Senior year of college. My best friend and roommate. An envelope of cash in the freezer, a lie about her father dying, expensive purses showing up, and then a "break-in" so terrifying that I got in a cop car and drove around looking for the alleged attacker.
Weeks later, I found out the truth from a newspaper headline. The entire thing was staged. No confession. No apology. From the newspaper. In front of other people.
This episode is about what forgiveness looks like when the person who hurt you won't own it, and you still have to figure out how to move forward without letting rage live in your body forever.
You're stuck waiting for an apology that's never coming
You're exhausted by the anger but don't know how to put it down
You keep rehearsing what you'd say if they ever acknowledged what they did
You're worried about the next steps after forgiveness
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What You'll Get
The story: A friendship betrayal so bizarre it still stings, and the years of grief, rumination, and rage that followed
What forgiveness isn't
What forgiveness actually is
What "forgive but don't forget" really means:
How to know when you’ve reached a turning point
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Your Host
Caitlin is a former teacher, current mom, someone who lost her best friend and most of her social circle to a betrayal she found out about in a newspaper, and someone who learned the real meaning of forgiveness.
Planning my summer series! Starting after Memorial Day, episodes will release every other week so I can have a little summer and put some things together.
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