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Free Yourself With Forgiveness

Shelby Doherty | Posted 05.07.2013 | Healthy Living
Shelby Doherty

I think one of the easiest ways to be happy is to understand forgiveness. We all make mistakes, everyone of us. But not everyone understands how important it is to truly forgive.

Why You Should Absolutely Let Go Of Those Grudges

Project Compassion Stanford | Posted 04.26.2013 | Healthy Living
Project Compassion Stanford

These studies show us the cost of not forgiving others can be physically taxing on us. It seems like the world appeared more daunting to our participants who had recalled an incident where they had not forgiven their perpetrator.

5 Strategies To Help You Forgive

Paula Davis-Laack | Posted 03.31.2013 | Healthy Living
Paula Davis-Laack

While research indicates that training in forgiveness can actually bring about improvements in both well-being and health, actually forgiving can be easier said than done. If forgiveness is something you want to practice, try one of these strategies.

Do You Need To Forgive?

Ron Nikkel | Posted 03.25.2013 | Religion
Ron Nikkel

By forgiving a person who has afflicted or tormented me I am first of all refusing to let the wrong and evil that I am suffering to control my life -- my thoughts and my emotions.

4 Ways To Forgive And Let Go

Ashley Turner | Posted 04.30.2013 | Healthy Living
Ashley Turner

Although forgiving someone (or ourselves) can happen in an instant, my experience is that it is usually a much more lengthy process requiring great patience, trust, persistence and prayer -- more like peeling an onion or a lotus blossoming than a lightning bolt.

Heart vs. Mind: Which One Are You Listening To?

HeartMath LLC | Posted 04.27.2013 | Healthy Living
HeartMath LLC

The heart often speaks to us quietly and with common sense. The mind tends to rationalize our desires and reactions. To help you distinguish between how your mind might sound vs. your heart, here are some examples in the same situations.

Choosing Peace: On Being Mindful, Willing And Forgiving

Tara Brach | Posted 03.09.2013 | Healthy Living
Tara Brach

It's easy to feed the fearful, angry wolf. Especially if we've experienced great wounding, the anger pathway can become deeply ingrained in our system. Yet, we do have a choice.

Has Anyone Done Something Unforgivable to You? What Was It? (WATCH)

Posted 01.04.2013 | MarloThomas

Microphone in hand, I went out and asked the people of New York: Has anyone done something unforgivable to you? What was it? var src_url="htt...

On The Power Of Love: Recognizing Our Collective Unity

Judith Orloff MD | Posted 02.18.2013 | Healthy Living
Judith Orloff MD

There comes a point when we must decide what our endgame is going to be, personally and for the planet. To me, the only one that makes any sense is love. It's how we have to define ourselves beyond all other criteria. This will ensure the health and abundance for all.

How I Learned to Forgive (Or the Best Damn Psychic Reading I Ever Had)

Virginia Bell | Posted 02.14.2013 | Healthy Living
Virginia Bell

Sitting there at the kitchen table covered with coffee cups and an ashtray full of cigarette butts, I began to slowly comprehend that working on my problems wasn't the same as healing them. "You didn't forgive him." Those four words changed my life.

Oprah On The Best Gift To Give Yourself

Oprah Winfrey | Posted 01.27.2013 | OWN
Oprah Winfrey

Forgiveness doesn't mean you condone the behavior or, in any way, make a wrong right. It just means you give yourself permission to release from your past -- and step forward with the mud of resentment cleared from your wings.

What You Can Gain From Practicing Forgiveness

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. | Posted 01.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Fundamentally, forgiveness frees you from the tangles of anger and retribution, and from preoccupations with the past or with the running case in your mind about the person with whom you're angry.

When Holding A Grudge Can Be Good For Your Health

Posted 10.31.2012 | OWN

By Martha Beck Stood up by a friend? Let down by your sister? Thrown for a loop by a coworker? Martha Beck says the right-size grudge can shiel...

How To Forgive Anyone -- And Why Your Health Depends On It

Posted 11.13.2012 | OWN

By Harriet Brown What, exactly, does it take to move past a lifetime of hurts? Harriet Brown goes on a mission to discover the true meaning of ...

Practice Forgiveness, Heal Yourself, Save the Planet

Walter E. Jacobson, M.D. | Posted 11.24.2012 | Healthy Living
Walter E. Jacobson, M.D.

When we forgive others, we let go of our anger, resentment and bitterness, and we free ourselves of a great emotional burden that keeps us stuck in the past, in a perpetual state of perceived victimhood long after having been victimized.

Fearless Forgiveness: 'Why I Forgave The Teen Who Killed My Family' (VIDEO)

Posted 09.16.2012 | Healthy Living

In 2007, Chris Williams's pregnant wife and two of his four children were killed in a car accident that was caused by a drunk driver. In this inspirin...

Don't Take It Personally

Vaishali | Posted 11.05.2012 | Healthy Living
Vaishali

Taking things personally damages our universal vision. It contracts our perception of self into a very small and narrow point in time. It limits and restricts our sight; it misguides our higher inclusive wisdom.

Help More, Judge Less

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 10.23.2012 | Business
Marshall Goldsmith

He is a great executive. A self-starter, he prides himself on being able to land on his feet in virtually any new environment. He is extremely intelli...

9 Steps To Forgiveness

Wendy Silvers | Posted 10.18.2012 | Healthy Living
Wendy Silvers

Forgiveness is for YOU. It's your liberation from the relentless re-experiencing of a hurt. It releases you from the gnawing feeling of ick you feel inside each time you hear the person's name or see their face.

A Mother's Secret Revealed

StoryCorps | Posted 10.17.2012 | Crime
StoryCorps

In today's StoryCorps broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition, 40-year-old Julie Sanders sat down to discuss a part of her past she has never shared. At age 16, she belonged to a white supremacist group -- and one night in 1988, found herself at the scene of a murder.

Soul-Talk: How To Heal Your Secret Hurt

Russell Bishop | Posted 10.06.2012 | Healthy Living
Russell Bishop

If you have ever trampled all over someone, either intentionally or unintentionally, and later regretted your actions, then perhaps you understand the value of forgiveness.

How to Start the Next Chapter of Your Life: Forgive

Intent | Posted 09.12.2012 | Healthy Living
Intent

Forgiveness is the only key to letting go. Forgive yourself for mistakes you made in the past because nothing will change what has already happened, the only thing you control is what you do in the future.

Dying for a Laugh: The Painful Birth of a Star

Barry Michels | Posted 09.11.2012 | Healthy Living
Barry Michels

Anyone can empathize with how uncomfortable it would be for someone with Vinny's background to ask for help. But by avoiding this vulnerability, Vinny had effectively dead-ended his career.

Why You Must Forgive What You Think You Can't

Kristi Blicharski | Posted 08.21.2012 | Good News
Kristi Blicharski

True forgiveness, whether it's for yourself or someone else, takes strength, compassion, and the willingness to let go.

Fearless Forgiveness

Ree Varcoe | Posted 08.07.2012 | Healthy Living
Ree Varcoe

Modest acts of forgiveness can help you prepare for a day when you might need courage to help yourself, or someone else, move forward from tragedy.