Forrest and Dr. Rick close 2025 by making the case for healthy caring: choosing objects of care wisely, prioritizing process over outcome, and cultivating equanimity without slipping into nonchalance.
Life is full of tradeoffs between benefits and costs. Sometimes the rewards of going for a run, getting fresh air, and improving health may be worth the cost of losing half an hour of work time while gaining a pair of achy legs.
Grief is normal — but we can get stuck in it. Learn how to release rumination, hold loss in love, and give yourself permission to move forward.
Dr. Rick and Forrest open up the mailbag to answer listener questions about resentment, highly sensitive people, situationships, and expanding the window of tolerance.
Dr. Rick and Forrest explore one of the major topics in psychology today: how to understand evidence-based care, “that IFS article,” and the tension between mainstream and alternative approaches.
Aging, illness, and loss are inevitable. Learn how compassion and wisdom help you rest in what doesn’t change.
Are you holding onto at least one thing that’s way past its expiration date? Self-critical thoughts, obsessions, defensive about your issues, or drinking too much. These things are relatively straightforward to deal with, even though it could be difficult.
Forrest is joined by psychiatrist Dr. Blaise Aguirre to discuss Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
Science shows feeling supported makes you healthier and happier. Learn how to recognize, receive, and grow the support already around you.
Try to influence your mind with positive and loving thoughts, when you wake.
Explore how to feel grounded and supported by the refuges in your life—people, places, practices, and inner strengths that steady you.
Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how to exit bad relationships, and why it can be so hard to do just that.
Say Thanks – it’s a small moment with big ripples. What do you feel when someone thanks you for something? For a comment in a meeting, a task done at home, an extra step taken, an encouraging word.
Dr. Becky Kennedy joins Forrest for a conversation about building better relationships, with ourselves, our partners, and our children.
Find out why anxiety shows up and three small insights that can help you relax, feel safer inside, and handle life with more ease.