Healing: How Forgiveness Lowers Inflammation and Heals Your Body from the Inside Out Forgiveness is not merely a moral obligation or a spiritual ideal; it is a powerful biological intervention that directly reduces chronic systemic inflammation. Research shows that letting go of interpersonal hurts lowers cortisol, stabilizes the sympathetic nervous system, and reduces inflammatory markers like C-reactive protein (CRP), essentially switching your body from a state of "defens
