For decades, women have been conditioned to be peacemakers, to smooth over conflicts, and to forgive quickly. While forgiveness can be a powerful tool for healing and moving forward, there’s a darker ...

There should be a certain level of forgiveness in relationships, without a doubt. However, “forgiveness culture” has taken a dangerous turn in recent years. Forgiveness has become a weapon and ...

“Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves” –Thich Nhat Hanh How do we make peace with ourselves when we’ve hurt ...

I gave a lecture on forgiveness this past week at Stanford University and noticed that basically everyone in the audience admitted that they struggled with trying to forgive someone. On a 10-point ...

Forgiveness was something I first encountered in the dark silence of a Catholic confessional as a child. I still remember the heavy wooden booth, the tiny grate that slid open with a reverberating ...

Being hurt by others is common and can be deeply painful. How we respond can affect our individual and collective well-being. Which raises the question of forgiveness. In the last few decades, ...