Why do New Year’s resolutions usually fail by February? Forrest and Dr. Rick explore why traditional goal-setting falls short and offer a new approach to creating lasting change.
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Being Well Podcast: Managing the Freeze Response: Dissociation, Emotional Shutdown, and Creating Safety
In one of our favorite episodes to date, Dr. Rick and Forrest explore managing the freeze response in detail.
Being Well Podcast: Neuroplasticity Tools to Change Your (and your kid’s) Brain with Dr. Caroline Leaf
Dr. Caroline Leaf joins Rick and Forrest to explore how we can harness the power of neuroplasticity to clean up our mental mess…and teach our children to do the same.
Being Well Podcast: Releasing Obsessive Thoughts: Rumination, OCD, and Dealing with Fear
We explore why we tend to get trapped in certain thoughts, the negative effects of rumination, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Being Well Podcast: Cognitive Bypassing: How to Get Out of Your Head
Cognitive bypassing occurs when we overthink to avoid feeling uncomfortable emotions like sadness, fear, or anger. In this episode, Forrest and Dr. Rick share their personal experiences with cognitive bypassing, and explore how we can step out of our heads, get in touch with our emotions, and live a more fulfilling life.
Being Well Podcast: How to Become Psychologically Flexible (from formerly rigid people)
Just like how physical flexibility is the amount of stretch in our muscles, the ability they have to bend without breaking, psychological flexibility is the same quality in our minds. It helps us look at situations in new lights, be open to our emotions, let go of old versions of ourselves, and step into new ways of being.
Being Well Podcast: Why Don’t We Get Better?
Forrest and Dr. Rick explore why we struggle to change that which matters most to us, how much change is realistically possible, what makes real change hard, the hidden barriers to lasting change, and what we can do about them.
Being Well Podcast: How to Understand Anxiety and See Threats Clearly
Dr. Rick and Forrest focus on how we can see threats clearly and be the “right amount” of concerned.
Being Well Podcast: Changing Old Patterns, Using Psychedelics Thoughtfully, and Exploring Human Nature: October Mailbag
Rick and Forrest answer questions from listeners, including what they’re still working on in their relationship, how we can disengage from obsessive thoughts and old patterns, Rick’s thoughts on psychedelics and how they can be used with discernment, and their views on whether human nature is innately cooperative or competitive.
Being Well Podcast: How to Make Learning STICK
We dive into Rick’s recently published study on our capacity for deliberate growth. We talk a bit about the neurological components of learning, how the study worked, and what the practical takeaways are to help us make learning stick.
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