The Health Coaches Podcast
23: Making the Most of Our Clients' Guilt
July 13, 2020
In today’s episode, Howard and Kevin talk about what to do when clients fail to move forward due to feelings of guilt. Experiencing guilt is uncomfortable, and our clients' efforts NOT to feel it often trigger their worst impulses, as well as...

In today’s episode, Howard and Kevin talk about what to do when clients fail to move forward due to feelings of guilt. Experiencing guilt is uncomfortable, and our clients' efforts NOT to feel it often trigger their worst impulses, as well as leading to inaction (or less than ideal action). Conversely, once we guide our clients to practice tolerating and accepting guilt, it can be a powerful teacher, and pathway into new ways of acting. We talk about where guilt originates, its original positive evolutionary purpose, how it gets subverted, and how to help clients move from unexamined guilt into choice and freedom.