The Release Podcast

Frederic Luskin, Director of Stanford's 'Forgiveness Project,' and Author of 'Forgive For Good'


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Forgiving someone who apologizes and changes their behavior is one thing. Or forgiving someone you can remove from your life.

But how do you forgive someone who keeps hurting you?

As the Director of Stanford University’s Forgiveness Project, and Author of Forgive for Good, Frederic Luskin has dedicated himself to answering these questions. Frederic has his Phd, is the Department Chair for Clinical Psych at Sofia University, and is one of the world’s leading researchers and speakers on the topic of forgiveness. He came by the topic honestly, as you’ll hear on today’s podcast, when he puzzled through difficult relationship situations with a friend, as well as with his mother in law. It was Fred’s wife who gets the credit for ultimately waking him up to how his own unforgiveness was a choice. 

On today’s episode we define forgiveness, identify how we know when we have forgiven…and look at the 9 stages of forgiveness which Fred identifies. Nobody wants to hold on to the stress of the past. Nobody wants to admit they are unforgiving of others, or of themselves. But according to Fred, we are all to blame for how refusing to forgive hurts us. And in every single moment of our lives, if we can accept what forgiveness really means about accepting reality…we have the power to be free.

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