Keep it Simple: Learning to Forget (forgiving properly)

Let's face it. All of us at one point in our lives thought that when we forgive a person we automatically had to engage and interact with them as if nothing ever happened. However there is another side to forgiveness. The person actually has to change and put forth an effort and the work to clearly show that they truly apologized about what transpired. But what do you do when you're in the company of someone who keeps asking you to forgive them for what they do yet decade after decade continue the same behavior that's very destructive and harmful to those you love? In this Keep it Simple series episode the author and podcaster opens up and shares what she had to confront a family member concerning psychological abuse. We hope this encourages you to confront and foegive while loving the oppressor from the distance.