How Sorry Are You?
Grasshopper Notes Podcast

How Sorry Are You?

B1IntermediateOctober 5, 20263 min
  • One speaker
  • Relationships & psychology

Send us Fan Mail Maybe this post should be labeled the art of the apology, because most of us are at the finger painting level when it comes to being sorry. 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 yo...

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The title of this mini podcast is, How Sorry Are You?

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An apology contains power.

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The title of this mini podcast is, How Sorry Are You? Let me start with an unadulterated fact. An apology contains power. A sincere apology can stop us in our tracks.

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It can open the door to forgiveness, and sometimes that's the beginning of healing in a relationship. But, and this is a big but, The wind leaves its sail when we use the same apology for the same transgression. Some people are too proud to apologize. Maybe they think it diminishes them.

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Maybe they're afraid that admitting what they've done will expose a part of themselves they'd rather keep hidden. But somehow, people usually sense when something's out of kilter. Jerry Spence, the famous defense attorney, says we all have a BS detector. I suspect he's right. We may not know exactly what's going on, but we can often sense when

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