You Can’t Let Go By Trying Harder - Heather Stewart

Has anyone ever told you to “just let it go” as though there were a button you had somehow forgotten to press?

When something painful, frustrating, or unfair happens, your mind may keep returning to it, replaying the conversation, rewriting what you should have said, and trying to find an answer that will finally make it feel better.

But trying harder to let go just becomes one more way of holding on.

In this episode of *Illuminate Your Worth*, Heather Stewart explores what letting go actually means. It is not forgetting what happened, pretending it did not hurt, or convincing yourself that it was okay. Letting go is a ceasing of action. It is gradually withdrawing the attention and energy that keep the experience alive.
5 Key Takeaways
Letting go is not something you accomplish by trying harder. Replaying, analyzing, and attempting to fix something that has already happened can keep you mentally attached to the past.Take the lesson without carrying the wound. You can keep the wisdom gained from an experience without continuing to relive it or use the pain as evidence of what happened.Letting go does not mean what happened was acceptable. It means deciding that the experience no longer gets unlimited access to your attention, energy, and life.Your attention is your energy. Every time you replay an argument, imagine an apology, or try to rewrite the past, you continue feeding the experience instead of allowing it to lose its power.Redirect your attention when there is nothing left to solve. Notice the mental loop, determine whether there is a useful present-day action, and if there is not, consciously return your attention to the life happening now.

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