Healing Through Forgiveness

Send us Fan MailWelcome to season two of the Writing Your Resilience Podcast!  After celebrating season one’s fantastic interviews, I decided to kick things off right by having a fireside-style chat with you about a topic that keeps coming up: Forgiveness. Whether we’re on a healing journey or writing the tough stuff, forgiveness can be a complicated thing to grasp and work through. In this episode, I talk about what forgiveness is, what the process looks like, and how it’s related to the writing process. As you listen along, consider the following questions: What do you think about the word forgiveness? More importantly, how do you feel about it? What do you want to know about it? And finally, what relationship do you think it has to the writing process?Episode ResourcesWriting Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma by Melanie BrooksIt’s Not You: Identifying and Healing From Narcissistic People by Dr. Ramani DurvasulaWriting to Heal with Laura DavisPracticing Radical Acceptance with Zebib AbrahamLeaning into the Mystery of Your Stories with Brett Will TaylorRecovering from Cults and Religious Trauma Through Writing with Tia LevingsTo Write a Better Memoir, Learn This F-WordEpisode Highlights2:00 Why People Hate Forgiveness7:00 Forgiveness Myths9:00 Defining Forgiveness13:00 Forgiveness Prerequisites22:00 The Process of Forgiving30:00 Two Powerful Writing Exercises36:00 Renewing and Releasing Relationships with Yourself and Others48:00 Empowering Yourself Connect with your host, Lisa:Get Your Free Copy of Write More, Fret Less: https://lisacooperellison.com/newsletter-subscribe/Website: https://lisacooperellison.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisacooperellison/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UColPDzpoQlVktIv7-f7ObRgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisacooperellison/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-ellison-b5483840/Sign up for Create Your Memoir’s Beat Sheet: https://janefriedman.com/craft-your-memoirs-beat-sheet-with-lisa-cooper-ellison/Produced by Espresso Podcast Production: https://www.espressopodcastproduction.comBuilding Better Memoir Scenes: https://janefriedman.com/building-better-memoir-scenes-with-lisa-cooper-ellison/Connect with your host, Lisa:Get Your Free Copy of Ditch Your Inner Critic: https://lisacooperellison.com/subscribe/Website | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | LinkedInProduced by Espresso Podcast Production