Learning To Forgive

Author : Jennifer Ruggiero Morrison
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781607917519

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Learning to Forgive by Jennifer Ruggiero Morrison Pdf

Sometimes, we experience things that are so painful that we feel that there is nowhere to turn. Sometimes, we lose our focus and get caught up in circumstances beyond our control. Sometimes, our ideals take a back seat to the choices we make. "Learning to Forgive" is the result of a poetic journey I took over the last two years. In finding the words, I also found myself, and came to terms with loss, pain, and ultimately, I found the confidence in who I am as a child of God. This book is my tribute to God as thanks and praise for seeing me through that time period. Even though I didn't deserve His love, He never failed to show it to me. Poetry is one of the most unique forms of expressive art, and I am honored to be able to contribute "Learning to Forgive" as my humble addition to this genre. There is something for every one in the pages of this book, as long as you look deep enough and keep your spirit open. It is my hope that I have utilized my talent and portrayed what I feel God has put on my heart to say. Jennifer Ruggiero Morrison has been writing and drawing since before she can remember, and as a result, graduated from LIU Southampton with a Bachelors degree in Graphic Design. The issue of predominance between the written word and sketched picture has always been unresolved, but she uses both talents to glorify the Lord. Jennifer Ruggiero was happily married to Kevin Morrison in June of 2008. She has a son David who is 13, and is expecting her second son, Kyle, any day now.

Author : Robert Enright
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780393734065

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8 Keys to Forgiveness (8 Keys to Mental Health) by Robert Enright Pdf

'A practical guide by the man Time magazine has called “the forgiveness trailblazer.” 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. Whatever the scenario may be—whether you need to make peace with a certain situation, with a loved one or friend, or with a total stranger—the process of forgiveness is an art and a science, and this hands-on guide walks readers through it in 8 key steps. How can we become forgivingly “fit”? How can we identify the source of our pain and inner turmoil? How can we find meaning in what we have suffered, or learn to forgive ourselves? What should we do when forgiveness feels like a particularly tall order? All these questions and more are answered in this practical book, leading us to become more tolerant, compassionate, and hopeful human beings.

Author : Doris Donnelly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0687018153

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Learning To Forgive Revised Edition by Doris Donnelly Pdf

Author : Joyce Meyer
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780446584043

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Do Yourself a Favor...Forgive by Joyce Meyer Pdf

Building on her signature message of using the mind to master difficult emotions, Joyce Meyer focuses on the most destructive, insidious one of all: anger. It is responsible for broken relationships, sleepless nights, high blood pressure and ulcers. It destroys friendships, marriages and families, not to mention peace of mind. Anger is especially hard to handle for many Christians who have learned from childhood that "good Christians don't get angry." Meyer argues that properly handled, anger is an alert system that something is wrong and needs to be resolved. In her latest book, she delves into the important process of forgiving, explaining its positive impact on the roots, the forms and the results of anger. Why forgive? Joyce explains that forgiving is the only thing that can free one from the terrible turmoil that anger causes to spill over into every part of life. Meyer understands that life will never be fair, but that is not a reason to let anger destroy our well-being and health. This is her guide to navigating that thorny territory and finding true peace.

Author : Cheri J. Meiners
Publisher : Free Spirit Publishing
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781631980046

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Forgive and Let Go! by Cheri J. Meiners Pdf

For young children, learning to forgive—when they’ve been let down or had their feelings are hurt—can take time. Help children develop their forgiveness skills and learn how to accept an apology and move on without holding grudges. At the same time, encourage children to let go of disappointment and to accept when things don’t go the way they hope. Back matter includes advice for teaching forgiveness at home, at school, and in childcare. Being the Best Me!® Series From the author of the popular Learning to Get Along® books comes a one-of-a-kind character-development series. Each of the first six books in the Being the Best Me! series helps children learn, understand, and develop attitudes and positive character traits that strengthen self-confidence and a sense of purpose. Each book focuses on a specific attitude or character trait—optimism, self-esteem, assertiveness, resilience, integrity, and forgiveness. Also included are discussion questions, games, activities, and additional information for adults. Filled with diversity, these social story books will be welcome in school, home, and childcare settings.

Author : David Rakel
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 1262 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781416029540

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Integrative Medicine by David Rakel Pdf

Drawing on solid scientific evidence as well as extensive first-hand experience, this manual provides the practical information you need to safely and effectively integrate complementary and alternative treatment modalities into your practice. It explains how alternative therapies can help you fight diseases that do not respond readily to traditional treatments... presents integrative treatments for a full range of diseases and conditions, including autism, stroke, chronic fatigue syndrome, and various forms of cancer...explores how to advise patients on health maintenance and wellness...and offers advice on topics such as meditation, diet, and exercises for back pain. 24 new chapters, a new organization, make this landmark reference more useful than ever. Provides dosages and precautions to help you avoid potential complications.Delivers therapy-based pearls to enhance your patient care.Facilitates patient education with helpful handouts. Offers helpful icons that highlight the level and quality of evidence for each specific modality.Includes bonus PDA software that lets you load all of the therapeutic review sections onto your handheld device.Presents a new organization, with numerous section headings and subheadings, for greater ease of reference.Provides additional clinical practice and business considerations for incorporating integrative medicine into clinical practice.

Author : Rick Warren
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310329336

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The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren Pdf

Discover and fulfill your God-given purpose by joining the more than thirty-five million others who have embarked on a spiritual journey that started with this #1 New York Times bestselling book by Pastor Rick Warren. Before you were born, God knew what your life had in store for you. His hope for you is to discover the life he created just for you--both here on earth, and forever in eternity. Let Rick Warren guide you as you learn to live out your true purpose. The Purpose Driven Life is more than a book; it's a road map for your spiritual journey. Combining thoughtful verses from Scripture with timely stories and perspectives from Warren's own life, The Purpose Driven Life will help you discover the answer to one of life's most important questions: What on earth am I here for? Throughout The Purpose Driven Life, Warren will teach you to spend time getting to know yourself and your creator in order to live your life to the fullest. Unlocking your true purpose will also reduce your stress, simplify your decisions, increase your satisfaction, and, most importantly, prepare you for eternity. Designed to be read over the course of forty-two days, The Purpose Driven Life will help you see the big picture, giving you a fresh perspective on the way that the pieces of your life fit together. Every chapter of The Purpose Driven Life provides a daily meditation and practical steps to help you uncover and live out your purpose, starting with exploring three essential questions: The Question of Existence: Why am I alive? The Question of Significance: Does my life matter? The Question of Purpose: What on earth am I here for? Each copy of The Purpose Driven Life also includes thoughtful discussion questions, audio Bible studies that go along with every chapter, and access to a supportive online community, giving you the opportunity to dive even deeper into each life-changing lesson.

Author : R.T. Kendall
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781599798219

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Total Forgiveness by R.T. Kendall Pdf

R.T. Kendall has given us a treasure…the hope and possibility of experiencing incredible freedom and peace that can only come when we walk in total forgiveness. One of the core messages of the gospel is that of total forgiveness…not only that we can be totally forgiven by God, but also that we must, in turn, totally forgive others. Our culture is bound up in bitterness, resentment, and wallowing in wounds inflicted upon us by others, wounds that we all too easily accept and even cling to! This revised and updated best seller lovingly challenges believers to look within and root out those hidden and hardened places where subtle resentments and areas of un-forgiveness have been allowed to remain.

Author : Walter R. Smith
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606088364

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Learning to Forgive by Walter R. Smith Pdf

How do you forgive a person who has hurt your deeply? Why forgive someone who does not deserve to be forgiven? Forgiveness is not easy, and often we discover that the person who needs to be forgiven the most is ourselves. As we forgive others and ourselves, we find that we are the ones who have benefited--forgiveness brings a peace to our lives that no one can take away from us. Learning to Forgive: A Memoir of Doubt and Faith is the author's personal journey of forgiveness from a spiritual and psychological point of view. The book shows the reader how they can use their relationship with God, the resources of the Christian faith, and their psychological understanding of themselves to learn how to forgive. As readers see that pastors are not immune to the challenges of everyday life, nor are they spared from abusive backgrounds, they will be encouraged to embark on their own journeys of forgiveness or receive strength and hope for a journey already started.

Author : Sherry Woodcock
Publisher : Daily Spiritual Tools
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781465821089

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Daily Spiritual Tools, Learning to Forgive and Let Go by Sherry Woodcock Pdf

In the second book by Sherry Woodcock, she provides the reader with simple yet insightful ideas about how forgiving is more for the forgiver than the person being forgiven. She illustrates how letting go of erroneous beliefs and negative feelings enables us to live a more free and fulfilling life. Daily Spiritual Tools, Learning How to Forgive and let Go provides the reader with simple yet insightful ideas about how forgiving is more for the forgiver than the person being forgiven. This second book by Sherry Woodcock, Learning How to Forgive and Let Go, is a shorter, more specific look at how simple spiritual tools can allow you to have more positive relationships and view circumstances, seen otherwise as negative, in a more positive light. Sherry explains that, “By forgiving and letting go of all the negative beliefs and feelings, we can imagine perfection unfolding and it is done. We can feel free and content.” Only published as an ebook, Learning How to Forgive and Let Go gives the reader a glimpse into the larger “tool box” that is provided in her first book, Daily Spiritual Tools, and her blog of the same name. You can purchase the paperback book, Daily Spiritual Tools at Amazon.com and read more from Sherry by visiting her website DailySpiritualTools.com where you can listen to Sherry read from her book and read her current blog posts.

Author : Colin C. Tipping
Publisher : Quest Publishing & Distribution
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Forgiveness
ISBN : 0970481411

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Radical Forgiveness by Colin C. Tipping Pdf

This is NOT just another book on forgiveness; this one provides the necessary tools to help you forgive profoundly, more or less instantaneously and with ease. First published in 1997, this 2nd Edition builds on the success of the first edition which has changed hundreds if not thousands of lives. The book will more than likely change your life. It will transform how you view your past and what is occurring for you in the present, especially where relationships are concerned. Unlike other forms of forgiveness, radical forgiveness is easily achieved and virtually immediate, enabling you to let go of being a victim, open your heart and raise your vibration. The simple, easy-to-use tools provided help you let go of the emotional baggage of the past and to feel the joy of living in total surrender to the process of life as it unfolds, however it unfolds. The result is vastly increased happiness, personal power and freedom.

Author : Brené Brown
Publisher : Random House
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780812985801

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Rising Strong by Brené Brown Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome—is the only path to more love, belonging, creativity, and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall. It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong. As a grounded theory researcher, Brown has listened as a range of people—from leaders in Fortune 500 companies and the military to artists, couples in long-term relationships, teachers, and parents—shared their stories of being brave, falling, and getting back up. She asked herself, What do these people with strong and loving relationships, leaders nurturing creativity, artists pushing innovation, and clergy walking with people through faith and mystery have in common? The answer was clear: They recognize the power of emotion and they’re not afraid to lean in to discomfort. Walking into our stories of hurt can feel dangerous. But the process of regaining our footing in the midst of struggle is where our courage is tested and our values are forged. Our stories of struggle can be big ones, like the loss of a job or the end of a relationship, or smaller ones, like a conflict with a friend or colleague. Regardless of magnitude or circumstance, the rising strong process is the same: We reckon with our emotions and get curious about what we’re feeling; we rumble with our stories until we get to a place of truth; and we live this process, every day, until it becomes a practice and creates nothing short of a revolution in our lives. Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness. It’s the process, Brown writes, that teaches us the most about who we are. ONE OF GREATER GOOD’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR “[Brené Brown’s] research and work have given us a new vocabulary, a way to talk with each other about the ideas and feelings and fears we’ve all had but haven’t quite known how to articulate. . . . Brené empowers us each to be a little more courageous.”—The Huffington Post

Author : Loren Toussaint,Everett Worthington,David R. Williams
Publisher : Springer
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9401778957

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Forgiveness and Health by Loren Toussaint,Everett Worthington,David R. Williams Pdf

This volume collects the state-of-the-art research on forgiveness and mental and physical health and well-being. It focuses specifically on connections between forgiveness and its health and well-being benefits. Forgiveness has been examined from a variety of perspectives, including the moral, ethical and philosophical. Ways in which to become more forgiving and evolutionary theories of revenge and forgiveness have also been investigated and proposed. However, little attention has been paid to the benefits of forgiveness. This volume offers an examination of the theory, methods and research utilized in understanding these connections. It considers trait and state forgiveness, emotional and decisional forgiveness, and interventions to promote forgiveness, all with an eye toward the positive effects of forgiveness for a victim’s health and well-being. Finally, this volume considers key moderators such as gender, race, and age, as well as, explanatory mechanisms that might mediate links between forgiveness and key outcomes.

Author : Barry Grosskopf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Adaptability (Psychology)
ISBN : CORNELL:31924084857733

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Forgive Your Parents, Heal Yourself by Barry Grosskopf Pdf

Explains how adult children can reframe their family's painful past as a way to free themselves from childhood hurt and trauma.

Author : Iyanla Vanzant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1999-09-17
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780684873824

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Yesterday, I Cried by Iyanla Vanzant Pdf

“The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah Winfrey What is the lesson in abuse, neglect, abandonment, rejection? What is the lesson when you lose someone you really love? Just what are the lessons of life's hard times? Bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant has had an amazing and difficult life—one of great challenges that unmasked her wonderful gifts and led to wisdom gained. In this simple book, she uses her own personal experiences to show how life's hardships can be re-languaged and revisioned to become lessons that teach us as we grow, heal, and learn to love. The pain of the past does not have to be today's reality. Iyanla Vanzant is an example of how yesterday's tears become the seeds of today's hope, renewal, and strength.