The Forgiving Life

Informationen zum Autor Robert D. Enright, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and a professor of educational psychology at the University of WisconsinMadison. 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. Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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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.

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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.

Inhalt

Preface

Acknowledgments

I. The Basics

1. A Theory of Forgiveness in Brief

2. If You Are Traumatized II. Overview of the Forgiveness Process

3. How Telling and Listening to Stories Can Help
4. Forgiveness Is a Process
5. The Work Phase of Forgiveness
6. The Discovery Phase of Forgiveness

7. What Does It Mean to Forgive? III. Getting Organized

8. The Forgiveness Plan

9. Measuring Your Forgiveness IV. Forgiving Those Who Have Hurt You

10. Your Forgiveness Pathway
11. How Did You Do in Forgiving?
12. Forgiving Your Parents
13. Forgiveness Between Partners and Within Your Current Family
14. Completing the Triangle of Forgiveness
15. School Days, Work Days, and Other Days

16. Surveying the Landscape From the Mountain Peak V. Giving the Gift of Forgiveness to Others

17. Questions as You Give Forgiveness to Others
18. Giving Forgiveness Away to Our Children and in Our Communities
19. Your Forgiveness Legacy Appendix A: Process of How People Forgive Someone Who Was Unjust

Appendix B: Forgiveness Landscape Rating Scale

Appendix C: Personal Forgiveness Scale

Appendix D: The Forgiveness Guidepost Form

Notes

Index

About the Author