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.
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Being Well Podcast: Untangling Ourselves with Koshin Paley Ellison
Koshin Paley Ellison joins Forrest and Rick to explore living, dying, and personal practice in the midst of our beautiful, challenging, messy lives.
Being Well Podcast: Existential Dread, and Overcoming an Existential Crisis
It’s natural to have moments – even in the course of a generally happy, mostly fulfilling life – where we question our meaning, value, and purpose. This “existential dread” sometimes culminates in an “existential crisis.” We consider how we can confront these basic questions with acceptance and curiosity, and find the meaning and purpose that can help us live good lives
Being Well Podcast: Perfectionism and Unhealthy Striving with Dr. Diana Hill
How can we aim high, achieve our goals, and get what we want out of life without falling prey to unhealthy striving and excessive perfectionism? Dr. Diana Hill joins Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson to explore the costs of perfectionism, productivity anxiety, psychological flexibility, calming the threat system, and how we can go from striving to thriving.
Being Well Podcast: Healing Your Attachment Wounds with Dr. Diane Poole Heller
In this episode, we focus on two of our most important subjects, attachment wounds and traumatic experiences, with a longtime therapist, trainer of therapists, and world-class expert on attachment theory: Dr. Diane Poole Heller.
Being Well Podcast: Self-Help’s Biggest Misconceptions, Part 2: No Pain No Gain, Hedonic Adaptation, and Meditation
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.
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.
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