In relationships, it's natural to join with others, but it's also fundamentally important to have a strong sense of your own autonomy. In this clip from my Foundations of Well-Being program I explain how you can create a secure base of "me" inside yourself to be more...
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 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.
Articles
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled, “The Third Foundation of Mindfulness.”
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled, “Play and Practice.”
Tara Brach Interview on Self-Caring
Check out a clip from my Foundations of Well-Being interview with Tara Brach where we discuss the foundations of Self-Caring.
Jack Kornfield Interview on Mindfulness
"We all have needs, we all have loneliness, we all have a certain measure of longing that's unmet - and it's not that there's something wrong with us, it's just one part of us. You can witness these different experiences from a space of loving awareness, and you...
Love More, Cling Less
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled, “Love More, Cling Less.”
Bob Emmons Interview on Gratitude
I had the pleasure of interviewing Gratitude expert Bob Emmons for my Foundations of Well-Being program. Watch this clip to hear about the benefits of Gratitude and how to literally construct it at any moment in your life, no matter what your circumstances are.
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled Five Questions When Someone Upsets You.
From Shame to Self-Worth
For most people, shame is far too prominent in their psychology. Learn where shame comes from and 3 exercises in releasing any feelings of shame.
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled Undeceived By The Inner Ad Agency.
Marci Shimoff Interview on Gratitude
"We give our life energy by these practices, so they become more of our natural state." - Marci Shimoff NY Times bestselling author Marci Shimoff shares practical ways of developing good habits and fitting in regular practice to increase your happiness, self-worth,...
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled Compassion and Equanimity.
More information on the San Rafael Mediation group can be found here.