Healing from Hurt:

Forgiveness and its Alternatives

You can be free of the pain of the past and claim a life of joy.

Join me for a 6-session forgiveness group coaching program

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This is right for you if…

You’ve been hurt and are living with pain, anger, grief, shame, & rumination

You can’t sleep, playing & replaying what happened to you

You want to be untethered from the people who have hurt you

You want to experience more joy & energy in your life

You are ready to forgive yourself

You want support in a confidential, non-judgmental, & compassionate setting

"If you have any doubts about forgiveness, reclaiming your dignity, and letting go or accepting painful emotions, then I highly recommend joining this program. The support from the group, dealing with painful relationships, has freed me from long held beliefs about myself."

Fred C.

This is NOT right for you if…

Something feels just too good about living in pain and unforgiveness

You’re not quite ready to give up your identity as the victim of someone else

Your hurt is so recent that you cannot put words to what happened to you

You will walk away…

Released from the hurt you’ve been carrying

Knowing that you are not alone

Understanding what forgiveness is and is not

Becoming a more forgiving person

Able to sleep at night, no longer ruminating over past hurts

Clear on whether to reconcile with or release for good the person who hurt you

Having taken steps to forgive yourself

Able to recognize patterns that lead to your being hurt

"The process has essentially helped me hardwire effective strategies for dealing with difficult emotions. We also covered the concept of dignity and the importance it plays in the process of forgiveness. How dignity violations contribute to feeling trapped in the mindless cycle of reliving painful, traumatic events. After the first experience, I for the first time in a long time, felt I would be able to stop feeling trapped in negative internal dialogue about every situation that creates an opportunity to feel hurt. The process and tools have stayed with me as valuable resources in living a fuller life."

Jo N.

Meet Your Facilitator

Oncologist turned professional coach with expertise in forgiveness, Jennifer Griggs helps people break free from old stories to create joy and meaning in their lives. She is known for her fierce compassion, her humor, and the ability to hold people in gentle but purposeful accountability.

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”

LEWIS B. SMEDES

Included with your registration:

12 hours of live online coaching in a confidential small group setting

Personal 1:1 session before we start

Lifetime access to written & audio resources

Personalized meditations

Session Overview

Session 1. Deeping Understanding & Discovering Dignity
Dignity, its elements, and its violations. Alternatives to forgiveness on the path to healing. Understanding what forgiveness is not.

Session 2. Telling Your Story in a New Way
How we tell our stories in service of healing. The costs of not telling. Creating a little space between you and your story. Sharing your story in safety. Identifying violations of dignity.

Session 3. Naming & Softening Your Hurt
The power of naming your hurt. Emotional fluency and its role in healing. Understanding what you’ve lost. Honoring your fear, anger, shame, grief and moving forward after violations of dignity.

Session 4. Growing Resilience, Building Your Resources, and Reclaiming Dignity
Emotional agility and resilience. Revenge fantasies as a steppingstone towards taking back your life. The letter I wish you’d written. The anatomy of an apology and the letter I wish you’d written.

Session 5. Fostering Empathy to Forgive Ourselves and Others
The path to self-forgiveness. Recognizing and naming your positive intention. Identifying needs. Distinguishing needs from strategies. The role of empathy in the healing process.

Session 6. Writing Your New Story
Reclaiming and preservation of dignity. How we heal after harm. The choice to release or renew the relationship. Putting it all together on the path to freedom and joy.

A strong evidence base forms the foundation for this trauma-informed coaching experience.

All sharing occurs only in pairs.

"Taking part in this group was a great way to learn about forgiveness and explore better solutions rather than waiting for someone to apologize. Also wonderful to learn to forgive ourselves as well."

Kim P.

"Instead of holding on to the anger that someone hurt you and has yet to apologize, writing the letter as if it is from that person was so liberating and certainly decreases the anger. The faces of the women I was in the group with; the power of being able to recognize my hurt even in the face of what could be considered stronger hurt; the calming of certain pasts."

Sam W.

"At the end of one of our sessions, I realized that Jennifer, in the truest sense is a physician. And as a coach, she brings the gentleness of her practice to life, putting me at ease with the process of forgiveness, and helping me find my strength and confidence to face difficult experiences that affect my ability to be a whole person - healed person."

Dannie B.

"Jennifer is a kind spirit with compassion that is off the charts, … she is loving and very intentional about making space."

Ashley S.

"Most of all, I learned about dignity and how to recognize my own and honor everyone else's. By first preserving everyone's dignity, I could find the path of forgiveness through all the emotions and hurts of the events."

Angie R.

"The process of forgiveness and understanding emotions has given me tools to help me feel more confident processing painful experiences. I learned a lot about emotions, the layers to our feelings, that I did not understand, and that I can develop the ability to understand and manage in a much more sophisticated way. Especially as it relates to myself, how I carry un-manageable emotions in my body, essentially using them against myself, but learn how to release them in a healthy way. "

Fred C.

Let’s Talk

Schedule a Forgiveness Consultation

How it happens

Facilitated groups meet on Zoom for 2 hours (including a brief break)

You decide when & how much to share of your story

Everything is kept in confidence

Space is limited

Register below for a group beginning soon.

All times are in the Eastern Time Zone

CHOOSE YOUR GROUP:

Onyx Cohort

Beginning October 23, 2022

Sundays, 2 – 4 pm (Eastern)

Oct 23, Oct 30, Nov 6, Nov 13, Nov 20, Nov 27

Turquoise Cohort

Beginning October 18, 2022

Tuesdays, 1 – 3 pm (Eastern)

October 18, October 25, November 1, November 8, November 15, November 22

Sapphire Cohort

Beginning January 7, 2023

Saturdays, 2 – 4 pm (Eastern)

January 7, January 14, January 21, January 28, February 4, February 11

“Forgiveness is not weak. It takes courage to face and overcome powerful emotions.”

DESMOND TUTU

Not sure if you’re ready yet?

Let’s talk through it. I’ll give you your best next step based on where you are now.