Five Steps To Forgiveness: The Art And Science Of Forgiving,New

Can You Find It In Your Heart To Forgive?Youve Been Wronged, But You Want To Do The Right Thing. You Want To Be Free Of The Burden Of A Bitter Grudge That Weighs You Down During The Day And Keeps You Up At Night. Youre Wasting Time And Energy Ruminating, Railing, Perhaps Even Plotting Revenge. Youre Sick And Tired Of Being A Victim, But You Feel Stuck.Youre Not Alone. Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Are Victimized By Crime And Violence Every Year, Devastated By Downsizing At Work, Or Reeling From Relationship Betrayals, Breakups, And Other Social Traumas. The Good News Is That No Matter What Your Injury, Clinical Psychologist And Researcher Dr. Everett Worthington Has Found That There Is A Way To Unburden Yourself Through Forgiveness And Move Ahead With Life. His New Program, Five Steps To Forgiveness, Offers Stepbystep Advice On How To Achieve This Breakthrough.Based On More Than A Decade Of Research, Including His Own Work And That Of Dozens Of Psychologists Investigating The Scientific Benefits Of Forgiveness, Dr. Worthington Has Distilled The Reach Plan: Recall The Hurt; Empathize With The One Who Hurt You; Altruistically Decide To Forgive; Commit Publicly To Forgiveness; And Hold On To That Forgiveness. Dr. Worthington Offers Simple, Clear Advice For Putting The Program To Work In Your Own Life And Dozens Of Examples Of How Others Have Used It To Forgive.Sometimes Youll Want To Do More Than Forgiveyoull Need To Reconcile With The Other Person, Perhaps Because You Need To Continue To Work Together, Share Custody Of A Child, Or Have Another Ongoing Relationship. Dr. Worthington Also Takes You Plankbyplank Over The Bridge Of Reconciliation.Studies And Clinical Practice Have Demonstrated The Effectiveness Of The Reach Program. Dr. Worthington Faced The Ultimate Test, However, When His Mother Was Brutally Murdered In L995. Using The Paradigm He Had Taught So Successfully To Hundreds Of People, He Used The Reach Program To Forgive His Own Mothers Murderer.In Five Steps To Forgiveness, Dr. Worthington Shares His Proven Program, The Latest Research, His Own Compelling Story, And A Wealth Of Wisdom From The Experiences Of Those He Has Helped To Enable You To Attain The Hope, Health, And Happiness Forgiveness Brings.