Ep. 33: Forgiveness - The Truth About Shame, Self-Abandonment, and Healing

This week’s episode dives into what real forgiveness looks like — not the surface level kind, the kind that restores self-trust, actually sets you free, and breaks lifelong patterns.

Jessica talks about how staying after cheating can lead to deep self-abandonment, why shame becomes the glue holding old cycles together, and keeps us stuck in versions of ourselves we’ve outgrown. This is the episode that brings you back to yourself.

In this episode we cover:

• Why staying after betrayal erodes self-trust deeply
• How self-abandonment hurts more than heartbreak
• The way shame forms from childhood forward
• How your nervous system keeps old stories alive
• Self-forgiveness as the bridge to your evolution
• Forgiving others and forgiving ourselves

If you’ve ever stayed too long, blamed yourself too hard, or carried shame for things you did to survive — this one is for you.

Tune in to release the weight, remember who you are, and start walking into 2026 lighter and so much more in your power.

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Referenced experts and podcasts:

• Dr. Robert Enright - International Forgiveness Institute
• Sarah Baldwin - Nervous System Essentials

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Podcast host: @jess.ica.lee

Podcast Editor: @mollysmithpiro

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