Explore why it is useful to consider the undying physical, living basis of states of conscience that have been exhalted by the traditions of the world.
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: Why We Worry
We continue our series on the central question “Who Am I” by exploring some subjects related to people who have an anxious or fearful temperament.
A Parent’s Meditation on Gratitude
It is common for parents to feel like the glass is half empty rather than half full. For that we would like to offer a Parent’s meditation on gratitude.
Why and How to Cultivate Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson, Ph.D. It focuses on cultivating personal strengths into happiness by training yourself to do good that lasts, and brings happiness, peace, and a mind of boundless love.
Being Well Podcast: Managing Worry with Lori Deschene
For many of us, worry and anxiety are constant companions. Learn how to manage, cope, and overcome those feelings with Lori Deschene, founder and editor of Tiny Buddha.
The Power of Receiving Others
Rick explains how by giving a child the feeling of being fully received, we give them a demonstration of what mindfulness is.
Being Well Podcast: Who Am I?
What are the different kinds of tendencies people might have, where do they come from, and what can we do to relate to them as healthily as possible? And how is our answer to the question “Who Am I” shaped by the labels others have put upon us, or we’ve put upon ourselves?
This meditation and talk focuses on the framework of this year’s exploration as it relates to Neurodharma: the Deepest Roots to the Highest Happiness – through seven fundamental qualities of awakening.
Being Well Podcast: Caring for Yourself
We’re starting off our new year with a very special episode dedicated to Self-Caring. This episode features a wonderful conversation between Dr. Rick Hanson and an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, author, and meditation teacher: Dr. Tara Brach.
Being Well Podcast: New Year’s Resolutions
Today’s episode is going to focus on making effective New Year’s Resolutions, and getting the most out of that process!
Activities for Kids
Kathy Hegberg, M.A., creator of the FocusedKids™ program, has adapted Rick Hanson’s practices of Hug the Monkey and Pet the Lizard for children ages 3-5. You can view and download the practices below. Kathy developed FocusedKids™ in 2013 to teach preschoolers basic...
Twelve Good Things 2018
Each year I use an issue of the Just One Thing newsletter to offer Twelve Good Things. I think they’re really wonderful, and worth your attention.