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Forgive to Live

How forgiveness can save your life

by Dick Tibbits

COULD THIS BOOK SAVE YOUR LIFE?
Every one of us has a grievance story a hurtful event perpetrated by someone who mattered in our lives. And for most of us, that hurt simply will not go away.

Enter forgiveness.

Unfortunately, while most of us have been taught we should forgive, we ve never been shown how or why to forgive. In this revised and updated edition of Forgive to Live, Dr. Dick Tibbits demonstrates that understanding and practicing forgiveness can literally save your life!

The truth is, forgiveness does not balance the scales of justice any more than vengeance does. But a failure or inability to forgive creates an inner anger sometimes observable, but oftentimes unseen that affects our emotional, spiritual and physical well-being, from broken relationships and cynicism that lead to isolation, to health issues that lead to a shortened life expectancy.

Using his years of study in the behavioral sciences, observation of patients and his own published scientific study, Dr. Tibbits not only provides practical advice on anger management and goal-setting, but also case studies, assessment tests and other interactive techniques to help you learn and live honest-to-goodness forgiveness. As he provocatively shows, forgiveness is the only way to get your life back and to keep your past from destroying your future.

Anger kills ... every day ... through a host of ailments such as depression, stress, broken relationships and heart disease. Yet its victims often never know what hit them.

Though there's no quick fix for this silent killer, Dr. Dick Tibbits' groundbreaking research reveals a solution: forgiveness.

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, this revised and updated edition of Dick Tibbits powerful book shows you how to forgive insight by insight, step by step in a workable plan that can effectively reduce your anger, improve your health and put you in charge of your life again, no matter how deep your hurts.

In this book you will:
*Come to a new understanding of what causes you pain.
*Discover what forgiveness does and doesn't mean.
*Take steps to reframe your grievance story (yes, you have one).
*Stop giving control of your life to people from your past.
*Understand the difference between guilt and shame.
*Get your life and maybe even your health back.
*Find the freedom, peace, and strength you've never had.

By learning the 10 Principles of Forgiveness you'll come to realise, as thousands of others have, that Forgive to Live is not just a dream it's a way of life that can actually save your life!

Contents:

  • Foreword: Ken Pelletier, PhD, MD
  • Introduction: How Forgiveness Can Save Your Life
  • Ten Principles of Forgiveness
  • A Parable About Forgiveness
  • Life Should Be Fair
  • My Life Is Your Fault
  • From Bitter to Better
  • What You Tell Yourself Can Kill You
  • The Birth of a Grievance Story
  • Forgiveness Is a Choice
  • It’s Not Easy to Forgive
  • Forgiving by Reframing the Past
  • Forgiving and Finding Peace in the Present
  • Forgiving and Finding Hope for the Future
  • A Few Cautions
  • Personal Forgiveness
  • Living the Forgiving Life

  • Research Study: Hypertension Reduction Through Forgiveness Training
  • Discussion Guide
  • Resources
$24.95

Publisher: Florida Hospital Publishing

ISBN: 9781922373915

Format: Paperback

STATUS: AVAILABLE TO ORDER (item is either in stock or quickly/soon obtainable from supplier)

Pages: 272

Reviews and Endorsements

[Endorsement]
"Dr. Tibbits has done the research and scientifically documented the healing power of forgiveness. Read it and live!" -Harold Koenig, Director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health, Duke University Medical Center
[ Bookshelf Review ]
The Bible teaches the importance of forgiveness for living faithfully and well, but what difference can forgiveness actually make in our lives, spiritually, emotionally and even physically? As an experienced pastor, counsellor and health-care administrator, Dr Dick Tibbits decided to find out. Taking a group of postheart attack patients, he taught them how to forgive and then compared their measurable health results against those who had only received more traditional treatments.
Conducted as a formal scientific study, Dr Tibbits published the findings in the Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling. And he found that forgiveness works, lowering blood pressure readings and other heart attack risks in the study participants. As he summarises it, “The bottom line of the forgiveness study is this: people’s health and lives were measurably improved when they practised forgiveness.” This study formed the scientific foundation for Forgive to Live, demonstrating that learning the skills of forgiveness and putting them into practice can save the lives of those who do it.
Of course, Forgive to Live has a broader focus, reflecting on the nature of forgiveness—what it is and isn’t—and the damage done by un-forgiveness. It also offers tools for incorporating forgiveness into your life and its various experiences. The new “10th Anniversary Edition” adds a new chapter on forgiving ourselves, as well as including the full text of Dr Tibbits’ published study and discussion questions that can assist in working through these personally challenging topics.
We have all been hurt, disappointed and let down in various ways—so, difficult as it might be, we can all benefit by learning how to forgive better. Forgive to Live is a book that can make a difference, to us and to others with whom we might be able to share it.
—Nathan Brown, book editor, Signs Publishing

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