{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"David Richo Forum: Sweeter Than Revenge","description":"The Forum with David Richo Grace Cathedral, San Francisco\u202f When you feel you have been wronged, the urge to retaliate can feel overwhelming and justified. In\u202fthe\u202fgroundbreaking work\u202fSweeter Than Revenge:\u202fOvercoming Your Payback Mind,\u202facclaimed 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.\u202f Drawing from psychology, principles of emotional intelligence, Christian and Buddhist teachings, and years of therapeutic\u202fexpertise, 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.\u202f Join Malcolm Clemens Young, Dean of Grace Cathedral, for a conversation with\u202fRicho\u202fabout\u202fhow to transform vengeful impulses into opportunities for growth and healing.  Recorded at Grace Cathedral on February 1, 2026.   Give to Grace\u202f You can help us bring the arts to life at Grace with a gift today to The Forum. gracecathedral.org\/give   Become a GraceArts Member Love engaging dialogue? We offer a special cultural membership program, GraceArts, focused exclusively on the arts and well-being. GraceArts allows a wider community to belong to and support Grace, with discounts and benefits on a robust schedule of events. Learn more and join at gracecathedral.org\/join.   About the Guest David Richo, PhD, is a psychotherapist, teacher, writer, and workshop leader whose work emphasizes the benefits of mindfulness and loving-kindness in personal growth and emotional well-being. He is the author of\u202fnumerous\u202fbooks, including\u202fHow to Be an Adult in Relationships\u202fand\u202fThe Five Things We Cannot Change. He lives in Santa Barbara and San Francisco, California.\u202f About the Moderator The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young\u202fis the dean of Grace Cathedral. He is the author of\u202fThe Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau\u202fand\u202fThe Invisible Hand in Wilderness: Economics, Ecology, and God, and is a regular contributor on religion to the Huffington Post and San Francisco Examiner. \u202f\u202f About\u202fThe\u202fForum The Forum\u202fis a series of stimulating conversations about faith and ethics in relation to the important issues of our day. We invite inspiring and illustrious people to sit down for a real conversation with the Forum\u2019s host and with you. Our guests range from artists, inventors and philosophers to pop culturists and elected officials, but the point of\u202fThe Forum\u202fis singular: civil, sophisticated discourse that engages minds and hearts to think in new ways about the world.\u202f\u202fLearn more about The Forum here:\u202f\u202f\u202f gracecathedral.org\/the-forum ","author_name":"The Forum at Grace Cathedral","author_url":"http:\/\/www.gracecathedral.org\/","html":"