Key points

We all have a past — things that haunt us and continue to impact us in the present.

It's common (and human) to experience deep feelings of shame and regret.

It is possible and beneficial to tend to these experiences with tenderness and understanding.

Self-compassion is the answer to your suffering.

It’s spooky season, and in the spirit of this season, it only seems fitting to talk about one of the spookiest things that haunts us—the unpleasant things or experiences from our past that still manage to linger and manifest in the present.

These "skeletons" might include:

Past behaviors that you aren't proud of

Decisions that didn't reflect your core values

People you may have hurt along the way

Moments of selfishness

Moments where you lacked self-awareness

"Failed" relat

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