How many times have you been told that you should forgive a person, or an action - no matter how great the hurt you experienced? How many times have you wanted to forgive yourself, but couldn't? Forgiveness isn’t about forgiving someone or something, but a state of being as simple to experience as flipping a light switch. There is purpose to everything, and pain is no different. *In this episode I mention the yogic term "Svadhyaya" (self-study) but mistakenly define it as self-awareness. **ASMR warning: I recorded this in the middle of a windstorm, hunched over my microphone as a huge branch dropped by my house. Audio has been compromised. BOOK MENTIONED - Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, by Marshall Rosenberg.