Harper’s BAZAAR: How Forgiveness Has Been Weaponized Against Women — And #MeToo is Our Chance for an Upgrade
There’s a pervasive misconception that forgiveness means pardon and reconciliation—particularly with sexual abuse. #MeToo is our chance for an upgrade. Years ago, I was raped by a man I dated [...]
To Make America Great, Start by Memorializing the Past
“The past isn’t dead. It’s not even past.” –William Faulkner As a black southerner, Samuel Sinyangwe had to leave the U.S. to see a statue honoring a slave. Having grown up surrounded by [...]
Forgiveness in the Age of Trump
Quite by accident, I’ve become a so-called “forgiveness expert” (I wrote a book exploring the topic through science and stories). Readers have been asking me variations of the following question: [...]
Storytelling is Survival, Not a Buzzword
Storytelling has become a buzzword, a “strategy,” a trope of journalists and influence peddlers and sales pitchers and TED speakers. Copywriters are now “strategic storytellers” (yours truly [...]
Psychology Today: Triumph of the Heart
A father’s journey illuminates the ways in which forgiveness can be one of life’s most transformative acts—if we only allow ourselves to embrace it. Azim Khamisa was standing in the kitchen of [...]
Salon: The Science of Forgiveness: “When you don’t forgive you release all the chemicals of the stress response”
From “Triumph of the Heart: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World” The Burn Surgeon: How Anger Can Impede Healing In 1978, Dr. Dabney Ewin, a surgeon specializing in burns, was on duty [...]
5280 Magazine: In The Line of Fire
When Colorado’s Gun Debate Turned Nasty It had been a long day. Heck, it had already been a long month—and it was only the fifth day of March. But Evie Hudak knew she should check her email [...]
