Mindfulness of Anxiety
This talk on mindfulness and anxiety is one in a series on Buddhist perspectives and practice where Dr. Rick Hanson explores the practical wisdom in one of the world’s oldest contemplative traditions.
Dr. Rick Hanson and Summer Camp: Who knew?
This is a guest post from Michelle Lilyanna at Happinessandjoylessons.com Last week, a friend came to me and asked me to make a nighttime audio for her daughter who is going away to summer camp. Her daughter has enjoyed my other calming audios but wanted one...
James Doty Interview on Service
"What happens so many times in our lives is, we walk by people - we don't really look at them. When you take the time to look, to truly see, then there's this explosion of opportunity to care and have an impact. The goodness you get back from that is so powerful, it...
Gretchen Rubin Interview on Gratitude
Discover some simple yet powerful ways to become happier in this conversation with Gretchen Rubin—author of The Happiness Project. In this Foundations of Well-Being interview, Gretchen gets very practical and shares an easy path towards greater well-being, from the...
Rewiring Your Brain: An Article from Jennifer Forsberg Meyer
The Rural Life / By Jennifer Forsberg Meyer Rewiring Your Brain Sometimes things intersect in a way that makes you sit up and take notice. This happened to me recently. It started with some spectacular nature programs—the BBC series available on Netflix....
Aspiration: An Interview with Dan Siegel
"Life is always unfolding, you're always in an emerging process... only junk can really make you feel stagnat or chaotic, and the beautiful thing about being a human being is you have a choice. With awareness, you can use liberate yourself and free yourself to your...
Practicing with Negative Reactions to Others
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled Practicing with Negative Reactions to Others.
More information on the San Rafael Mediation group can be found here.
The Caring Quilt Creative Activity
Check out this great creative activity that will deepen and internalize your sense of being cared about - an important inner resource for resilience, happiness, and satisfying relationships, and a key part of the Foundations of Well-Being. This 12-minute video guides...