Awakening Your Worth: Understanding Regret with the 5W3H Method

 This was my sharing during live #tiktok #peggyang57.


Regret is an emotion we all carry. It often shows up as a heavy reminder of what could have been. But what if regret isn’t a punishment, but a teacher?

I’ve come to see regret as a mirror. It reflects the gap between who I was and who I am becoming. When approached with awareness, regret can be transformed into wisdom.

The 5W3H Method for Exploring Regret

When regret surfaces, I use the 5W3H method as a simple framework to unpack it:

5W

  • Who → Who is involved in this regret?

  • What → What actually happened?

  • When → When did it occur? What season of your life?

  • Where → Where did it shape or affect you most?

  • Why → Why does it still sting? What’s the deeper reason?

3H

  • How did it happen? → The choices, actions, or circumstances that led to it.

  • How did I feel? → The emotional truth you experienced.

  • How can I transform it? → The lesson, the forgiveness, the release.

The Emotional Aspect of Regret

Regret often weighs heavy: sadness, shame, frustration. But here’s the secret — if you feel regret, it means you’ve grown beyond that version of yourself. Otherwise, you wouldn’t even recognize it as regret.

Regret is not the enemy. It’s a signpost of growth.

Moving Forward

Once you’ve unpacked regret, the next step is simple but powerful:

  • Forgive yourself and others.

  • Take the lesson, not the weight.

  • Choose what’s next, instead of circling what’s past.

🌱 Tonight’s Seed

“Regret shows you the gap between who you were and who you are becoming.”

💡 Use the 5W3H to explore regret:

  • Who, What, When, Where, Why

  • How it happened, How you felt, How to transform

✨ Awakening Your Worth with Peggy Ang
📍 TikTok Live @peggyang57

Closing Reminder:
✨ “What you resist persists. What you embrace transforms.” — Carl Jung

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