On today’s episode of Being Well, Forrest Hanson and I explore what “avoidant behavior” is, common forms it takes, and what we can do to limit its unhealthy aspects.
Rick Hanson
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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: Seeing the Person Behind the Eyes
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation and talk on Seeing the Person Behind the Eyes, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: Deconstructing Yourself with Michael Taft
We talk with meditation teacher, bestselling author, and podcaster Michael Taft about moving from the spiritual to the secular and back again, ego dissolution, and how we can create ever-better versions of ourselves.
Meditation + Talk: Lived by Love
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation and talk on Lived by Love, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs
We all have limiting beliefs: patterns of thought about ourselves and the world that tend to hold us back. In this episode Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore how we can push back on these problematic beliefs and build more supportive ones.
Meditation + Talk: Hug the Monkey
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation and talk on Hug the Monkey, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: Break Your Old Patterns
We all have times in life where it feels like we’re stagnating. We’re unfulfilled, bored, or trapped in cycles of behavior that don’t serve us. We’re stuck in a rut. On today’s episode of @beingwellpodcast, Forrest Hanson and I explore how we can break old cycles, and get un-stuck.
Meditation + Talk: Forgiving Yourself
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation and talk on Forgiving Yourself, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: Finding and Maintaining Fulfillment
We’re all searching for fulfillment in one way or another. Today Forrest Hanson and I discuss how we can find and maintain it, and if it’s truly possible to be fulfilled all the time. We’re exploring how we can relate to our low moments amidst a “good vibes only” culture, what gets in the way of fulfillment, and the importance of respecting individual differences in nature.
Meditation + Talk: Letting Go of Toxic Self-Doubt and Trusting Yourself
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation and talk on Letting Go of Toxic Self-Doubt and Trusting Yourself, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Being Well Podcast: How to Change For Good with Dr. Katy Milkman
Though there’s no lack of advice out there, changing in lasting ways is hard. Today Forrest and Dr. Rick Hanson are joined by Dr. Katy Milkman, an expert in the science of change, to explore how we can build better habits, sustain motivation, and change for good.
Being Well Podcast: How to Become Less Resentful
Resentment is a combination of lots of difficult feelings and can cause as much harm to our relationships – and to our own well-being – as any other emotion. Explore resentment: where it comes from, what it does, and what we can do about it.