Olivier Clerc: Forgiveness: Healing the Wounds of the Heart

Forgiveness is a powerful spiritual tool that can bring profound relief, and unleash feelings of love blocked for years by personal resentments. 

In this episode, Andrew discusses forgiveness with author and forgiveness expert Olivier Clerc. They cover: 

⭐️4 essential steps to forgiveness

⭐️Obstacles to forgiveness

⭐️The importance of spending time deciding what exactly forgiveness means to you.

Olivier Clerc is a writer, lecturer and workshop-leader, specialising in self-help and spirituality.  He is also the creator of Circles of Forgiveness, of which there are now 250, in 15 different countries. Olivier is the author of 22 books, the latest of which is Healing the Wounds of the Heart: 15 Obstacles to Forgiveness and How to Overcome Them.

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This week supporters will hear:

⭐️How taking things personally is an obstacle to forgiveness

⭐️Three things Olivier Clerc knows to be true.

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Follow Up

Read Andrew’s new Substack newsletter The Meaningful Life, and join the community there.

Read Olivier Clerc’s latest book, Healing the Wounds of the Heart: 15 Obstacles to Forgiveness and How to Overcome Them 

Read Olivier Clerc’s book The Gift of Forgiveness: A Magical Encounter with don Miguel Ruiz

Visit Olivier Clerc’s website 

Follow Olivier Clerc on Instagram @olivier_clerc_auteur

Visit The Forgiveness Project's website 

Read The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, by Don Miguel Ruiz.

Read Radical Self-Forgiveness: The Direct Path to True Self-Acceptance by Colin Tipping.

Listen to our other episode on forgiveness: Dr Frederic Luskin on Forgiveness: What It Is, and What It Is Not 

Andrew offers regular advice on love, marriage and finding meaning in your life via his social channels. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube @andrewgmarshall