Winner of the American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal for Impact in Psychology 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. It does not require reconciliation with the one who inflicted the hurt. Rather, it describes a process, followed with success by people around the world, to confront the pain, rise above it to forgive, and in so doing, to loosen the grip of depression, anger, and resentment that has soured life. In this book, noted forgiveness expert Robert D. Enright invites readers to learn the benefits of forgiveness and to embark on a path of forgiveness, leaving behind a legacy of love. Guided by thought-provoking questions, journaling exercises, and Enright’s kind encouragement, readers can chart their own journey through a new life of forgiveness.
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Scientifically supported guidance to help people forgive those in their lives who have acted unfairly and have inflicted emotional hurt.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsI. The BasicsA Theory of Forgiveness in BriefIf You Are TraumatizedII. Overview of the Forgiveness ProcessHow Telling and Listening to Stories Can HelpForgiveness Is a ProcessThe Work Phase of ForgivenessThe Discovery Phase of ForgivenessWhat Does It Mean to Forgive?III. Getting OrganizedThe Forgiveness PlanMeasuring Your ForgivenessIV. Forgiving Those Who Have Hurt YouYour Forgiveness PathwayHow Did You Do in Forgiving?Forgiving Your ParentsForgiveness Between Partners and Within Your Current FamilyCompleting the Triangle of ForgivenessSchool Days, Work Days, and Other DaysSurveying the Landscape From the Mountain PeakV. Giving the Gift of Forgiveness to OthersQuestions as You Give Forgiveness to OthersGiving Forgiveness Away to Our Children and in Our CommunitiesYour Forgiveness LegacyAppendix A: Process of How People Forgive Someone Who Was UnjustAppendix B: Forgiveness Landscape Rating ScaleAppendix C: Personal Forgiveness ScaleAppendix D: The Forgiveness Guidepost FormNotesIndexAbout the Author
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ISBN
9781433810916
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2012-01-15
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APA LifeTools
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216 mm
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140 mm
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G, 01
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Engelsk
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371
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Robert D. Enright, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and a professor of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has been a leader in the scientific study of forgiveness and its effects since 1985. Time magazine referred to him as "the forgiveness trailblazer." He is the author of more than 100 publications, including five books. In 2022, he received the American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology for his innovative work in forgiveness.He and his colleagues have developed and tested a pathway to forgiveness that has helped incest survivors, and people in drug rehabilitation, in hospice, in shelters for abused women, and in cardiac units of hospitals, among others. His recent work has been in schools within conflict regions, such as Belfast, Northern Ireland, assisting teachers to deliver forgiveness programs to students.