Dr. Fred Luskin has become world famous for his work in a most unusual subject – forgiveness – a quality that is sorely needed in this world of polarization, conflict, and violence.
I first met Dr. Luskin when he approached me at the end of a class I was teaching at Stanford University, while he was in graduate school. In this conversation we will trace his pathway to his current position as the Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects and an Associate Professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.
In his work in health promotion, he started to research the effect that forgiveness had on physical and emotional well-being, and the reduction of the risk of cardiovascular disease. His research showed that learning to forgive helps people hurt less, experience less anger, feel less stress and suffer less depression. As people learn to forgive they become more hopeful, optimistic and compassionate, and they report significantly fewer symptoms of stress such as backache, muscle tension, dizziness, headaches and upset stomachs.
Dr. Luskin is the author of the best seller Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness —- and Stress Free for Good and his work has been featured in Time magazine, O magazine, Ladies Home Journal, U.S. News and World Reports, Prevention, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal and many other publications.
In this conversation you will get to meet him up close and personal as he and Dr. Miller share their perspectives on forgiveness and healing at the personal and family level as well as at the global level.
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