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All books are written by Shanise Goodwin with a therapeutic and Christian insight.
Part instruction manual and part healing journey, this book offers practical tools and compassionate guidance to help you release what has been weighing on your heart and move toward peace, freedom, and wholeness.
In Emptying the Heart: A Guided Path to True Forgiveness, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Shanise Goodwin provides a faith-informed roadmap to help you:
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In Emptying the Heart: A Guided Path to True Forgiveness, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Shanise Goodwin provides a faith-informed roadmap to help you:
• Understand what forgiveness is—and what it is not
• Discover who forgiveness is for and why it matters
• Identify barriers that keep you stuck in unforgiveness
• Learn practical steps toward healing and forgiveness
• Recognize the evidence of true forgiveness and emotional freedom
Part instruction manual and part healing journey, this book offers practical tools and compassionate guidance to help you release what has been weighing on your heart and move toward peace, freedom, and wholeness.
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Denise Prince –
Emptying the Heart by Shanise Goodwin is a powerful and deeply practical guide to true forgiveness. What I appreciated most is that it doesn’t simply tell you to forgive—it walks you through what forgiveness actually looks like and gives practical, faith-filled steps to help you get there.
This book personally helped me process rejection in a healthier way. It challenged me to stop searching for every “why” and instead focus on my own healing. I learned that forgiveness is not excusing what happened or pretending it didn’t hurt, but choosing to release the emotional weight it has carried in my heart. It also reminded me that forgiveness and boundaries can exist together, and that I can forgive without allowing unhealthy patterns back into my life.
One of my biggest takeaways was learning to extend grace to myself. Rejection often caused me to question my worth and replay situations repeatedly, but this book helped me replace self-condemnation with self-forgiveness and trust that God is using every experience for my growth.
I highly recommend this book to anyone struggling with rejection, hurt, betrayal, or unforgiveness. Shanise beautifully combines biblical truth, therapeutic wisdom, and personal testimony to show that true healing is possible. Emptying the Heart is a resource I’ll return to again and again on my journey toward freedom and healing.