Psychologist Emma Kenny on how to deal with regret and move on.

Our therapist and TV psychologist Emma Kenny is here to make sense of your emotional issues

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by Closer staff |
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Act in haste, repent at leisure” was 
a saying my mum repeatedly uttered to me as a young woman during my love affair with piercings.

Fearne Cotton has expressed that, on reflection, she regrets 
a few of her tattoos and most of us can empathise with making some bad choices in the past. Life is a journey of many transitions and phases. The person we are today is not the person we were 10 years ago, and so decisions made then may seem regrettable now.

This, however, is all part of life’s adventure. We change, we regret, we learn and we move forward. Through making our greatest mistakes and, in taking our greatest risks, we learn who we really are and how courageous we can be.

How to make your regrets positive:

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