03/09/2025
YOU ARE NOT YOUR PAST ❤️
Your past is a chapter in your story, not the whole book. Every mistake, heartbreak or wrong turn you’ve taken is something you went through, not something you are.
Here’s the difference:
❤️ Past = what happened to you.
❤️ Identity = who you choose to become today.
You’ve already survived your hardest days - you’re still here. That means you are stronger, wiser, and more capable than you were back then.
Letting go of past experiences can be difficult, especially when they’re tied to strong emotions like regret and pain.
💜 Letting go of Trauma is a deep and gradual process—it’s less about “forgetting” and more about learning to live without being controlled by what happened. Trauma lives in both the mind and body, so healing often requires addressing both.
💜It doesn’t mean forgetting or excusing what happened - it means acknowledging it, learning from it, and loosening its grip on you.
Here are some approaches that may help you (depending upon your issue)
1. Acknowledge and Accept
💫 Instead of suppressing the past, recognize what happened and how it shaped you.
Acceptance doesn’t mean you approve of it - it means you stop fighting against it.
💫 We cannot change the past → No matter how much you replay it in your mind, the past won’t rewrite itself. What you can change is how you respond to it now.
💫 It steals your present moment →
Carrying resentment, guilt, hurt, shame or regret keeps you reliving an old chapter instead of writing the current one.
💫 Forgive (yourself and others) – Forgiveness doesn’t mean agreement. It means releasing the weight of resentment so you can move forward
💫 It blocks future possibilities →
Holding on tightly can make you fearful of trying again, loving again, or trusting again.
Making peace with your past means reaching a point where you no longer let old mistakes, regrets, shame, guilt or painful experiences control your present or future ❤️
If you feel the past is holding you back from moving forward with your life, I can help you with Hypnotherapy ❤️
The past may have shaped you, but it doesn’t define you ❤️
Please inbox me privately or email me colette.therapy@gmail.com
Thank you
Colette 💖