive

Psychology Institute and has written a dozen books on personal development. Her latest book,

Let Go of the Guilt, uses a unique combination of research, faith, and personal experiences

to give us new tools for getting rid of that pesky little thing called guilt.

Valerie, welcome to Live Happy Now.

Thank you, Paula.

I'm glad to be here.

Yeah, actually, I said today, welcome back to Live happy now because we have had you on the show before,

but it's been a long time.

And now you're talking about a different topic, and it's one that I think everybody listening is going to relate to.

So I have to know, first of all, what made you decide to start studying and writing about guilt?

My own guilt.

Yeah, I thought it was just me.

And the first time I realized it wasn't just me, I was speaking to a group of women leaders.

I was the keynote.

It was like 3,000 women, and they asked me to do a

breakout session for working parents. And I was like, that's, you know, I'm not an expert at working

parenthood, but okay, I am a working parent. And I mentioned guilt, like near the beginning. and there was this collective moan like oh yeah tell us

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