Author / Psychologist
Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His seven books have been published in 33 languages, and include Making Great Relationships, Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing, Buddha’s Brain, and Mother Nurture – with over a million copies in English alone. He's the founder of the Global Compassion Coalition and the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, as well as the co-host of the Being Well Podcast – which has been downloaded over 15 million times. His free newsletters have over 260,000 subscribers and his online programs have scholarships available for those in need. He’s lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard. An expert on positive neuroplasticity, his work has been featured on CBS, NPR, the BBC, and other major media. He began meditating in 1974 and has taught in meditation centers worldwide. He and his wife live in Northern California and have two adult children. He loves the wilderness and taking a break from emails.
Forrest and Dr. Rick open up the mailbag and answer questions from listeners. They explore how we can thoughtfully take the input of other people, identify and meet our needs, deal with anxiety and the fear of failure, and approach a conversation about drug use with teenagers.
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 35-minute meditation, a 48-minute talk, and a discussion with Rick Hanson about Practicing with Sorrow.
There is a lot of complicated advice out there (including on this podcast) for how to improve our well-being. In this episode of the Being Well Podcast, Forrest and Dr. Rick simplify the lessons they’ve learned from over 100 experts and 300 episodes.
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 33-minute meditation, a 50-minute talk, and a discussion on The Power of Giving and Receiving by Daniel Ellenberg, Ph.D.
Forrest and Dr. Rick focus on one of the most common, and most important, questions they get about attachment theory: can we heal our attachment wounds, and become more securely attached?
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 33-minute meditation, a 47-minute talk, and a discussion on Connecting with Yourself & Others: Three Foundational Practices with Daniel Ellenberg, Ph.D.
Forrest is joined by bestselling author Oliver Burkeman for an exploration of what’s really at stake in what we call “time management”.
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 39-minute meditation, a 61-minute talk, and a discussion with Venerable Bhante Buddharakkita on The Ten (10 ) Ways of Dealing with Difficult Emotions.
Join Forrest and Dr. Rick as they explore how we can overcome avoidance and procrastination, unlock our motivation, and cultivate a “pursuit mindset.”
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher John Prendergast, Ph.D. offers a meditation and talk on the inner sense of knowing and R.A.I.N.
Rick and Forrest are joined by award-winning journalist Michael Krasny for a Being Well episode focused on how to stay curious, navigate times of transition, and relate to the modern media landscape in healthy ways.
What an incredible opportunity it is to have a life. At all. To fulfill that opportunity, we need a fundamental orientation inside that treats our life as if it matters. As if our happiness is important, as if being mistreated is not alright, as if we deserve the same...