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 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.
On this episode Forrest is joined by the Wall Street Journal best-selling co-author and illustrator of No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work, Liz Fosslien. Liz is also the Head of Content and Editorial at Humu, a company that uses behavioral science to make work better.
What can we do, both as individuals and a collective, to bring mindful traits into the workplace? That’s the question we explore today with our guest, founding CEO of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, Marc Lesser.
In this episode, Forrest and I explore a topic that’s near and dear to my heart: therapy. Specifically, how to start the process of seeking out a therapist to work with for a given issue.
Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb joins the show to explore the therapeutic process, the gifts and challenges of being a therapist in therapy, and why you should consider talking to someone.
Gabrielle Bernstein joins the show to discuss how to discuss the fear that stops us from being who we truly are, anxiety and anger, and how to become a Super Attractor.
In the second part of our conversation with Dr. James Gordon, Forrest and I focus on caregiver fatigue, helplessness, and unwinding from trauma at the collective level.
Most people will experience some form of trauma during their lives. Today Forrest and I explore what we can do to recover from those experiences with a world-class expert on the subject: Dr. James Gordon.
Resilience is the capacity to survive the worst day of our life, and thrive every day of our life. In this clip from the Jordan Harbinger Show, Dr. Rick Hanson talks about the benefits of Resilience.
Dr. Rick Hanson takes a look at where destructive tendencies come from, and how we can work inside ourselves to relate to them and others more effectively.
Today it’s part two of our conversation on Loneliness! We’re moving on to the practical question of what we can do in our lives to overcome experiences of loneliness, and deepen our connection to other people.
Anxiety is so common, and because of that, there are many tools available to deal with it. In this clip taken from the Being Well Podcast, I share five of them.
Forrest and I explore how to manage chronic pain with Vidyamala Burch, co-founder of Breathworks, which offers mindfulness-based approaches to living well with chronic pain, illness or stress.