by Rick Hanson | Sep 29, 2026 | Blog, Just One Thing, Receive the Gifts
We need to recognize genuinely bad news so we can protect ourselves and others. The root cause of suffering and harm is ignorance, illusion, not seeing things as they actually are. See the facts and live in the light, we feel freer, at ease, unthreatened, confident, overflowing, loved, and loving.
by Rick Hanson | Sep 22, 2026 | Blog, Foundations of Relationships, Just One Thing
Choose to love. Love is more about us being loving than about other people being lovable. In fact, choosing to love is twice loving: it’s a loving act to call up the intention to love, plus there is the love that follows.
by Rick Hanson | Sep 15, 2026 | Blog, Interpersonal Skills, Just One Thing
There are three elements of tone: 1) Explicit content 2) Emotional subtext 3) Implicit statement about the nature of the relationship.
by Rick Hanson | Sep 8, 2026 | Being a Friend to Yourself, Blog, Just One Thing
Feeling cared about buffers against stress, increases positive emotions, promotes resilience, and increases caring for others. Learn how to feel cared about to gradually fill any holes in your heart.
by Rick Hanson | Sep 1, 2026 | Being a Friend to Yourself, Blog, Just One Thing
Is it hard to believe you are a good person? Try to take in the good of feeling cared about; recognize goodness in your acts of thought, word, and deed. Enjoy this beautiful goodness, so real and so true.
by Rick Hanson | Aug 25, 2026 | Blog, Interpersonal Skills, Just One Thing
3 things to help guide you to find peace: Stop Things from Building Up, Understand What’s Making You Angry, Find Key Ways to Turn Anger into a Peaceful Heart
by Rick Hanson | Aug 18, 2026 | Blog, Interpersonal Skills, Just One Thing
Find compromises and work with your partner for the benefit of your child. Minor differences in parenting style are okay. But children get confused when there are major differences. Here are five ways to work effectively and get the best possible results.
by Rick Hanson | Aug 11, 2026 | Acting Skillfully, Blog, Just One Thing
What’s the light that will guide you out of your own tangled woods – both the woods “out there” in the world and the ones “in here,” in your own mind?
by Rick Hanson | Aug 4, 2026 | Blog, Just One Thing, Leave the Red Zone
Are the rewards of new commitments really worth the costs? Sometimes you have to give up the lesser rewards of a new thing for the greater rewards of allowing some new space to clear in your life.
by Rick Hanson | Jul 28, 2026 | Blog, Just One Thing, Receive the Gifts
With a mind full of good, you’ll have more to offer others, which will grow the good in them, too, perhaps—reaching eventually around the whole world.
by Rick Hanson | Jul 21, 2026 | Being at Peace, Blog, Just One Thing
Can you stay mindful and peaceful when your thoughts and life get bumpy? In life there will be gain and loss, praise and blame, and pleasure and pain. If you let them flow, you can ride the waves of life with gratitude and grace, and without drowning.
by Rick Hanson | Jul 14, 2026 | Blog, Just One Thing, Receive the Gifts
Are you missing opportunities to grow stronger, happier, and more resilient? Each day is an opportunity to learn, grow, and take in the good. Use this two-step process to heal from the past, grow strengths for the future.
by Rick Hanson | Jul 7, 2026 | Blog, Just One Thing, The Wider World
Kindness to others is enlightened self-interest. Compassion and kindness expresses an inner freedom.Â
by Rick Hanson | Jun 30, 2026 | Blog, Foundations of Relationships, Just One Thing
To blissful is to see what is tender and beautiful, and wish well. Look for good things in others. Know what the act and attitude of blessing feel like, and take in the experience to call upon it in the future.
by Rick Hanson | Jun 23, 2026 | Acting Skillfully, Blog, Just One Thing
There’s a way to relate to the endless To Do list that’s freer and less burdened. When we “do freely” we refresh in having a sense of choice.
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