Make friends with guilt. Guilt is a beautiful emotion that alerts us when something is wrong so that we may achieve peace with our conscience. Without conscience there would be no morality. So we can greet guilt cordially and with acceptance, just as we do all other emotions. After we respond to guilt, it has done its job and we can release it.

10 Simple Solutions for Building Self-Esteem (ed. New Harbinger Publications, 2007) - ISBN: 9781572247437