In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on What to Do when You Get Triggered.
Rick Hanson
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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 25 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.
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Being Well Podcast: How to Not Die Alone: Navigating Modern Dating with Logan Ury
Logan Ury discusses the mechanics of dating, chemistry, romance, apps, and how to reframe our self-limiting tendencies so we can find love that is fulfilling and brings out the best in us.
Meditation + Talk: The Living Heart of Compassion
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on The Living Heart of Compassion.
Being Well Podcast: Understanding and Managing Stress: Causes, Biological Basis, and Increasing Resilience
Learn how to distinguish stress from effort, the influence of the modern world on how stressed we feel, the biological mechanisms and challenges presented by chronic stress.
Meditation + Talk: The Essence of Practice in Three Breaths
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on The Essence of Practice in Three Breaths.
Being Well Podcast: Using the Enneagram to Rewrite Your Story with Ian Cron
As we’ve talked about often on Being Well, one of the most effective ways to change how we show up in the world is to identify and change our underlying personal narrative. On this episode, Forrest and I talk with Ian Cron about how we can use the Enneagram personality typing system to aid us in this process.
Meditation + Talk: Resting in the Ground of Everything
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Resting in the Ground of Everything.
Being Well Podcast: Hedonic Adaptation: How to STAY Happy
Forrest and I consider the human tendency to return to the same basic level of happiness regardless of recent positive or negative experiences – also known as hedonic adaptation – and how to contend with it so we can get off the hedonic treadmill.
Meditation + Talk: Innate Goodness As A Portal To Awakening
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Stephen Snyder offers a guided meditation and talk on Innate Goodness as a Portal to Awakening, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: The Science of “Self” with Dr. Jud Brewer
Today we focus on understanding what we mean by “self,” with Dr. Judson Brewer, Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor at the School of Medicine at Brown University.
Meditation + Talk: Embracing What Can Be
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Daniel Ellenberg offers a guided meditation and talk on Embracing What Can Be, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: Supporting Yourself During Difficult Times
Today we focus on what you can do, in your mind and in your life, to support yourself during difficult times and relate to the challenging emotions – fear, grief, anxiety, anger, helplessness, and so on – that naturally arise during these times.