Dr. Rick and Forrest answer listener questions about the freeze state, ADHD, and power imbalances in relationships.
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Being Well Podcast: Against Nonchalance: Why Caring is Cool in 2026
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.
Being Well Podcast: Why Good People Get Stuck in Bad Relationships
Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how to exit bad relationships, and why it can be so hard to do just that.
Being Well Podcast: Dr. Becky on Becoming the Person (and Parent) You Needed
Dr. Becky Kennedy joins Forrest for a conversation about building better relationships, with ourselves, our partners, and our children.
Being Well Podcast: Guilt Trips, Boundaries, and Non-Monogamy: November Mailbag
Dr. Rick and Forrest open up the mailbag to answer listener questions about effective communication, guilt trips, and contentment.
Being Well Podcast: How to Be Yourself: Authenticity in Relationships with Elizabeth Ferreira
Forrest and Elizabeth discuss how to be yourself and get on the same team in a relationship.
Being Well Podcast: Trauma or Personality, When to Walk Away, and Burnout: October Mailbag
Dr. Rick and Forrest open up the mailbag to answer listener questions about trauma and its impact on personality, boundaries, anger, and burnout.
Being Well Podcast: The Psychology of Resentment: Over-Functioning, Repression, and Repair
Dr. Rick and Forrest unpack how resentment – rooted in feeling wronged and powerless – damages relationships, and share ways to move from rumination toward agency, communication, and repair.
Being Well Podcast: People Pleasing and the Fawn Response with Meg Josephson
Forrest and therapist Meg Josephson explore the fawn response, a survival strategy where safety is sought through people pleasing.
Being Well Podcast: The Freeze Response, Gifted Kid Syndrome, and BPD: July Mailbag
Dr. Rick and Forrest answer listener questions about perfectionism, the freeze response, trauma, and relationships.
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