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Forgiving the Unforgivable

Beverly Flanigan Β· 2008
80/100
πŸ‘ Worth It

Beverly Flanigan did something rare: she built a forgiveness framework on actual research with real people who had survived real betrayals, rather than on intuition or borrowed theology. The six-stage model is structured and actionable, and it is specifically designed for the injuries that standard forgiveness advice cannot touch. Be warned β€” this is not comfortable reading, but for the right reader at the right moment, it may be genuinely transformative.

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