149: Finding Self Forgiveness In Midlife: A Yogic Pathway When You Know You Were Wrong

About Katie FarinasKatie Farinas is a midlife coach, yoga teacher, and spiritual guide who helps women navigate midlife with clarity, peace, purpose, and empowerment. Through yoga philosophy, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and energy-based practices, Katie supports women in reconnecting with themselves and stepping fully into their most aligned and authentic lives.📆 Schedule a Clarity Call to see if my coaching is right for youOther Ways To Connect🪷 Join the Monthly Satsang. A space to reflect and grow together in community.🌐 Visit Katie’s website to see all her services.💌 Join the newsletter for soulful insights and to receive weekly practices➡ Follow me on Substack📆 Book a reflective Insight Seat to come on the show and receive live coaching🎥 Watch this episode on YouTube or SubstackHave a question you would like answered about coming home to yourself in midlife? Record your question here and I will answer it on the show!! https://www.speakpipe.com/KatieFarinasSelf-forgiveness in midlife isn’t about letting yourself off the hook—it’s about learning how to take responsibility without losing yourself in guilt or shame.If you’ve been replaying something you regret, stuck in self-judgment, or questioning how to move forward after making a mistake—this episode will help you understand a more compassionate and grounded way through.In this episode, Katie explores how self-forgiveness is not just a mental process, but an embodied one—drawing on yoga philosophy and nervous system awareness to help you move from guilt and shame toward healing, accountability, and alignment.In this episode, Katie explores one of the most tender and challenging moments on the path of self-discovery: how to practice self-forgiveness when you know you were wrong.This is not the kind of forgiveness we reach for when we simply didn’t know better. This is the deeper work — the moment when we can clearly see our words, our choices, or our reactions, and the mind begins its familiar spiral of replay, regret, and self-judgment.Through the lens of yoga philosophy, Katie offers a grounded practice of truth, self-study, and compassionate accountability. She gently walks listeners through the critical distinction between guilt and shame, explaining how guilt can guide us back into alignment, while shame tends to collapse our identity around a single moment.Drawing on the yogic principles of Satya (truth), Svadhyaya (self-study), and Ahimsa (non-harming), this episode invites a more embodied and sustainable approach to healing. Rather than bypassing discomfort or punishing ourselves indefinitely, Katie explores what real repair, growth, and nervous system release can look like in everyday life.You’ll also learn why self-forgiveness is not only a mental process but an embodied practice, and how breath, movement, and gentle awareness can help move stuck emotional energy through the body.This episode is especially supportive if you are:replaying something you regretstuck in guilt or shameworking toward emotional healingnavigating a period of self-reflectiondeepening your yoga or self-discovery practiceAt its heart, this conversation is a reminder: you can take responsibility and still remain worthy of compassion.🧭 Episode Chapters4:50- When Self Forgiveness Feels HardestThe moment when we know we were wrong and the mind begins to spiral.7:10 - Guilt Versus Shame in the Healing ProcessWhy guilt can guide growth while shame tends to shut us down.10:33 - Satya and Svadhyaya as Tools for Self StudyUsing truth and self-inquiry to understand what was really happening beneath the reaction.14:07 - Repair, Responsibility, and Nervous System HealingWhat is ours to do after a mistake and how to move forward with integrity.24:55 - Moving Regret and Shame Through the BodyWhy self-forgiveness must be embodied and how to support emotional release.