Mother’s Day Revisited – Forgiveness Walks

May 15, 2020

Mother’s Day has come and gone for the year. How was it for you?

A joyful day with creative family gathering despite quarantine?
A non-event, just another Sunday?
A generally satisfying day with communication between Mom and your kids?
A sad day of remembrance of a lost Mom or children.
A loathesome day filled with resentment, anger, separation?

Undoubtedly, your Mother’s Day, either as a mom or a child, brought up feelings about motherhood!

My emotions were somewhere in between elation and apathy, as manufactured holidays don’t necessarily garner my full participation! I was on duty at the Park Visitor Center for a regular shift. Ironically, there’s nothing regular about the work these days, since the Visitor Center is closed! What I got to do was drive around the park in a giant pickup truck – a Ford F250! That was different! I made contact through text messages with my kids. I gave myself a time of reflection on motherhood – relating with my mom, being a mom, and now honoring my daughters-in-law as moms. I played in the energy of motherhood through color and form in the shape of imaginary flowers to share with all the ideas of motherhood.

Is your mother energy clear and vibrant or dark and murky?
I work with the idea that everything happens for a reason and that feelings are a signal that there’s energy to clear.
If Mother’s Day brought up uncomfortable feelings, then maybe there’s a gift of healing to be explored! The more we notice feelings stuffed inside – or popping up like beach balls! – and are willing to love ourselves having them, the more we can welcome the tools of Radical Forgiveness to transform them into feelings of acceptance and gratitude. This frees us to be present in this moment, not dragged into the past.

One of my favorite tools for transforming my relationships, The Thirteeen Steps to Radical Forgiveness, supported me in freeing myself – and my mom – from a steadfast belief in her disapproval of me. I have no recollection of where that belief arose in my past, but I know I don’t have it any more! In fact, I don’t even remember what it was!

I used this simple audio tool once back in Virginia while climbing Bald Knob on the Appalachian Trail. I had ascended this 2,000 ft climb many times and decided to walk through the 13-Steps as I climbed it this time. To support my physical challenge, I used the balanced breathing and stepping in Meet the Mountains Technique. The 13-Steps guided my soul challenge. As I stepped rhythmically up the mountain, I listened to the recording, saying “yes” at each part. Step 12 invites me to “notice when the thoughts you had at the beginning, the ones attached to the feelings, have lost their charge. Maybe you can’t even remember what they were.”

To my surprise, that had happened! I couldn’t remember what that nagging belief I was laying on my mother was! I know it was some version of “you don’t respect me for who I am” but at that moment – and ever since that moment, I can’t remember what I was blaming my mother for! I laughed. The process had worked! I was free to create some other belief about my mom. So, why not pick something that let me accept her – and myself?

Perhaps you’ve already used The Thirteen Steps to Radical Forgiveness. If not, take a listen and see if it helps you get a new perspective on something that bothers you. Get the recording here:

The Thirteen Steps to Radical Forgiveness

If you’d like me to support you in person while you do it, I’d love to! We can meet on the phone. Send me an email at regina@forgivenesswalks.com and we can set up a convenient time to spend 20 minutes together. Through the rest of this month, this offer is yours for just $13.

This time of tumult is a great time to experience using this tool for reminding us to be open to new perspectives and getting our past beliefs out of the way!

Let’s walk together!

Love,

Regina

Regina Reiter

Developer of Forgiveness Walks

regina@forgivenesswalks.com

7891 East State Rt 40 New Carlisle OH 45344 USA
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