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THE CONTEMPORARY ELDER INSTITUTE (CEI) PRESENTS A SPECIAL GUEST EVENT FORGIVING THE UNFORGIVABLE
Author • Jul 27, 2023
The Contemporary Elder Institute (CEI) Presents
A SPECIAL GUEST EVENT
Forgiving the Unforgivable.
Each month, the members of CEI work on particular domains of our humanity that become increasingly damaging as we age. This month, we worked on forgiveness. The last of our three sessions was forgiving ourselves, which we found the most difficult.
At the end of these monthly sessions, we invite a prominent expert, authority, or master teacher to speak about the subject we have been focusing on. Given the tremendous value of being with individuals of this stature, we open these special guest events to the public.
Our honored guest speaker is Dr. Buck Blodgett. Founder and Executive Director of the “Love>hate Project.” Who Buck is and what the project is about are well presented in this video.
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