The Courage To Forgive

Author : Janis A. Spring
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780063219663

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How Can I Forgive You? by Janis A. Spring Pdf

“If you are struggling with issues of betrayal—or the challenge of whether and how to forgive—here is the most helpful and surprising book you will ever find on the subject.”—Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of Anger Everyone is struggling to forgive someone: an unfaithful partner, an alcoholic parent, an ungrateful child, a terrorist. This award-winning book provides a radical way for hurt parties to heal themselves—without forgiving, as well as a way for offenders to earn genuine forgiveness. Until now, we’ve been taught that forgiveness is good for us and that good people forgive. Dr. Janis Abrahms Spring, a gifted clinical psychologist and award-winning author of After the Affair, proposes a radical, life-affirming alternative that lets us overcome the corrosive effects of hate and get on with our lives—without forgiving. She also offers a powerful and unconventional model for earning genuine forgiveness—one that asks as much of the offender as it does of the hurt party. Beautifully written and filled with insight, practical advice, and poignant case studies, this bold and healing book offers step-by-step, concrete instructions that help us make peace with others and ourselves, while answering such crucial questions as these: How do I forgive someone who is unremorseful or dead? When is forgiveness cheap? Can I heal myself – without forgiving? How can the offender earn forgiveness? What makes for a good apology? How do we forgive ourselves for hurting another human being?

Author : Joyce L. Villeneuve
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1609570308

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The Courage to Forgive by Joyce L. Villeneuve Pdf

DO YOU FIND IT HARD TO TRULY FORGIVE OTHERS? Forgiveness is something that most of us struggle with throughout our lifetime, and yet, if not dealt with, it's an issue that will lead to bitterness, depression and deep-seated anger, resulting in unhappy and unfruitful lives. There's an easy kind of forgiveness when someone cuts you off in traffic, or says something unkind, but can you fathom the deeper kind of grace required for abuse at the hands of the parent who is supposed to love and protect you? How do you find the will to forgive physical, mental and verbal abuse at the hands of Christian brothers in a prominent ministry? How do you overcome the emotional scars of a childhood lived in the midst of a bloody and horrific war-zone? In "The Courage to Forgive," you will be inspired by one woman's personal journey through one of the most difficult challenges that humans face-forgiveness. From suffering through the horrors of war in Uganda, through the abuses at the hands of her mother-to a powerful moment of grace and forgiveness that changes her mother's life and her own destiny forever. Follow this incredible woman's story of unending perseverance and determination in the face of unspeakable trials. Her resilience and courage will inspire you, while her faith, and ultimately, her willingness to forgive, will change the way you think about your own life and faith. Joyce L. Villeneuve is a senior marketing and communications consultant and successful entrepreneur in the advertising, photography and public relations fields. She and her husband, Martin, live in Colorado, with their three children and faithful dachshund.

Author : Janis Abrahms Spring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Forgiveness
ISBN : OCLC:1256263746

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How Can I Forgive You? by Janis Abrahms Spring Pdf

Author : Joyce L. Villeneuve
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Forgiveness
ISBN : 1609570294

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The Courage to Forgive by Joyce L. Villeneuve Pdf

DO YOU FIND IT HARD TO TRULY FORGIVE OTHERS? Forgiveness is something that most of us struggle with throughout our lifetime, and yet, if not dealt with, it's an issue that will lead to bitterness, depression and deep-seated anger, resulting in unhappy and unfruitful lives. There's an easy kind of forgiveness when someone cuts you off in traffic, or says something unkind, but can you fathom the deeper kind of grace required for abuse at the hands of the parent who is supposed to love and protect you? How do you find the will to forgive physical, mental and verbal abuse at the hands of Christian brothers in a prominent ministry? How do you overcome the emotional scars of a childhood lived in the midst of a bloody and horrific war-zone? In "The Courage to Forgive," you will be inspired by one woman's personal journey through one of the most difficult challenges that humans face-forgiveness. From suffering through the horrors of war in Uganda, through the abuses at the hands of her mother-to a powerful moment of grace and forgiveness that changes her mother's life and her own destiny forever. Follow this incredible woman's story of unending perseverance and determination in the face of unspeakable trials. Her resilience and courage will inspire you, while her faith, and ultimately, her willingness to forgive, will change the way you think about your own life and faith. Joyce L. Villeneuve is a senior marketing and communications consultant and successful entrepreneur in the advertising, photography and public relations fields. She and her husband, Martin, live in Colorado, with their three children and faithful dachshund.

Author : Catherine Claire Larson
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780310560296

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As We Forgive by Catherine Claire Larson Pdf

Inspired by the award-winning film of the same name. If you were told that a murderer was to be released into your neighborhood, how would you feel? But what if it weren't only one, but thousands? Could there be a common roadmap to reconciliation? Could there be a shared future after unthinkable evil? If forgiveness is possible after the slaughter of nearly a million in a hundred days in Rwanda, then today, more than ever, we owe it to humanity to explore how one country is addressing perceptual, social-psychological, and spiritual dimensions to achieve a more lasting peace. If forgiveness is possible after genocide, then perhaps there is hope for the comparably smaller rifts that plague our relationships, our communities, and our nation. Based on personal interviews and thorough research, As We Forgive returns to the boundary lines of genocide's wounds and traces the route of reconciliation in the lives of Rwandans--victims, widows, orphans, and perpetrators--whose past and future intersect. We find in these stories how suffering, memory, and identity set up roadblocks to forgiveness, while mediation, truth-telling, restitution, and interdependence create bridges to healing. As We Forgive explores the pain, the mystery, and the hope through seven compelling stories of those who have made this journey toward reconciliation. The result is a narrative that breathes with humanity and is as haunting as it is hopeful.

Author : Desmond Tutu,Mpho Tutu
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780062203588

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The Book of Forgiving by Desmond Tutu,Mpho Tutu Pdf

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chair of The Elders, and Chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, along with his daughter, the Reverend Mpho Tutu, offer a manual on the art of forgiveness—helping us to realize that we are all capable of healing and transformation. Tutu's role as the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission taught him much about forgiveness. If you asked anyone what they thought was going to happen to South Africa after apartheid, almost universally it was predicted that the country would be devastated by a comprehensive bloodbath. Yet, instead of revenge and retribution, this new nation chose to tread the difficult path of confession, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Each of us has a deep need to forgive and to be forgiven. After much reflection on the process of forgiveness, Tutu has seen that there are four important steps to healing: Admitting the wrong and acknowledging the harm; Telling one's story and witnessing the anguish; Asking for forgiveness and granting forgiveness; and renewing or releasing the relationship. Forgiveness is hard work. Sometimes it even feels like an impossible task. But it is only through walking this fourfold path that Tutu says we can free ourselves of the endless and unyielding cycle of pain and retribution. The Book of Forgiving is both a touchstone and a tool, offering Tutu's wise advice and showing the way to experience forgiveness. Ultimately, forgiving is the only means we have to heal ourselves and our aching world.

Author : Lou Samara
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1732936412

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The Forgiveness Effect by Lou Samara Pdf

THE FORGIVENESS EFFECT - A Journey of Courage, Hope, Healing and Freedom! -- A True StoryLou, a new father and a member of the Colorado Law Enforcement agency as a Training and SWAT Officer decided that returning to New Jersey and being closer to the family would make his life better. Little did he know that finding a job outside of law enforcement would be difficult. Once working in the corporate world, he wanted to be part of a team, share his ideas, grow the company and be successful. Others, however, were happy to introduce him to the world of corporate politics, verbal abuse, and public humiliation. Why, what had he done to deserve that treatment?Just when he thought things couldn't get much worse, everyone's life changed with the devastation of 9/11. On top of that, there was the agony of losing an unborn child and a marriage that was falling apart. His life was in shambles and he just couldn't catch a break. Lou, knew that he needed to do something before everything fell apart. He knew that he needed to get to the bottom of why he was feeling angry, overwhelmed and anxious. He needed to get control of his life for his son. So, he reached out to a couple of friends and mentors who saw Lou's despair. They willingly listened, sharing their wisdom and guidance. The journey at times, was tough and Lou often wondered how he could make it through feeling worthless, taken advantage of, or feeling like a failure in the eyes of others? Join Lou on his emotional Journey of Success, Courage, Hope, Healing and Freedom!

Author : Chris Cleave
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501124372

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Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave Pdf

Shocking her blueblood political family by volunteering for the war effort in 1939 London, socialite Mary teaches evacuated and marginalized children and bonds with her employer, Tom, before their romance is challenged by a painful love triangle and the grueling realities of the war.

Author : Mark Sakamoto
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443417990

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Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto Pdf

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER When the Second World War broke out, Ralph MacLean chose to escape his troubled life on the Magdalen Islands in eastern Canada and volunteer to serve his country overseas. Meanwhile, in Vancouver, Mitsue Sakamoto saw her family and her stable community torn apart after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Like many young Canadian soldiers, Ralph was captured by the Japanese army. He would spend the war in prison camps, enduring pestilence, beatings and starvation, as well as a journey by hell ship to Japan to perform slave labour, while around him his friends and countrymen perished. Back in Canada, Mitsue and her family were expelled from their home by the government and forced to spend years eking out an existence in rural Alberta, working other people's land for a dollar a day. By the end of the war, Ralph emerged broken but a survivor. Mitsue, worn down by years of back-breaking labour, had to start all over again in Medicine Hat, Alberta. A generation later, at a high school dance, Ralph's daughter and Mitsue's son fell in love. Although the war toyed with Ralph's and Mitsue's lives and threatened to erase their humanity, these two brave individuals somehow surmounted enormous transgressions and learned to forgive. Without this forgiveness, their grandson Mark Sakamoto would never have come to be.

Author : Robert Karen, Ph.D.
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780307765154

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The Forgiving Self by Robert Karen, Ph.D. Pdf

A fascinating book about our struggle to forgive—and how we can—from a renowned psychologist and award-winning author. Why do we harden our hearts, even against those we want to love? Why do we find it so hard to admit being wrong? Why are the worst grudges the ones we hold against ourselves? When we nurse our resentments, Robert Karen says, we are acting from an insecure aspect of the self that harbors unresolved pain from childhood. But we also have a forgiving self which is not compliant or fake, but rather the strongest, most loving part of who we are. Through it, we are able to voice anger without doing damage, to acknowledge our own part in what has gone wrong, to see the flaws in ourselves and others as part of our humanity. Using movies, people in the news, and sessions from his practice, Karan illuminate how we can move beyond our feelings of being wronged without betraying our legitimate anger and need for repair. The forgiving self, when we are able to locate it, brings relief from compulsive self-hatred and bitterness, and allows for a re-emergence of love.

Author : Megan Feldman Bettencourt
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780698190245

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Triumph of the Heart by Megan Feldman Bettencourt Pdf

2016 Books For A Better Life Award winner When Megan Feldman Bettencourt found herself embittered after a breakup and a string of professional setbacks, she met an extraordinary man named Azim. Azim had forgiven the man who killed his beloved only son, and even reached out to the killer’s family. He truly seemed to be at peace. As a veteran journalist, Megan recognized it for the amazing story it was. But as a self-admitted grudge-holder, she was perplexed. Was there something wrong with him, or was there something wrong with her? She wondered about our ability to forgive—why we have it at all, why we do it, and whether it can help us. Triumph of the Heart is the story of Megan’s quest to understand this complex concept, from both a scientific perspective and a human one. She draws on cutting-edge research showing that forgiveness can provide a range of health benefits, from relieving depression to decreasing high blood pressure. She examines situations as mundane as road rage, as painful as cheating spouses, and as unthinkable as war crimes. Through stories of people and even communities who have forgiven in the toughest of circumstances, she shows us how they’re able to do it, the profound sense of freedom they feel afterward, and the evocative implications for peacemaking worldwide. This journey takes Megan from recovered addicts who restarted their lives by seeking forgiveness, to a Baltimore principal who used forgiveness techniques to eradicate violence in her school, to genocide survivors in Rwanda who forgave the people who killed their families and perpetrators who are still trying to redeem themselves. Along the way, Megan strengthens her own powers of forgiveness, altering her life in ways she never expected. With grace and compassion, she reveals that our human capacity for forgiveness not only makes us healthier and happier, but is the key to healing, growing, and living well.

Author : Cheri J. Meiners
Publisher : Free Spirit Publishing
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 49,8 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 : Robert Enright
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 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 : Renee Fisher
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736947275

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Forgiving Others, Forgiving Me by Renee Fisher Pdf

Being a milennial today is all about the search for identity, purpose, community, and authenticity. But how does a young adult find any of those things when she's mired in the pain of her past? Renee Fisher, author of Not Another Dating Book and Faithbook of Jesus, says young adults don't have to stay stuck. In her new book, Forgiving Others, Forgiving Me, Renee shows readers how to let go of the pain and unforgiveness of the past accept God's forgiveness and learn to forgive others in turn move forward and embrace new dreams for the future By exploring the truths of Scripture and sharing her own extraordinary story of healing and repentance, Renee Fisher shows others in her generation how they too can be set free.

Author : Dianne B. Collard
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532642968

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I Choose to Forgive by Dianne B. Collard Pdf

We live in a fallen world where offenses and serious grievances occur in every person's life. These painful situations, no matter how slight or serious, demand that we face the question, "Does God expect me to forgive?" The answer is clear. The choice is ours to obey. The power comes from God alone. I Choose to Forgive tells the heartbreaking journey from devastation to freedom from the unique perspective of a mother, father, and sibling on the ultimate offense of murder. In addition, the powerful testimony of the murderer's journey of finding forgiveness is shared in his own words. These personal stories are rooted in a strong biblical foundation, which undergirds the practical steps of choosing forgiveness.