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 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.
Part of the process of becoming a mentally healthy person is creating a coherent narrative about how we became the way we are. On this short episode, Forrest shares his personal journey with loneliness as a young person – and the importance of developing a coherent developmental narrative. I hope you enjoy it!
Quotes to accompany the seven level practice of Neurodharma.
On today’s episode of the podcast, Forrest and I explore how we can be surrounded by other people, and still feel alone. They cover the genetic and developmental roots of loneliness, and how loneliness can creep into even our most connected, important relationships.
In this episode, Forrest and Dr. Jennie Rosier explore what attachment theory is, how we can identify our attachment style, and what we can do to build a healthier relationship with our own style and that of others.
We all have something we KNOW we should do…but that doesn’t mean we actually do it. On this episode of Being Well, Forrest, Dr. Judy Ho, and I explore the roots of self-sabotage, the four key elements that fuel self-sabotaging behavior, and how we can use tools from cognitive therapy to overcome those behaviors.
This episode explores some tools and strategies that people with bipoloar disorder can use to help themselves or their loved ones manage symptoms.
On today’s episode of the podcast, Marie Forleo, named by Oprah as a thought leader for the next generation, explains how we can build a “figureoutable” mindset that allows us to meet our challenges from a place of determination, ingenuity, and open heartedness.
On this episode we focus on a subset of the depressed mood states including bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depressive.
On this episode, we speak with a true expert on many of the topics we’ve explored during our series on “Who Am I?”, including borderline personality disorder, sociopathy, and narcissism: Dr. Ramani Durvasula.
In this second part on depression and depressed mood, we turn our focus onto some of the tactics and strategies people can use, both in their own mind and out in the world, to help manage a depressed mood.
Today’s episode explores what depression is, where it comes from, and how it differs from sadness.
There is no more human experience than death. Learn from a true pioneer in the field of end-of-life care: Roshi Joan Halifax.