You don’t have to be stuck with that churning feeling in your gut called guilt. Many times we don’t even consider whether guilt is something we can overcome. We just assume we must live with it like a bad haircut. But guilt can be transformed.
 
Warning! Before you read this blog, you might want to read the blog on “What is Guilt?” so this will make more sense.
 
Remember guilt is nothing more than making up a rule or belief we think we need to follow and then breaking it.
 

Notice how no matter what we do to relieve guilt it never fades away? It’s like a never ending cycle. I’ll explain why.
 
1 Remember, the only way we can feel guilty is to start with making up a rule we think we need to follow and then try to follow it.

Example… Loving mothers stay home when their kids are young.

 
2 We start feeling deprived.

Example… We need more money to pay the bills.

 
3 We then break the rule.

Example… We get a job.

Hey, you know that unsettled feeling in your stomach? The hang-your-head, slink-away, don’t-even-look-at-me feeling? It’s guilt. You know it when you feel it and you may even know what’s causing it. But do you know what guilt is?
 
Guilt is nothing more than making up a rule we think we need to follow and then breaking it.

Examples are:

• The rule might be “In order to lose weight, I have to stay on this diet.” Then you break the rule buying eating a piece of chocolate. This causes enormous guilt.