Forgiveness and Healing, One Doesn’t Prevent the Other

In her essay, Why I Reject Forgiveness Culture, author, Elizabeth Switaj, asserts that forgiveness is not a requirement to heal.  Demanding that survivors of trauma forgive denies us agency in choosing how to heal.” Exactly. The prescription of forgiveness, as if it were the only way to access the path to healing, feeds into the notion […]

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