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Sweeter than Revenge: Overcoming Your Payback Mind

by David Richo

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Paperback · 200 pages Shambhala · 2025

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Sweeter than Revenge

When you feel you have been wronged, the urge to retaliate can feel overwhelming and justified. In this groundbreaking work, acclaimed author and psychotherapist David Richo explores the complex dynamics of retaliation, offering profound insights into why we seek revenge and practices to help us break free from this destructive cycle.

Sweeter than Revenge delves deeply into one of humanity’s most instinctive yet destructive impulses: the urge to strike back when we feel wronged. Drawing from psychology, principles of emotional intelligence, Christian and Buddhist teachings, and years of therapeutic expertise, Richo illuminates the web of emotions and triggers that drive retaliatory behavior. He challenges readers to examine their own patterns of retaliation and provides practical tools for responding to conflict with wisdom rather than reactivity.

Revenge happens in any human relationship, even intimate ones. Through compelling insights and actionable strategies, Richo guides us in understanding how to transform vengeful impulses into opportunities for growth and healing.  Whether dealing with personal relationships, workplace dynamics, or internal struggles, this book offers a revolutionary framework for moving beyond the primitive urge for revenge toward more enlightened responses. We may not be able to eliminate our impulse to retaliate, but we can stop acting on it. 

Readers will discover powerful techniques for managing anger, developing emotional resilience, and fostering genuine forgiveness. Through real-world examples and exercises, this book illuminates the path from reactive behavior to conscious response.  

Sweeter than Revenge is an essential read for anyone seeking to be freed from destructive patterns and cultivate more constructive ways of handling life’s inevitable conflicts.

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Publisher
Shambhala
Author
David Richo
Format
Paperback
Published
Nov 11, 2025
ISBN-13
9781645474708
ISBN-10
1645474704
Pages
200
Carton quantity
48 copies
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