Author / Psychologist
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.
What makes for a great team – whether personal or professional – and how can organizations and individuals create a more psychologically healthy environment? To help us answer that question, today Forrest and I are joined by one of the world’s leading scholars on what helps organizations learn and thrive: Dr. Amy Edmondson.
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on 5 Ways to Steady the Mind, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Sharon Salzberg, one of the most prominent teachers of mindfulness in the West, joins Forrest and me to discuss how we can create real change in our hearts, minds, and lives.
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on The Inner Peace That Releases Fear, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Are you holding onto at least one thing that’s way past its expiration date? Self-critical thoughts, obsessions, defensive about your issues, or drinking too much. These things are relatively straightforward to deal with, even though it could be difficult.
Learn some of the key psychological skills that lead to a truly great relationship – informed by 35 years of couples counseling experience, on this episode of the Being Well Podcast with Rick Hanson, Ph.D. and Forrest Hanson.
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on The Freedom from Suffering in the Buddha’s Central Insight, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
We all want great relationships – ones that are fulfilling, loving, stable, and fun. This is the first of two episodes focused on becoming a ‘great relater.’ Today Forrest and I focus on understanding our individual attachment style, and how we can work through our personal material.
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on The Freedom from Suffering in the Buddha’s Central Insight, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Life is full of tradeoffs between benefits and costs. Sometimes the rewards of going for a run, getting fresh air, and improving health may be worth the cost of losing half an hour of work time while gaining a pair of achy legs.
In the second episode related to the pitfalls of self-help, we explore how individuals and environments can manipulate others by making them feel like something is wrong with them.
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Your Life’s Journey – and Lessons from the Buddha’s Own Journey, which includes a Q&A and discussion.