Guilt Is A Noun, Not A Thing
Grasshopper Notes Podcast

Guilt Is A Noun, Not A Thing

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 9, 20263 min
  • Relationships & psychology

Send us Fan Mail We all know guilt is a self destructive emotion, but find out how to mitigate it in this mini podcast. Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. Find the written versions of these podcasts on John's podcasting site: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1628038 "The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. Joh...

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The title of this mini podcast is... Guilt is a noun, not a thing. I think my grade school English teacher would be horrified by that title. But bear with me.

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I believe you'll agree that guilt isn't a thing, it's a frame of mind. We all experience guilt. You didn't have to be raised by a Jewish mother or brought up Catholic to know what that feels like. Guilt is often used as a motivator.

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We think we should do something, don't want to do it, and use guilt to push ourselves into action. Here's the problem with that. Motivation produced by guilt often produces more guilt, not more motivation. We also create guilt by judging a past level of awareness with our present level of awareness.

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