361. How To Forgive Without an Apology: Release Resentment & Find Peace

Hi Mamas,

What if the person who hurt you never says, “I'm sorry”?

Can you still forgive them?

And maybe an even bigger question: Should you?

As we head into the holiday season, I'm bringing back an episode from the Mom Wife Career Life archives that I think is worth hearing again… or maybe hearing for the very first time.

Because the holidays have a way of bringing everything to the surface.

Old relationships. Family tension. Hurt feelings. Resentment. Grief. Memories. And sometimes, anger we've been carrying around much longer than we realize.

So today, we're talking about forgiveness without an apology.

And mama, forgiveness does NOT mean pretending that what someone did was okay.

It doesn't mean forgetting what happened.

It doesn't mean abandoning your boundaries.

And it doesn't necessarily mean letting someone back into your life.

Sometimes forgiveness simply means deciding that you don't want to carry the pain anymore.

In this episode, we're talking about how to forgive someone who hurt you even when they aren't sorry, why forgiveness doesn't require reconciliation, and how to begin releasing anger and resentment when you never received the closure you deserved.

I'm also sharing a deeply personal part of my own story about my relationship with my dad, the anger I carried after he passed away, and how forgiveness eventually helped me release that resentment and find peace.

We'll also talk about forgiving someone who is no longer here, forgiving a friendship you had to walk away from, and one of the hardest people we sometimes have to forgive:

Ourselves.

Because forgiveness isn't always about setting someone else free.

Sometimes it's about finally setting yourself free.

And at the end of the episode, I'm giving you a simple “Bless and Release” exercise you can try to help you acknowledge what you're carrying and begin letting some of it go.

As you listen, I want you to ask yourself:

What am I still carrying that I'm ready to put down?

Maybe you're not ready to forgive today.

That's okay.

But maybe you're ready to stop giving something that happened in your past so much space in your present.

And if you're heading into the holidays already feeling the pressure of everything that needs to get done, don't forget to grab my FREE Christmas Planning Made Simple Guide

Inside, you'll find tools to help you organize your Christmas budget, gift list, activities, calendar and holiday plans so you can spend less time trying to remember everything and more time actually being present for the season.

Grab your free copy using the link in the show notes.

And make sure you come back next week because we're continuing this conversation by talking about something that often goes hand-in-hand with forgiveness:

How to have difficult conversations.

Because sometimes asking for forgiveness—or offering forgiveness—means having a conversation you've been avoiding.

We'll talk about how to say what needs to be said, communicate how you're feeling, and navigate difficult conversations with the people you care about.

Until then, mama, remember:

Forgiveness doesn't erase the story. It changes how you carry it forward.

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Love & Light,  Kerri

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