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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 2006
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Contact: Christine Somosi, 216.397.4663, csomosi@jcu.edu
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John Carroll University Presents Lecture on How to Give Ourselves the Greatest Gift
of all – the Freedom of Forgiveness

This event is free and open to the public.

John Carroll University offers the opportunity to begin the New Year with a renewed sense of self with Dr. Nancy Taylor’s lecture entitled “Free to Forgive.” Modeling her methods after Robert Enright, a pioneer of the scientific study of forgiveness, Taylor introduces a six step intervention process to ultimately finding inner peace for those who are in search of forgiveness and the desire to settle their inner distress.

Enright’s process includes the following phases: uncovering feelings, deciding to forgive, working through the steps to let go of anger and redirecting one’s energy to new goals. However, some who undertake the steps of this intervention find that they still do not feel satisfied nor have achieved inner peace. While they may have forgiven the other party involved, they somehow turn the blame on themselves. Taylor uses Enright’s method to help people let go of this blame and forgive themselves.

The lecture will also focus on how forgiveness can bring about hope and peace, clarify what constitutes as forgiveness and educate on the stages involved in the forgiving process. Attendees will learn about an opportunity to take part in a six- session group project to evaluate the effectiveness of this model.