Healing Through Forgiveness

Send us Fan Mail Welcome 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 Resources Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art from Trauma by Melanie Brooks It’s Not You: Identifying and Healing From Narcissistic People by Dr. Ramani Durvasula Writing to Heal with Laura Davis Practicing Radical Acceptance with Zebib Abraham Leaning into the Mystery of Your Stories with Brett Will Taylor Recovering from Cults and Religious Trauma Through Writing with Tia Levings To Write a Better Memoir, Learn This F-Word Episode Highlights 2:00 Why People Hate Forgiveness 7:00 Forgiveness Myths 9:00 Defining Forgiveness 13:00 Forgiveness Prerequisites 22:00 The Process of Forgiving 30:00 Two Powerful Writing Exercises 36:00 Renewing and Releasing Relationships with Yourself and Others 48:00 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-f7ObRg Facebook: 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.com Building 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 | LinkedIn Produced by Espresso Podcast Production