I was so happy to be joined by Tara Brach on this episode of Being Well. We explored how we can find more compassion and acceptance while maintaining our motivation to change ourselves, and our world, in positive ways.
Rick Hanson
Author / Psychologist
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Biography
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 i 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.
Articles
Meditation + Talk: Resting in Simply Being in the Present
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Resting in Simply Being in the Present, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: How to Deal with Dissociation
It’s natural to cope with challenges with a variety of behaviors and coping mechanisms. Explore dissociation in detail, including what it is, the function it serves, the experiences that can lead to dissociation, and what we can do about it.
Meditation + Talk: Growing What You Want to Be, and Being What You Already Are
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Growing What You Want to Be, and Being What You Already Are, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: How to Cope During a Pandemic with Dr. Bruce Perry
On this incredibly timely episode, Dr. Bruce Perry joins Forrest and me to explore how we can limit the long-term impact of stressful events, and heal from past traumatic experiences.
Meditation + Talk: Equanimity
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Equanimity, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Step into the Cloud
Stressed by all the things you have to do? Seen as brick-like entities, tasks can feel heavy, oppressive, burdensome. If instead we view our tasks as clouds, tasks feel more fluid, like streams or eddies you step into, influencing or contributing as best you can, before they swirl on and become something else.
Being Well Podcast: Being More, Doing Less
We’re somehow both more efficient than ever before, and, at the same time, busier than ever before. All of the many ways that we’ve found to optimize our performance has led to much more “doing,” and not nearly as much “being.” Today Forrest and I explore how we can get more in touch with being, and how by focusing more on “being” we might even be able to “do” more than ever before.
PNT Teacher Standards
To ensure the highest quality of teaching of the Positive Neuroplasticity Training, its Teachers are expected to meet these standards:
Meditation + Talk: Learning to Care . . . and Not to Care
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Learning to Care . . . and Not to Care, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: The Optimism Bias and Influencing Other People with Dr. Tali Sharot
Are people optimistic by nature? And how can we use that answer to influence our behavior, or the behavior of other people? Today Forrest and I are joined by Dr. Tali Sharot to explore the optimism bias, how optimism can exist alongside negativity, and how we can influence others more effectively.
Being Well Podcast Guided Practice: Achieving Your New Year’s Resolutions
What do you want to achieve in 2021? In this short episode, Dr. Rick Hanson walks you through a guided practice focused on helping you reach your goals.