Thich Nhat Hanh answers questions during a retreat in Plum Village (May, 2014).
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Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment.
Forgiveness can be incredibly difficult. Robert Enright explains where to start.
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Children's understanding of forgiving develops as they grow older.
Accepting an apology or brushing off a slight can benefit the offender and the offended alike—but only if you really commit to it.
Two pioneers in the field of forgiveness therapy explain the process of forgiveness in psychotherapy in a way that can be applied by clinicians regardless of their theoretical orientation.
Pioneers in the study of forgiveness, Robert Enright and Joanna North have compiled a collection of twelve essays ranging from a first-person account of the mother of a murdered child to an assessment of the United States’ post-war reconciliations with Germany and Vietnam.
Forgiveness Is a Choice is a self-help book for people who have been deeply hurt by another and caught in a vortex of anger, depression, and resentment. As a creator of the first scientifically proven forgiveness program in the country, Robert D.
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While it may seem like a simple enough act, forgiveness is a difficult, delicate process which, if executed correctly, can be profoundly moving and a deep learning experience.
If we all recognize that forgiveness has the power to liberate us from the past, then why are we so reluctant to grant it?
The Forgiving Life offers scientifically supported guidance to help people forgive those in their lives who have acted unfairly and have inflicted emotional hurt. It does not minimize the devastation of that hurt or require reconciliation with the one who inflicted the hurt.