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The forgiving life : a pathway to overcoming resentment and creating a legacy of love / Robert D. Enright.

Summary:

Robert D. Enright has been a pioneer in the field of forgiveness for a generation. Now he leads us into new territory, offering forgiveness not just as a response to a single act but a whole new way of living. Through stories, conversations, theories, and exercises, he boldly charts a new path that dares to offer nothing less than a new way of life. Daring, courageous, and insightful, this book is for all of us who have been hurt at some time and realize we need to move beyond it. Enright sets the challenge before us, and the reward is nothing less than life renewed.

The Forgiving Life is a book to be experienced, not just read. It encourages you to explore the prerequisites of forgiveness, its context and environment, and its demands and rewards. At the end of the book you will have arrived at a new place, a place of greater freedom and vitality. The book is a workshop, a retreat, and hours of therapy all rolled into one.

APA Life Tools is an imprint of the American Psychological Association, the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and the largest association of psychologists worldwide. Book jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9781433810916
ISBN: 1433810913
Physical Description: xiii, 371 p. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-359) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A theory of forgiveness in brief -- If you are traumatized -- Overview of the forgiveness process -- How telling and listening to stories can help -- Forgiveness is a process -- The work phase of forgiveness -- The discovery phase -- What does it mean to forgive? -- Getting organized -- The forgiveness plan -- Measuring your forgiveness -- Forgiving those who have hurt you -- Your forgiveness pathway -- How did you do in forgiving? -- Forgiving your parents -- Forgiveness between partners and within your current family -- Completing the triangle of forgiveness -- School days, work days, and other days -- Surveying the landscape from the mountain peak -- Giving the gift of forgiveness to others -- Questions as you give forgiveness to others -- Giving forgiveness away to our children and in our communities -- Your forgiveness legacy.