{"product_id":"how-can-i-forgive-you-the-courage-to-forgive-the-freedom-not-to-paperback","title":"How Can I Forgive You?: The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not to - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanis A. Spring\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"If you are struggling with issues of betrayal--or the challenge of whether and how to forgive--here is the most helpful and surprising book you will ever find on the subject.\"--Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dance of Anger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEveryone is struggling to forgive someone: an unfaithful partner, an alcoholic parent, an ungrateful child, a terrorist. This award-winning book provides a radical way for hurt parties to heal themselves--without forgiving, as well as a way for offenders to earn genuine forgiveness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUntil now, we've been taught that forgiveness is good for us and that good people forgive. Dr. Janis Abrahms Spring, a gifted clinical psychologist and award-winning author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter the Affair, \u003c\/em\u003e proposes a radical, life-affirming alternative that lets us overcome the corrosive effects of hate and get on with our lives--without forgiving. She also offers a powerful and unconventional model for earning genuine forgiveness--one that asks as much of the offender as it does of the hurt party.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written and filled with insight, practical advice, and poignant case studies, this bold and healing book offers step-by-step, concrete instructions that help us make peace with others and ourselves, while answering such crucial questions as these: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003eHow do I forgive someone who is unremorseful or dead?When is forgiveness cheap?Can I heal myself - without forgiving?How can the offender earn forgiveness?What makes for a good apology?How do we forgive ourselves for hurting another human being?\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil now, we have been taught that forgiveness is good for us and that good people forgive. Dr. Spring, a gifted therapist and the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eAfter the Affair\u003c\/em\u003e, proposes a radical, life-affirming alternative that lets us overcome the corrosive effects of hate and get on with our lives--without forgiving. She also offers a powerful and unconventional model for genuine forgiveness--one that asks as much of the offender as it does of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bold and healing book offers step-by-step, concrete instructions that help us make peace with others and with ourselves, while answering such crucial questions as these: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do I forgive someone who is unremorseful or dead?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen is forgiveness cheap?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is wrong with refusing to forgive?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can the offender earn forgiveness?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do we forgive ourselves for hurting another human being?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 7.96 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Books for a Better Life (2004)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763132399904,"sku":"9780060009311","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/71533f5afaa7275680545dc1a95d199e.webp?v=1780229108","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-can-i-forgive-you-the-courage-to-forgive-the-freedom-not-to-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}