In this episode, we focus on how to accept, appreciate, and connect with our positive aspects, and how to deal with some of the developmental blocks that prevent us from embracing the good in ourselves.
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 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.
Articles
Meditation + Talk: Is Life Suffering?
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Is Life Suffering?
Being Well Podcast: Recovering from Complex PTSD with Elizabeth Ferreira
Elizabeth shares her CPTSD origin story, what CPTSD feels like, and how to create a compassionate environment with or without a therapist so you can safely process grief, experience out repressed emotions, and learn to express your needs.
Meditation + Talk: The Simple Power of Widening Your View
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on The Simple Power of Widening Your View.
Being Well Podcast: Attachment, and Cultivating Nonattachment
Forrest and I discuss the problem with attachment, what differentiates healthy and unhealthy forms of attachment, and what we can do to relax our attachments over time.
Meditation + Talk: The Essence of Mindfulness, the Foundation of All Inner Practice
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on The Essence of Mindfulness, the Foundation of All Inner Practice.
Being Well Podcast: True Intimacy, Toxic Individuality, and Breaking the Trauma Cycle with Terry Real
Forrest and I are joined by author and therapist Terry Real to talk about how to successfully metabolize our trauma and experience real intimacy in our relationships.
Meditation + Talk: Appreciating the Many Kinds of Diversity, Including Inside Yourself
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Appreciating the Many Kinds of Diversity, Including Inside Yourself.
Being Well Podcast: Ordinary Over Extraordinary with Dr. Ron Siegel
We discuss with psychologist and author Ronald Siegel how to drop the myth of the extraordinary, how to heal from feelings of inadequacy, and what healthy self-esteem looks like.
Meditation + Talk: The Multifaceted Powers of Mindfulness and Compassion Practices
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Lakiba Pittman offered a guided meditation and talk on The Multifaceted Powers of Mindfulness and Compassion Practices, which included a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: Relating to Your Anger
Forrest and I explore the varied ways anger surfaces, how we can relate to it, and how in recognizing what it has to tell us we can channel its energy towards positive changes in our lives.
Meditation + Talk: Self-Reliance
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Self-Reliance.