Water Your Fruit Tree
Nourish the things that nourish you. Try to do one thing each day to. “Pass forward” a gift to the person you will be tomorrow . . . and a year from now.
Being Well Podcast: Dealing with Life’s Disruptions
We explore a topic that’s been particularly important over the last year: how we can deal more effectively with life’s major disruptions. This includes recovering from setbacks, finding the opportunities, and even getting the most out of disruptions that are positive.
Meditation + Talk: Anxiety – and the Noble Truth of Suffering
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Anxiety – and the Noble Truth of Suffering, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: Internal Family Systems Therapy with Susan McConnell
We usually experience ourselves as being one “self,” but we all have different characters, different “parts,” running around inside our heads. And our relationship with some parts is better than others. On today’s episode of Being Well, senior IFS trainer Susan McConnell joins Forrest to explore Somatic Internal Family Systems, a powerful form of therapy that helps us bring those parts together as a unified self.
Meditation + Talk: Original Love – and the Path of Awakening
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Henry Shukman offers a guided meditation and talk on Original Love – and the Path of Awakening, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Stay Right When You’re Wronged
Blasting another person with anger is like throwing hot coals with bare hands: both people get burned. Speak calmly and from your heart, even when wronged.
Being Well Podcast: The Heart of Zen with Henry Shukman
Henry Shukman, the guiding teacher of Mountain Cloud Zen Center, joins Forrest and me to explore self-transcendent experiences, relaxing self-identification, and the warm heart at the core of Zen practice.
Meditation + Talk: Why and How to Meditate – and Answering Questions
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Why and How to Meditate – and Answering Questions, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Rest Your Weary Head
Our minds are hauled along in a culture without a speed limit – exceeding the limit, and there is always a price. Pulling out of the mental traffic, it’s an act of freedom and wisdom.
Being Well Podcast: The New Normal with Dr. Jennifer Ashton
The Chief Medical Correspondent for ABC News, Dr. Jennifer Ashton, joins Forrest and me to discuss everything you need to know about the current state of the pandemic. This includes what vaccinated people should feel comfortable doing, the J&J vaccine pause, how to think about risk, and how we can support our physical and mental health during the New Normal.
COVID19 Vaccination – Q&A (Posted 4/25/21)
Dr. Hanson answers some commonly asked questions about COVID19 and the vaccinations to prevent it.
Meditation + Talk: Why and How to Meditate
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Why and How to Meditate, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
See the Big Picture
The tree or the forest? See the big picture. The vast majority of human acts each day are constructive: making meals, tending to children, saying hello, restraining anger, completing tasks, planting seeds, teaching, healing, nurturing, cooperating
Being Well Podcast: Meditation – Purposes, Methods, and Common Misconceptions
What’s the “point” of meditation, and how can we build a practice that works for us? In this episode of Being Well, Forrest and I clear up some common misconceptions about meditation, explore major forms of meditation, and share how you can get more out of your practice.
Meditation + Talk: Liberation – Awake and Full of Feeling
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Amana Brembry Johnson offers a guided meditation and talk on Liberation: Awake and Full of Feeling, which includes a Q&A and discussion.