In the second of two episodes, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore common self-help myths and misconceptions, including ones related to hedonic adaptation, “no pain no gain,” and meditation.
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Being Well Podcast: Self-Help’s Biggest Misconceptions, Part 1: Therapy, Trauma, and Resilience
As mental health and the psychological sciences have gone increasingly mainstream, so too have some common misconceptions and misunderstandings. In the first of two episodes, we explore some of the biggest misconceptions related to therapy, trauma, and what it means to be “resilient.”
Being Well Podcast: Dealing with PMDD with Elizabeth Ferreira
Learn what Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is and how to self-diagnose, as well as effective practices for managing PMDD and how to create a happy, healthy, fulfilling relationship alongside it.
Being Well Podcast: Avoidance: How to Stop Procrastination and Worry
On today’s episode of Being Well, Forrest Hanson and I explore what “avoidant behavior” is, common forms it takes, and what we can do to limit its unhealthy aspects.
Being Well Podcast: Deconstructing Yourself with Michael Taft
We talk with meditation teacher, bestselling author, and podcaster Michael Taft about moving from the spiritual to the secular and back again, ego dissolution, and how we can create ever-better versions of ourselves.
Being Well Podcast: Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs
We all have limiting beliefs: patterns of thought about ourselves and the world that tend to hold us back. In this episode Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore how we can push back on these problematic beliefs and build more supportive ones.
Being Well Podcast: Break Your Old Patterns
We all have times in life where it feels like we’re stagnating. We’re unfulfilled, bored, or trapped in cycles of behavior that don’t serve us. We’re stuck in a rut. On today’s episode of @beingwellpodcast, Forrest Hanson and I explore how we can break old cycles, and get un-stuck.
Being Well Podcast: Finding and Maintaining Fulfillment
We’re all searching for fulfillment in one way or another. Today Forrest Hanson and I discuss how we can find and maintain it, and if it’s truly possible to be fulfilled all the time. We’re exploring how we can relate to our low moments amidst a “good vibes only” culture, what gets in the way of fulfillment, and the importance of respecting individual differences in nature.
Being Well Podcast: How to Change For Good with Dr. Katy Milkman
Though there’s no lack of advice out there, changing in lasting ways is hard. Today Forrest and Dr. Rick Hanson are joined by Dr. Katy Milkman, an expert in the science of change, to explore how we can build better habits, sustain motivation, and change for good.
Being Well Podcast: How to Become Less Resentful
Resentment is a combination of lots of difficult feelings and can cause as much harm to our relationships – and to our own well-being – as any other emotion. Explore resentment: where it comes from, what it does, and what we can do about it.
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