Being Well Podcast

There’s a lot of information out there about mental health.
Much of it isn’t very good. We’re trying to fix that.

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The Being Well Podcast explores the challenging parts of being human.

Based on Dr. Rick Hanson‘s 45+ years of helping people, and alongside an amazing group of expert guests, Rick and Forrest Hanson have helped hundreds of thousands of people learn the best lessons from clinical psychology, contemplative practice, and many lifetimes of experience.

Being Well has been downloaded over 15 million times, and is one of the top mental health podcasts in the world. Listen on iTunes, or through your favorite podcasting app.

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Recent Episodes

Being Well Podcast: Why Don’t We Get Better?

Jan 2, 2023

Forrest and Dr. Rick explore why we struggle to change that which matters most to us, how much change is realistically possible, what makes real change hard, the hidden barriers to lasting change, and what we can do about them.

Being Well Podcast: How to Reinvent Yourself (in 2023)

Dec 26, 2022

Forrest and Dr. Rick focus on what supports us and what holds us back from reinventing ourselves and becoming all we wish to be, how they’d like to change over the next year, different approaches to new year’s resolutions, and highlight a few practical things we can do to support our change.

Being Well Podcast: The Science of Stress with Dr. Elissa Epel

Dec 19, 2022

Dr. Elissa Epel joins us to explore the science behind the stress response, different forms of stress, what separates “good” stress from “bad” stress, how we can take advantage of good stress, and dealing with existential forms of stress like the climate crisis.