Forgiving Others, Forgiving Ourselves: Understanding and Healing Our Emotional Wounds

Publisher Marketing: For anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the process of forgiveness in order to heal a hurtful past. Everyone seeks forgiveness at some point in their lives in families, from friends, in workplaces, in communities or from ourselves. While we all need forgiveness to repair or let go of broken relationships, how to seek forgiveness and conquer the barriers that prevent forgiveness often elude us. Drawing on insights from many fields, communication, psychology, counseling and theology, as well as the authors' original research, the authors provide specific guidance about the personal journey toward forgiveness and offer a variety of tools toward achieving this goal: Ways to understand the relationship between forgiveness, apology and reconciliation, and the conditions that make reconciliation appropriate or inappropriateThe elements of effective apologiesRecent research findings to help readers understand the psychological, relational and spiritual complexities of forgivenessReal-life examples of people in various stages of forgivenessHow to assist others to forgive in families, friendships, the workplace and communitiesReflection questions to help readers individuals or groups, personal use or in counseling settings explore their own relationship with forgiveness" Contributor Bio:  Isenhart, Myra Warren Myra Warren Isenhart teaches, writes, and consults about topics in organizational communication. Currently a faculty member at the University of Denver, she has also served on faculties at the University of Colorado at Denver and St. Thomas Theological Seminary. Her MA & PhD are in Human Communication. She is a speaker and author on conflict management in the workplace. She has published a articles in communication journals and coauthored "Collaborative Approaches to Conflict Management "also published by Sage. Her clients are broad based, with concentrations in health care, software development, and government. She serves on several nonprofit boards. Contributor Bio:  Spangle, Michael Michael Spangle, PhD, a professor at Regis University and former Navy chaplain, teaches courses on forgiveness, emotions, communication and relationships. He is coauthor of Collaborative Approaches to Resolving Conflict; Negotiation as a Way of Life and Negotiation: Communication for Diverse Settings.