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Dr. Rick Hanson

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

Being Well Podcast: Dealing with Life’s Disruptions

Being Well Podcast: Dealing with Life’s Disruptions

We explore a topic that’s been particularly important over the last year: how we can deal more effectively with life’s major disruptions. This includes recovering from setbacks, finding the opportunities, and even getting the most out of disruptions that are positive.

Being Well Podcast: Internal Family Systems Therapy with Susan McConnell

Being Well Podcast: Internal Family Systems Therapy with Susan McConnell

We usually experience ourselves as being one “self,” but we all have different characters, different “parts,” running around inside our heads. And our relationship with some parts is better than others. On today’s episode of Being Well, senior IFS trainer Susan McConnell joins Forrest to explore Somatic Internal Family Systems, a powerful form of therapy that helps us bring those parts together as a unified self.

Rest Your Weary Head

Rest Your Weary Head

Our minds are hauled along in a culture without a speed limit – exceeding the limit, and there is always a price. Pulling out of the mental traffic, it’s an act of freedom and wisdom.

Being Well Podcast: The New Normal with Dr. Jennifer Ashton

Being Well Podcast: The New Normal with Dr. Jennifer Ashton

The Chief Medical Correspondent for ABC News, Dr. Jennifer Ashton, joins Forrest and me to discuss everything you need to know about the current state of the pandemic. This includes what vaccinated people should feel comfortable doing, the J&J vaccine pause, how to think about risk, and how we can support our physical and mental health during the New Normal.