07/10/2025
A lot of people coming into my clinic are holding regret -things they wish had gone differently, or moments they just can't make peace with.
It's really been sitting with me, because in Chinese Medicine,regret isn't something to get rid of - its something to listen to.
The emotion of regret causes emotional and physical pain and stagnation. We become stuck or sick.
It shows us where the heart has unfinished business.
And when we meet it with compassion, instead of trying to forget it, stuck energy starts to move, and that's where healing happens.
In Taoism,there's the idea that we should live - and die - with no regrets. Not because everything went perfectly, but because we felt it all and lived it all.
Maybe that's the invitation now - to soften around what has been, to let the past become something that steadies you instead of weighing you down or holding you back.
If that resonates, it might be time to tend to your heart a little more gently.
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