During this time, we could all use more understanding and relating to one another. Did you know that requires a healthy prefrontal cortex (PFC) otherwise we will biologically default to our fight-or-flight response? It's simply in the way we are wired. Relating to one...
Rick Hanson
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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.
Articles
Aspiration: An Interview with Dan Siegel
"Life is always unfolding, you're always in an emerging process... only junk can really make you feel stagnat or chaotic, and the beautiful thing about being a human being is you have a choice. With awareness, you can use liberate yourself and free yourself to your...
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled "The Awakening Factor of Investigation" More information on the San Rafael Meditation group can be found here.
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled "The Awakening Factor of Samadhi". More information on the San Rafael Meditation group can be found here.
The Caring Quilt Creative Activity
Check out this great creative activity that will deepen and internalize your sense of being cared about - an important inner resource for resilience, happiness, and satisfying relationships, and a key part of the Foundations of Well-Being. This 12-minute video guides...
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled "The Awakening Factor of Joy." More information on the San Rafael Meditation group can be found here.
Paul Gilbert: An Interview on Confidence
"A lot of what happens with loss of confidence, is that we undermine whatever confidence we may have. Humans have an amazing capacity to monitor everything - and that can begin to cause you a lot of trouble - because you're monitoring that there's a problem, rather...
A Courageous Brain: Not Manipulated by Needless Fear
Our ancestors evolved a frightened brain for survival in harsh conditions. Today, unnecessary and unwarranted fear can make it harder to speak from the heart, dream big dreams and stand up to the manipulations of advertisers and demagogues.
A Courageous Brain: Not Manipulated by Needless Fear is a Commonwealth Club National Podcast where Dr. Rick Hanson, Ph.D., explores the practical neuroscience of courage in ourselves, our homes, offices and politics.
Find the Facts
When you find the facts, you’re more able to handle threats and fulfill opportunities, understand others, and make wise choices.
Cultivating Wholesome Motivation
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled, “Cultivating Wholesome Motivation”.
Mindfulness of “Selfing”
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled "Mindfulness of 'Selfing.'"
Intimacy: Me and We Video Clip
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...