Years ago at a forgiveness class for Stanford Continuing Studies, one of us met a man who once had a wife and two children and a good job. But he threw it all away because of a gambling addiction that ...

What we get wrong about forgiveness – a counseling professor unpacks the difference between letting go and making up ...

Poet Alexander Pope wrote, "To err is human, to forgive divine." Few things feel more heavenly then when someone really “gets” how they’ve hurt you. It’s easy to forgive them when they honestly ...

Forgiveness remains one of humanity’s most challenging yet transformative practices. When hurt runs deep and betrayal feels fresh, the path toward healing can seem impossible to navigate. Yet ...

“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” - Mark Twain Forgiveness is no easy feat. The truth is, with forgiveness, you may not always get what you want. You may ...

When you have become emotionally close to another person, you have become more vulnerable. Vulnerability opens the doors for a person to do things that hurt, which often comes out when conflicts arise ...

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One of the most challenging things God asks us to do is to forgive others. I don’t know about you, but there are certain people in my life who are ...

We’ve all been there—in the course of your life, someone did something awful that hurt you for which you harbor resentment. If you google "forgiveness," there are many articles about the merits of ...

When you learn other languages, you come to a better understanding of your own. It opens your eyes and mind allowing you to see things from a different perspective. When I learned that the Italian ...

All of us have experienced it: the deep cuts that go along with being hurt by someone else, emotionally or physically. When that kind of personal affront takes place, it’s easy to grab onto that pain ...