Your Brain on Revenge with Oprah and James Kimmel, Jr.

<p>Is revenge the root of all forms of violence?  Oprah sits down with James Kimmel, Jr., a revenge and violence researcher and lecturer in the psychiatry department at the Yale University School of Medicine and the bestselling author of the eye-opening book, The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World’s Deadliest Addiction - and How to Overcome It.  From bullying to school and mass shootings to terrorism and even war, James Kimmel Jr’s 20-year research argues that the root cause of all human aggression and violence in the world is the one universal human emotion: revenge.  After being bullied as a teenager, James Kimmel, Jr shares the horrific moment he almost became a mass shooter himself, and why that became the catalyst for his life’s work. James Kimmel Jr shares a research study that could reveal just how prone you might be to seeking revenge. He has also created The Non-Justice System &amp; The Miracle Court App, a 5-step scripted virtual courtroom where a person who has been wronged can play all the roles in a simulated trial - victim, defendant, judge, jury, and warden. Oprah and James Kimmel Jr also hear searing stories from the audience including a woman whose neighbor shot and killed her dog, a woman who got revenge on a boyfriend who cheated on her, a wife and mother whose intense revenge addiction landed her in the hospital. And how a mother, who lost her precious 6-year-old son to gun violence at Sandy Hook Elementary, came to forgive her son’s killer.</p>
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<p>00:00:00 - Welcome James Kimmel, Jr.  author of “The Science of Revenge” </p>
<p>00:04:00 - James Kimmel share his story of revenge </p>
<p>00:10:15 - Lawyers sell revenge to the masses </p>
<p>00:13:15 - How revenge is an addiction </p>
<p>00:16:00 - Understanding how revenge leads to crimes </p>
<p>00:17:30 - When revenge becomes addiction </p>
<p>00:27:00 - Woman shares her desire for revenge </p>
<p>00:28:20 - Types of forgiveness </p>
<p>00:37:55 - How can we speed up forgiveness </p>
<p>00:39:30 - How this man resisted getting revenge </p>
<p>00:43:30 - Mother of son killed at Sandy Hook </p>
<p>00:50:50 - Recovering revenge addict </p>
<p>00:57:00 - The motive is revenge </p>
<p>00:59:00 - The power of forgiveness </p>
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<p>Additional Resources: </p>
<p><a href="https://www.revengeanonymous.org">https://www.revengeanonymous.org</a></p>
<p>The Non-justice System: <a href="https://www.miraclecourt.com/">miraclecourt.com</a></p>
<p>What's Your Revenge Score? <a href="https://www.jameskimmeljr.com/quiz">https://www.jameskimmeljr.com/quiz</a></p>
<p>Connecticut Violence Intervention and Prevention - <a href="https://www.ctintervention.org/">https://www.ctintervention.org/</a></p>
<p>Choose Love - <a href="https://chooselovemovement.org/">https://chooselovemovement.org/</a></p>
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