Finding Forgiveness - Hardcover

Borris-Dunchunstang, Eileen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071474692 ISBN 13: 9780071474696

Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education Ltd, 2006

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An inspiring guide to healing the wounds left by loss and betrayal and finding your strength in forgiveness

Chronic hate and resentment not only sap ourability to experience happiness and to grow, theycan also take a serious toll on our health and impedefuture relationships.

In Finding Forgiveness internationally acclaimed expert on conflict resolution and trauma recovery Eileen R.Borris-Dunchunstang outlines her proven, seven-stepprogram for shedding your emotional baggage associatedwith loss, betrayal, or resentment. Modifying the techniques she uses to resolve international conflict to address personal issues, Borris-Dunchunstang gives you the tools to break free of anger and bitterness and find your path to healing.

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Eileen R. Borris-Dunchunstang, Ed.D., is an internationally renowned speaker and trainer in forgiveness, reconciliation, conflict resolution, and trauma recovery. Dr. Borris-Dunchunstang is the director of training for the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy in Washington, D.C. She has worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and has conducted hundreds of workshops and seminars around the world.

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Free yourself from anger, pain, and the past

Have you ever felt betrayed, hurt, or wronged? Are you struggling to get over a nasty divorce, the death of a loved one, a shattered friendship, or broken family ties? This book will help you deal with conflicted emotions and find it in your heart to forgive. Written by Dr. Eileen R. Borris-Dunchunstang, an internationally known speaker on conflict resolution and trauma recovery, Finding Forgiveness offers a remarkably sensitive yet powerful approach to healing your heart, lifting your spirit, and finding the power to love, grow, and forgive.

The 7 Steps Toward Forgiveness

• Clear your mind of negative thoughts that get in the way of your happiness.
• Uncover your feelings of bitterness, betrayal, victimization, and blame.
• Let go of your anger and move on with your life.
• Work through your guilt and learn to forgive yourself as well as others.
• Reframe the situation that hurt you and restore your faith in others.
• Absorb the pain of the past without the need for apologies or revenge.
• Gain inner peace through newfound compassion, understanding, and acceptance.

"It is my sincere hope and prayer that the fundamental theme of this book--the importance of forgiveness--may be seen as effective not only in individuals' private lives, but equally in the arena of public and even international relations."

--from the foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

A simple seven-step program to help you let go of anger and move on with your life

Alexander Pope said it best, "To err is human, to forgive divine." If you've ever been deeply hurt by someone or suffered through a painful ordeal, you know how hard it is to forgive and forget. Fortunately, you can free yourself from feelings of anger, bitterness, hurt, and blame by following the seven steps of Finding Forgiveness.

This illuminating and life-changing book guides you through the entire healing process. Written by Dr. Eileen R. Borris-Dunchunstang, a world-renowned speaker who has worked closely with the Dalai Lama and Deepak Chopra, Finding Forgiveness offers simple, proven strategies to release you from negative thinking and unnecessary suffering. It includes insightful self-exams, empowering exercises, and visualization techniques that will help you gain a new understanding of others--and yourself. You'll learn how to stop feeling like a victim, let go of old grudges, and replace the need for revenge with true compassion.

Ultimately, Finding Forgiveness is about changing the way you think. Once you learn to see people anew and reassess your own feelings, you will be able to:

• Say good-bye to anger, resentment, and guilt
• Come to terms with a difficult past
• Make peace with yourself and others
• Find a renewed sense of justice
• Embrace the power of love and forgiveness

Filled with inspiring true stories of people who managed to work through anger and become stronger in the process, this life-enhancing guide is your personal road map to the most rewarding journey you will ever take--a journey of self-discovery, understanding, and acceptance that will truly set you free.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0071474692
• ISBN 13: 9780071474696
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
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