Welcome to John Gordon's Positive University podcast. My name is Daniel Decker, I'm the co-host of

Positive You. And on this episode, John Talks with Valerie Burton. Valerie is a best-selling

author of multiple books and coach who helps people find more joy

and resilience while navigating the challenges of modern life.

You may have seen her on her many appearances on the Today Show and other media outlets. During this conversation,

John and Valerie talk about letting go of guilt, the guilt that robs us of our joy. She also

talks about false guilt. Now this is something I think every one of us can relate to.

Valerie gets very practical as well, I mean after all she has a coach. I love one of the

questions she asked when she said looking back five years from now what will you wish you had done now?

Meaning in five years, what will you wish you would have done right now?

That's a powerful exercise, and I think it will bring your priorities into focus.

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for free at daily positive.com. All right let's join John and Valerie.

Hey, this is John Gordon with Positive You, and today my guess is Valerie Burton.

Valerie, how you doing?

I'm doing really, really well. How are you, John? I'm doing really really well. How are you John? I'm doing good. It's great to have you on here. You've written so many books. You help so many people and I want to just get right into it. Your new book is called the Go of the Guilt.

Why do you want to write that book and what's the purpose of it for the audience?

You know, this is the first book that I've written that really just came from feedback from women in particular,

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