On emotional healing, self-forgiveness, the need to belong, and the courage to choose ourselves. There are emotions we recognize immediately as obstacles to our freedom. Fear, for example. We know how it can hold us back from taking risks, speaking our truth, stepping into the unknown, or allowing ourselves to experience something new. But there is another emotion that can be much quieter, much more deeply woven into our everyday lives; Guilt. We may not even recognize it wh