Bookworks Welcomes Megan Feldman Bettencourt's TRIUMPH OF THE HEART at the Center for Spiritual Living Today

Veteran journalist Megan Feldman had never considered herself a forgiving person. She'd just gone through a breakup and felt perfectly justified in hating her ex forever. But then she encountered a man who had truly forgiven the teenager who murdered his only son. How could anyone forgive that? Was there something wrong with him? Or was there something wrong with her? So Megan set out on a global adventure, not just to find out what forgiveness is, but how it works. Examining situations as mundane as road rage, as painful as cheating spouses, and as unthinkable as war crimes, she discovers the remarkable physical and psychological benefits of forgiveness, and reveals some of the best ways we can learn to do it ourselves, as both individuals and communities. Because it turns out that the ability to forgive and put down the burdens of the past really is what determines our quality of life-whether after a nasty breakup or a much more severe loss. Inspirational, useful, and wise, Triumph of the Heart is a book for readers of Anne Lamott and Brene Brown.

"I believe that it is vital for us all both as individuals and as a society to think deeply about the question of forgiveness and itspower to transform. I delight in the amount of research that Megan Feldman Bettencourt has done here, and I welcome her book as an important contribution to our ongoing cultural conversation about this important topic. I hope it will lead many to reconsider their anger, their bitterness, and their resentments."--Elizabeth Gilbert,author of Eat, Pray, Love

"Triumph of the Heart skillfully explores forgiveness through many lenses. It is a compelling personal story interwoven withother narratives of forgiveness engagingly embedded in the research and science."--Fred Luskin, PhD, author of Forgive for Good

"Forgiveness is the power of God at work in our hearts. Bravo to Megan Feldman Bettencourt for making the process more accessible, and thus the healing of the world more near."--Marianne Williamson, author of A Year of Miracles

Megan Feldman Bettencourt is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in magazines such as Glamour, Details, and Southwest: The Magazine, and in newspapers including Newsday and the Dallas Observer. She began her career as a Central America-based freelancer and holds a master s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York.She lives in Denver with her husband and son.

Event date:

Today, August 15, 2015 - 2:00pm

Event address:

Center for Spiritual Living

2801 Louisiana Blvd NE

Albuquerque, NM 87106

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