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Being Well Podcast: 10 Things We Can’t Live Without, Part 2
November 8, 2021

Today we’re continuing our exploration of the key inner strengths and psychological skills we truly feel like we couldn’t live without. In the second of two episodes dedicated to this topic, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson talk about joy, seeing the mind’s deceits, keeping your good humor, the wild spirit, and finding meaning.

Key Topics:

  • 0:00: Introduction
  • 1:30: Cognitive restructuring: fighting your negative brain
  • 7:10: Not taking things so seriously
  • 9:40: The “stage play” of life
  • 12:40: Joy
  • 17:40: The wild spirit
  • 23:20: Breaking our patterns
  • 25:15: The “routinization of charisma” 
  • 29:00: Finding meaning
  • 38:40: Recap

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