Fred Luskin, Ph.D., is the director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects, a senior consultant in health promotion at Stanford University, and a professor at the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, as well as an affiliate faculty member of the Greater Good Science Center. He is a Lecturer in Wellness at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Department Chair of Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. He lives in Redwood City, California. He speaks nationally on the importance of emotional intelligence and the need to manage stress. His research centers on the intersection of spiritual values and physical and emotional well-being.

Fred Luskin is the author of the bestselling Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness and Stress Free for Good: Ten Proven Life Skills for Health and Happiness, with Kenneth Pelletier. He is one of the world’s leading researchers and teachers on the subject of forgiveness. He is the director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, a series of research projects that investigate forgiveness methods. He holds an appointment at the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation as a senior fellow and is an associate professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.

Dr. Luskin’s research demonstrates that learning forgiveness leads to an increase in physical vitality, hope, greater self-efficacy, enhanced optimism, and conflict resolution skills. It also shows that forgiveness lessens the physical and emotional toll of stress and decreases hurt, anger, depression, and blood pressure. He has worked with men and women from both sides of violence in Northern Ireland who have had family members killed and with different groups of financial advisors after the stock market crash of 2000 to enhance their conflict resolution and stress management skills. Dr. Luskin is also the Co-Chair of the Garden of Forgiveness Project at Ground Zero in Manhattan.

Dr. Luskin authored numerous technical articles, including The Art of Forgiveness, defining the stages of and the steps toward forgiveness. Dr. Luskin’s work in Forgiveness with the Stanford Forgiveness Project has made a profound impact on our world. His work has been featured in Time magazine, O magazine, Ladies Home Journal, U.S. News and World Report, Parade magazine as well as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal.

On a personal note, Fred’s training in Forgiveness allowed me to better cope with the loss of my son, Jason Bogar, killed in battle in Afghanistan. Further, it allowed me to provide counseling on grief and forgiveness to others, including work with private organizations and the U.S. Army.