Being Well Podcast

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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.

Recent Episodes

Being Well Podcast: How to Make 2021 Your Best Year

Being Well Podcast: How to Make 2021 Your Best Year

We all have something we want to do “some day,” but for most of us “some day” just never seems to come around. On today’s episode of the podcast, Forrest and I explore how to make 2021 the year you finally put all the pieces together, and achieve the goals you’ve set for yourself.

Being Well Podcast: Facing Your Dreaded Experience

Being Well Podcast: Facing Your Dreaded Experience

In this episode of the Being Well Podcast we talk about facing your dreaded experience. Forrest and Rick talk about what scares us, where that fear comes from, and what we can do to work with our dreaded experiences and free ourselves from them.

Being Well Podcast: Compassion, Power, and Human Nature with Dr. Dacher Keltner

Being Well Podcast: Compassion, Power, and Human Nature with Dr. Dacher Keltner

Does power corrupt? Where does compassion come from? And do positive or negative emotions serve as the basis for our true nature? Today Forrest and I are exploring these questions with the help of a world-class expert on emotion, power, and morality: Dr. Dacher Keltner from UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.

Being Well Podcast: What Did We Learn From 2020?

Being Well Podcast: What Did We Learn From 2020?

It’s been a long, strange, challenging year. As we get toward the end of it, and look forward to 2021, it feels appropriate to start by taking a look back and seeing what, if anything, we can learn from the year that’s gone by.

Being Well Podcast: Bias and Prejudice with Dr. Jack Glaser

Being Well Podcast: Bias and Prejudice with Dr. Jack Glaser

We’re all subject to forms of bias and prejudice. On this episode, Forrest and I are joined by Dr. Jack Glaser, Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, to explore intergroup bias and racial prejudice. This includes what we can do to overcome our innate tendencies, and treat people more equitably.

Being Well Podcast: Sadness and Disappointment Around the Holidays

Being Well Podcast: Sadness and Disappointment Around the Holidays

The holidays are coming up, and for many people they’re likely to be very different this year from usual. Experiencing sadness or disappointment around the holidays is normal even among the best circumstances, and we’re far from those. On this episode, Forrest and I explore how to work with this year’s natural feelings of sadness and disappointment.

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