Do We Have to Forgive Everyone? A Real Conversation

🎙 Straightway Through with Gina — Helping you speak with clarity, courage, and connection.

Episode Summary:
This week, Phil and I dive into one of the trickiest parts of emotional growth: forgiveness — especially when it comes to people who are no longer in our lives in any real or healthy way. The ones who called us names, dismissed us, or never truly showed up. Do we have to forgive them? Or can we simply let the relationship die and move on?

We unpack the difference between forgiveness and relationship building, and how one is a personal practice while the other is a relational one. You can forgive someone without giving them the same access to hurt you again — and you can forgive without having the relationship part all figured out.

Phil shares a big “aha” moment around seeing forgiveness as a slow unfolding, not a single event you force yourself into. We also explore how relationships — even the painful ones — can serve as mirrors that reveal deeper parts of ourselves.

If you’ve ever wrestled with whether to forgive someone who hurt you, or wondered what forgiveness actually requires, this conversation offers clarity, compassion, and a fresh perspective on what forgiveness can truly mean.

Meet Today’s Guest:
Phil Palmieri is a physician and artist with a passion for painting and books.

He is working on expressing himself constructively and standing up for himself in confrontational situations.

He is also working on engaging less in argumentative behavior with people who act aggressively toward him or who have wronged him.

✨ Connect with Phil ✨
•Instagram:   / philipjpalmieri  
•Website: https://philipjpalmieri.com

About Your Host:
Hi, I’m Gina — host of Straightway Through with Gina. I believe honest words guide us, and real conversations transforms us into ourselves. In each episode, I explore the struggles and stories we don’t always say out loud, from the sting of being left on read to the courage it takes to speak up. My hope? That you leave each episode with more clarity, more courage, and a straight path forward.

✨ Connect with Me ✨
•Say It Straight to Yourself Journal Prompt Membership: https://kit.straightwaycoaching.com/s...
•Website: https://www.straightwaycoaching.com
•Facebook:   / gina.mongiello.3  
•YouTube:    / @straightwaythrough  

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