How To Forgive And Take Your Power Back From Anyone | Chris Lee

Leave an Amazon Rating or Review for my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! Check out the full episode: https://lewishowes.com/podcast/r-set-boundaries-build-thriving-relationships/ Chris Lee said something about forgiveness that I keep replaying. Lee's example: if someone was sexually abused and refuses to forgive the abuser, "they keep abusing me." Forgiving never meant calling it okay. It was a conscious decision to take power back, because anger hands someone your energy, and energy is power. Lewis compared it to a remote control. React to someone and you let them push your buttons. Boundaries came next. Friends calling at all hours of the night, crashing into sleep, is a respect problem. Chris and Lewis say their friendship works because either one can say “that doesn't work for me” and the other just adjusts. Lewis spent his whole childhood afraid to be alone, gripping relationships too tightly. So he took himself to dinner alone, then to movies alone, until he actually liked his own company. Lee's explanation for why solitude feels so hard: 90% of the chatter in your head is negative. Notice it, then swap in a better thought. Sign up for the Greatness newsletter: http://www.greatness.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.