We retaliate against ourselves when we obey our inner critic. Yet can learn to forgive ourselves and move on to life without self-shaming.

"It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody." –Maya Angelou Forgiveness is a rare commodity. It's elusive, and when attained, hard-won. Self-forgiveness is ...

Years ago at a forgiveness class for Stanford Continuing Studies, one of us met a man who once had a wife and two children and a good job. But he threw it all away because of a gambling addiction that ...