When you open to the whole of your experience you feel more at home in yourself. With moments of practice that add up over time, you feel more like a whole person, less fragmented. As this happens, you feel more fed and fulfilled – and more connected, more entwined with the world as whole.
Dr. Rick and Forrest finish their series on the stress responses with the fawn response, which is an appeasement strategy where we try to manage stressful situations by giving others what they want.
Regret can be a heavy burden. As we reflect on our mistakes and regrets, it’s essential to explore our underlying good intentions and embrace openheartedness.
Enjoy healthy self-control, a centered enjoyment of life, and inner freedom. Think of sobriety in terms of the big picture, and in the context of a life well-lived. Sobriety is a gain – of health, self-respect, unclouded mind, peace with others and bliss.
Somatic trauma therapist Elizabeth Ferreira joins Forrest to explore how we can create a secure relationship.
Learn how to apply the wisdom of the Dharma to personal and global challenges. Meditate on Letting Go of Preoccupations and Resting in what’s good.
“Peace” can sound sentimental or clichéd but it’s what most of us long for. When you experience peace, enjoy it, let it sink into you, weaving its way into your brain so it increasingly becomes the habit of your mind.
Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how to deal with chronically negative people, managing avoidant tendencies that get in the way of us finding a great relationship, and becoming self-confident.
Have you ever noticed how the mind is continually asserting that you and life should be different: if X, Y, or Z would change, then you would finally be happy?
Conflicts with others are a normal part of life. But if we do this while swept away by anger, that’s not good for us or others.
Forrest and Dr. Rick explore “manifesting:” the idea that our thoughts impact the world around us, and by changing those thoughts we can change our lives.
It’s easy for our attention to get pulled from one thing to the next. We forget that we have the power and choice to place our attention where we want it to be.
Love is like air. It may be hard to see – but it’s in you and all around you.
Dr. Rick & Forrest discuss understanding the flight response to stress, which includes feelings of anxiety and fear, avoidant behavior, & an underlying sense of insecurity.
Equanimity embodies a balanced and centered state of mind, allowing us to be impartial and have a wise, informed understanding of life’s conditions.