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How to Let Go Of The Past And Start Living In The Present Moment (Nature view) | Inspiration Podcast
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Jun 7, 2025
Many of us ask ourselves each time we experience heartache or emotional pain: how do you let go of past hurts and move on? Holding on to the past can be a conscious decision just like letting go and moving forward can be a conscious decision. This video talks about ways to let go of the past and live in the present moment. Please share with us your story about how and what pulled you from living in your past. #nature #MentalHealth #Mindset #Youtuber #Wellbeing #Vlog #Podcasts #selfimprovement
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how often do you feel unable to progress
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you are stuck in the past no matter how
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hard you try as though you are carrying
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a big load that is causing you to become
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trapped
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let go your friends would advise it
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seems so easy yet it is so difficult you
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can't let go of a grudge or a betrayal
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every time you try to move on the past
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grabs your full Focus
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rumination is an odd habit it's like
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binge watching awful Netflix movies that
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is what occurs when we are able to let
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go of the past we make tragic stories
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play indefinitely the more we view the
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movie of Our Lives the more it aches
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reliving painful experiences makes us
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feel like a hamster in a wheel unable to
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go ahead no matter how hard we try
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you cannot alter the way your brain
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functions you may however train yourself
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to get off the hamster wheel this
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necessitates releasing our emotional
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attachment to the Past particularly bad
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ones
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we often have difficulty understanding
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that someone has wronged us
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recognizing an unfavorable outcome makes
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us feel weak and humiliated
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Eckhart Tolle the most renowned
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spiritual author in the United States
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reportedly observed
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there is a fine balance between honoring
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the past and losing yourself in it you
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may admit and learn from your mistakes
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before moving on it's known as
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self-forgiveness
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how I stopped ruminating I stopped
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attempting to be the hero of My Own
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Story we've all been wounded It's
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upsetting and unpleasant since no one
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wants to appear weak
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that is why we create our romanticized
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interpretation of history and instead of
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accepting responsibility for what
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occurred blame others
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I stopped allowing people to determine
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my identity
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when we blame others when things go
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wrong we lose control we are allowing
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them to determine our way of life you
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have no control over what other people
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do but you do have power over how you
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react
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concentrating on what others did to you
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is a distraction regain control of what
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you can handle and choose to live your
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life on your own terms not on the terms
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of others I learned to forgive myself
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when anything goes wrong we often blame
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ourselves
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we have a difficult time recognizing
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that we make errors and allow our
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perfectionist attitude to take control
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did you make a mistake we all do learn
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to forgive yourself errors can be fixed
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mistakes are not a final destination but
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rather a pit stop that prepares us for
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the voyage ahead we must learn from them
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and keep going ahead
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when we become engrossed in a situation
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it becomes difficult to separate the
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event from Who We Are
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we also create and nurture difficulties
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according to Eckhart Tolle since they
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offer us a feeling of identity
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your stories form you but they do not
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define you don't let a traumatic
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incident Define you letting go of old
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stories provides room for new ones
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concentrate on the present moment and
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find intercom all of our difficulties
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arise from attachment we are so in love
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with someone that we can't distinguish
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the me from the US we are so invested in
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our jobs that we allow them to Define
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ourselves there's nothing wrong with
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adoring someone or our jobs the
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difficulty arises when we get so
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connected to things that the dread of
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losing them prevents us from enjoying
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them today
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describes the concept of Teflon mind in
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this hilarious and enlightening
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discourse
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the British Australian Buddhist monk
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teaches that the greatest approach to
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letting go of anything that hurts is to
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not let it stay first letting go of the
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past is letting go of our expectations
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not forgetting what happened
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we are not affected by the end of a
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relationship we suffer because we wish
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it could endure forever
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instead of allowing broken expectations
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to haunt you focus on the great
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experiences you've had in the past and
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now
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most people are unable to let go of the
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past because they do not value the
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present
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reframing our relationship with our
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history necessitates that we stop
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worrying about how things should be and
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instead accept them as they are
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attachment is the origin the root of
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suffering thus it is the cause of
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suffering remarked Dalai Lama
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allowing the past to depart does not
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imply that things were not nice while
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they lasted it's about recalling the
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wonderful times rather than allowing an
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unpleasant finale to overshadow the
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entire experience
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do you want to let go of the past begin
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with being grateful for what you have
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right now your present
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if your initial reaction to being unable
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to let go of a difficult circumstance is
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to criticize yourself it's time to be
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kind and compassionate to yourself
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hurt is unavoidable and we may not be
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able to escape it but we can choose to
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treat ourselves with kindness and love
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when it occurs there's no better time to
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work on a personal growth plan than when
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you want to learn how to let things go
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focusing on learning and improving is
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not only a distraction from negative
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thoughts it's also empowering
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take this time to figure out what it
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means to you
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do you want to develop your career
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create the healthy relationship you
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deserve once you've identified the areas
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you want to work on pinpoint the
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obstacles you may face and assemble the
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tools you need to succeed
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as you gather these tools consider
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working with a coach during your
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personal growth Journey
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journaling is another tool that can be
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helpful
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writing down your thoughts can help you
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identify what's holding you back and
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move on
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you can also practice gratitude which
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can help you live in the moment instead
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of in the past
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start a gratitude journal or practice it
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during your morning meditation think
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about all that you have to be grateful
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for in your current life
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this can give you the perspective you
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need to finally learn how to let go of
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the past
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so much pain in life is caused by
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thinking you can control the way other
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people feel and act
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we think that our circumstances are the
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result of some mysterious Force when
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they are really the result of our own
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decisions
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we have the ability to turn negatives
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into positives setbacks into
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opportunities failures into lessons
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all we need to do is accept that the
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only thing we control in life is our own
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actions and decisions and shift our
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Focus away from other people and events
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outside our control
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you can't take back an unhealthy
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relationship but you can learn how to
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let go of past mistakes
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you can't go back in time and fix a bad
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childhood but you can realize that your
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past does not equal your future
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every day is a chance to start over
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from the minute you wake up you make
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choices learning how to let go of the
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past means breaking the pattern and
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focusing on creating the life you
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deserve not dwelling on the one you used
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to have and Now ladies and gentlemen let
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me love and leave you thank you once
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