What Forgiveness Really Means, Letting Go, Self Healing, Emotional Freedom, Trauma Healing, Self Help Podcast

😤 Still confused about what forgiveness really means?

In this episode of the Self Help Show, Gina-Margaret Tiger gently breaks down the truth about forgiveness. This isn’t about forgetting, tolerating toxicity, or waiting for an apology — it’s about reclaiming your power and choosing emotional freedom over inner chaos.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:

00:00 – What Forgiveness Is (and Isn’t)

02:15 – Releasing vs. Forgetting

04:10 – Top 4 Myths That Keep You Stuck

06:45 – Forgiveness Without Reconciliation

08:20 – Why Forgiveness Heals the Body and Soul

10:00 – When Resentment Blocks Your Blessings

12:00 – How Forgiveness Opens New Relationships

13:00 – Physical Health Benefits of Letting Go

14:30 – Forgiveness as a Spiritual Power Move

💡 Episode Highlights:

• Forgiveness isn’t about them — it’s about you

• You can forgive and still set boundaries

• Releasing pain creates space for miracles

• Unforgiveness delays manifestation and connection

🛑 Journal Prompt:

“What story am I still holding on to that no longer serves me?”

🌱 Affirmation:

“I choose to release resentment. I am safe to let go. I reclaim my peace.”

🔑 Reminder:

Forgiveness doesn’t make you weak — it makes you free.

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
Hello everybody, welcome to A Thousand Voices Podcast. So this is chapter 8.

(00:07):
This is a self-help show all about the self, self-love, self-care, self-empowerment,
self-discovery, all about the self. And I normally do this podcast in chapters.
This is chapter 8. Last chapter was time. I spoke about time and I'm doing stuff

(00:29):
differently. This chapter, if you haven't already noticed, there is no soundtrack.
So I'm just trying to record just in a quiet space to see if there's any
difference. So feel free to let me know what you guys think. I received a lot of
comments on YouTube saying, oh the noise is distracting, oh we can't really hear

(00:52):
what you're saying because there's a noise in the background. So I decided to
do it differently this time around. My name is Gina Magre Tiger. I am your host.
A Thousand Voices Podcast is a very special space where I share my thoughts,
my experiences, my opinions and feel free to comment and to share and to yeah let

(01:17):
me know what you think. So this chapter is very special to me.
Chapter 8 is all about forgiveness. So let's call it the forgiveness series. In
this chapter, you will understand what forgiveness is and what it is not.
Alright, that's what I'm going to touch briefly actually in this episode. But in

(01:40):
the coming episodes, you will know the cost of holding on. You will learn
forgiving without any apology. So this is when, you know, how it is. People hurt you
and you expect them to apologize and you have to actually learn how to forgive
even without an apology. Then you also understand self-forgiveness and this is

(02:01):
for you personally to learn how to let go of your own mistakes because we are
not perfect. We're just human beings and every single day we keep learning. As
this episode is going, I decided to make some crypto experiments and I don't know

(02:22):
if it's a mistake or if it's gonna reward me later but I am in the process
of forgiving myself right now. Then you also learn forgiveness in relationships,
the power of a forgiving family or at least forgiving your family and
forgiveness when you've been hurt. So we have self-forgiveness when you make your

(02:46):
own mistakes and you also learn to forgive yourself even when you've been
hurt, right? Then we will talk about forgiveness in the workspace and you
know so many things that are happening in the world and how faith and
spirituality influences forgiveness. Then the role of empathy in forgiveness and

(03:10):
rebuilding after forgiveness. Then forgiving the unforgivable and forgiving
and acknowledging that as a strength because it is such a powerful choice.
Then forgiving even when it's not necessary and lastly I will share my remarks,

(03:33):
my reflections on what the chapter is all about. So forgiveness at its core,
right? It's a conscious decision to release. I need to repeat this part
conscious decision to release is in you are releasing feelings, okay? This is very

(03:56):
important because sometimes you are in life and you're trying to make things
happen for you and you're asking yourself why is this thing not
happening for me? And one of the elements that you can actually look at now and
realize is you need to forgive somewhere somehow either your family, your friends,
yourself because it's such a big release. You release feelings of resentment, you

(04:19):
release feelings of anger and bitterness towards someone who's wronged you or
even if they don't deserve it. So it's actually something that we have to learn
because I know people hold dearly and deeply when they've been hurt they hold
on to that feeling and that feeling affects their energy, it affects their

(04:41):
vibration, it affects their frequency and stuff delays to manifest within their
experiences because you have to be whole, you have to be complete. So forgiveness
doesn't necessarily mean that you have to reconcile with the person, you don't
have to but you do it for your own sake, it's for your own mental weight because

(05:05):
now you are freeing yourself from that heaviness so whoever that was they no
longer have control over your thoughts, over your actions and your future
because the fact that you're holding on to what they did to you, you are in a way
giving them more satisfaction because that is affecting your future. So

(05:30):
another thing that I want to talk about is the common myths about forgiveness
and the common misconceptions that people have that stop them or prevent
them from embracing the healing power of forgiveness. So one of the things that is
very common is forgiveness means forgetting so it's like if you forgive

(05:55):
you forget, no it doesn't mean that forgiveness is a release of the feeling
associated with what that person did to you or what that experience did to you
so when you release that feeling it doesn't erase your memory you still know
and remember and you have to learn to live without memory without letting it

(06:20):
define your future so when you forgive you can still set boundaries and you can
protect yourself from being hurt again. Then the second misconception is
forgiving someone means saying what they did is okay no no no no no no that's an

(06:43):
absolute no no no forgiveness is not the same as excusing bad behavior you can
you can actually forgive someone and you can still hold them accountable for what
they did so it's all about your inner peace remember this is for your own inner
peace and for letting go that emotional weight that is heavy. The third one is

(07:09):
forgiveness requires an apology from the person who hurt you no if you wait for
the apology you will wait till kingdom come so don't wait because waiting will
keep you stuck in the pain. Forgiveness is something that you do for yourself do
it for yourself some people think forgiveness you're doing it for that

(07:30):
other person no it's not for that other person it's for you so regardless of
this person coming to admit their fault or you know seeking redemption or
sending you flowers or whatever the case may be forgiveness is for you then last
one is if I forgive I have to let the person back into my life no it does not

(07:54):
mean that you choose to forgive the person and you still keep the boundaries
and protect your well-being so forgiveness is a choice you have to make
that decision right because it's empowering for you it's going to
liberate you from the pain even though yes you know that justice needs to be

(08:20):
served that's an intentional decision you have to make an intentional decision
to release the power that resentment holds no matter how deep the pain is
it's your choice because you have to prioritize your mental health your

(08:42):
emotional well-being and once you let go you will see so many changes will
happen in your life you also need to prepare yourself you don't even have to
feel ready you just have to at least make that decision it's all about taking
that decision towards emotional healing that often opens the door for you to be

(09:06):
ready and you have to feel feel the release like I said in the beginning
it's a release this is going to help you reclaim your power or control over your
emotions in your story and the person in the situation can no longer hurt you

(09:26):
because you are free from it so there are so many benefits that come from
forgiveness for example you will have that emotional freedom so once you let
go of that anger and that resentment you free up that space and you can fill that
space with joy peace and connection holding on to grudges will keep you down

(09:52):
just like an anchor keeps the boat from moving that's what grudges do and once
you forgive it breaks those chains right another thing is it provides that
improved mental health studies show that forgiveness reduces stress it reduces

(10:18):
anxiety it reduces depression it allows you to focus in the present because look
at it if you are angry about someone they hurt you they did this I'm telling
you you wake up you think about that you spend the day you think about that you
go to sleep you think about that in the shower you think about that while
driving you think about that at the grocery store you think about that that

(10:41):
is all you think about so the moment you let go you free up your head you improve
your mental health because your space in your head is no longer reserved for that
person or hurt you that space is now open and it helps you let like it helps
you now utilize that space for other things that are actually important in

(11:07):
your life okay another benefit is it helps you improve relationships so
forgiveness allows you to trust and connect with others again this is a big
one this is a big one that has hold so many people back they have been hurt
right and they did not forgive and because they didn't forgive they don't

(11:32):
trust so now imagine you've been praying God help me with this God I want these
help me I need to do this I need to do this God answers your prayer God send
somebody into your life to help you but you cannot see the person who came
because you cannot trust anybody so already you are missing out on the

(11:55):
connections that were sent to help you do you see do you see what this this
this whole domino effect of not forgiving does it will affect your whole
entire life that you end up losing out on connections that are meant to take
you or pivot you to the next stage because you're just holding on to that

(12:16):
pain and because you're holding on to that pain you automatically assume that
everyone that's coming is coming to do that so you have to have to have to
forgive you have to forgive because you don't want to poison your future
relationships another thing is health benefits so resentment kept for a long

(12:40):
time becomes a chronic thing and it leads to high blood pressure it leads to
health issues it weakens your immune system remember what I said in the
beginning forgiveness is a release you are releasing so once you release that
it helps even your physical well-being it lets go of all of that tightness and

(13:04):
it improves your blood circulation how you feel affects your blood circulation
so if you're constantly thinking about that thing it affects your health so let
it go last one is you reclaim your power forgiving does not mean you're weak

(13:24):
all right you can still forgive and still maintain your power forgiving is
an actual strength because it allows you to take control of your life you take
back the control of your life so when you forgive you take away that power
from that person or the events that it had over you because you're choosing

(13:50):
peace over pain so to wrap it up forgiveness is not erasing what happened
or excusing what the person did it's about freeing yourself from holding
those actions from from from holding those actions to stop you from trusting

(14:12):
other people connecting with other people or even being right it's a choice
and you have to release those feelings it's one of the most powerful acts of
self-care I'm speaking from experience because if you know my story if you've
been around me you know so many things happen to me that have broken my heart

(14:34):
so many so many times but I keep forgiving and I let it go and God blesses
me continuously so do the right thing just let it go think about it whatever
it is that has hurt you whatever it is that has broken you just let it go sit
think about it let it go let it go let it go I'll catch you in the next episode