The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett - Moment 7 - Joe Wicks On How To Forgive & Set Yourself Free

Episode Date: May 27, 2021

In these ‘Moment’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes of The Diary Of A CEO. In this clip Joe Wicks shares his experience in forgiving his parents for a turbulent childhood. I think the point, which Joe raises, is something which is truly significant for many people in the world we live in today and holds the key to allowing ourselves to live free. Episode 37 - https://g2ul0.app.link/MgthxN9Qzgb Joe: https://www.instagram.com/thebodycoach https://twitter.com/thebodycoach 

Quick one, just wanted to say a big thank you to three people very quickly. First people I want to say thank you to is all of you that listen to the show. Never in my wildest dreams is all I can say. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd start a podcast in my kitchen and that it would expand all over the world as it has done. And we've now opened our first studio in America, thanks to my very helpful team led by Jack on the production side of things. So thank you to Jack and the team for building out the new American studio.

And thirdly to Amazon Music who, when they heard that we were expanding to the united states and i'd be recording a lot more over in the states they put a massive billboard in time square um for the show so thank you so much amazon music um thank you to our team and thank you to all of you that listen to this show let's continue i think we've all had difficulties but some people like really hold on to that and it affects them forever where other people can just let it go and let it just move on like it's done like that's that's what it was just love the person they are today that's more important that's a really really I think important point that um for me appears to be the answer to a lot of the energy the negative energy I experience in like my direct messages from people is their like inability to like let go of someone that's wrong them

and the the real shame is because that person's wrong them once upon a time they're then dragging that negativity through their life and letting it destroy their future and their present yeah and like you know i've got a someone that's really close to me that um had a really bad experience with their dad when they were younger um and they just won't let go and i see it damaging their adult life now even though they don't speak to their dad anymore but because they just won't forgive that person so how do you forgive someone more generally not just your parents but how do you forgive someone that's you know harmed you or done you wrong in the past what's the i i totally i can hear that message and i can see where that's coming from because you know my mom and dad have they've had their own trauma to such an extent that they've been in you

know therapy and for all their lives and also you know with addiction it's manifested different ways but it and it makes me sad all you want all you want is your mom and dad to be happy and you want people around you to be happy but for some sometimes i can see they've been struggling their whole life to let go of whatever it is that's hurting them and you know um holding them back and for me it's a case of i just believe that you have to live for the moment you have to enjoy the day like what's going on today like what can you do today to make you feel happy and what is how is it going to serve you thinking about what you went through as a child like you can have my mom and dad have had all kinds of therapy like you know regressive childhood hypnotherapy you go back to the you know my dad's even started

doing ayahuasca and plant-based medicine to go back and just to get it all out of him but i just think you have to just take ownership and control of yourself on a daily basis and you know that's going to be done through exercise, eating healthy food, being connected. Like some people are so disconnected from their family and friends and their community, whatever that may be. And that's the most important thing. They say that one of the key factors in success is are you connected? Are you helping other people? Are you giving?

Are you giving or are you just taking off people? So, you know, don't focus on what you've been through and let that just be like the past and what is happening today. You can't even deal with the future. Don't even get what – some people are so – they suffer anxiety from what might happen in the future. But you have to just focus on today. What is the point of looking back? I just think it can really consume you.

And you could go your whole life without ever truly being happy because you're worried about the future or you're thinking about what happened in the past