Are you constantly apologizing? If so, you’re not alone. A lot of people develop the habit of incessant apologizing in the name of kindness, morality, or integrity. However, there is nothing kind, moral, or ethical about persistent and compulsive apologizing – especially when there is nothing to be sorry about. Let this mindfulness program help you overcome an attachment to apologizing. You might believe you’re behaving well by constantly saying “I’m sorry;” but as you’ll see, you’re only responding with a false sense of remorse. The time to be free from apologizing is…now.
For the purpose of this book, we define incessant apologizing as: an unhealthy and false response to an inner and perpetual sense of guilt, fear, or anxiety. It can even be described as an attachment to taking and accepting fault; even when it’s not warranted. Feel free to define habitual apologizing any way you wish, as long as you recognize it as an adverse attachment. When you stop frequently apologizing, you’re letting yourself apologize only when it matters – in other words, you’ll be increasing the value of your apology when you stop using it to relieve fear, anxiety, or remorse.
This guide involves a 30 day mindfulness program made up of lessons and exercises to help you overcome patterns of thinking, feelings, and attachments that have kept you stuck in a state of ‘I’m sorry.’ Though these lessons and exercises can be applied to any unhealthy reliance, this program will focus specifically on the experience of apologizing.
