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.
Recent Episodes
Being Well Podcast: How to Change For Good with Dr. Katy Milkman
Though there’s no lack of advice out there, changing in lasting ways is hard. Today Forrest and Dr. Rick Hanson are joined by Dr. Katy Milkman, an expert in the science of change, to explore how we can build better habits, sustain motivation, and change for good.
Being Well Podcast: How to Become Less Resentful
Resentment is a combination of lots of difficult feelings and can cause as much harm to our relationships – and to our own well-being – as any other emotion. Explore resentment: where it comes from, what it does, and what we can do about it.
Being Well Podcast: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness with Tara Brach
Tara Brach joins Dr. Rick Hanson to help us learn how to “trust the gold:” recognizing and appreciating our essential human goodness, while resting in the key refuges of truth, love, and freedom.
Being Well Podcast: Learning When to Let Go
Most personal growth content out there suggests having a “never give up” mindset. But the truth is that a big part of life is deciding when it’s time to stop investing our limited effort into that job, skill, or relationship that’s no longer serving you. In this episode, we explore how to determine when it’s time for things to end, dealing with disappointment, giving ourselves credit for our good efforts, and getting excited about what’s to come.
Being Well Podcast: How Language Shapes Your Identity with Dr. Katherine Kinzler
Forrest is joined by pioneering psychologist Dr. Katherine Kinzler to explore how our speech shapes our social identity, and the views we hold about other people.
Being Well Podcast: What to Do When Things End
Life includes many major culminating moments: we finish the big work project, receive the award, watch the kids leave home, go on the vacation, win the title, or enter retirement. These experiences can come with enormous fulfillment…for a while. And then, we might ask ourselves: Now what? In this episode, we explore that question, including how we can relate to the past, integrate learning, turn toward the future, and age well through life.
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