The Benefits of Mindfulness
Why do we care about being mindful? Dr. Rick Hanson explains the many benefits of mindfulness on our brain and our life.
Being Well Podcast: How to Forgive Yourself
We explore forgiveness, including common myths and misunderstandings about forgiveness, the difference between healthy and unhealthy remorse, coming to terms with what we’ve done, and achieving (self-)forgiveness.
Meditation + Talk: Skillful and Unskillful Patience in Your Relationships
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Skillful and Unskillful Patience in Your Relationships
From Many to Many: Forming the Compassionate Groups That Can Save the World
Learn how we can all help to bring more compassion to the challenges we face in the world today.
What is the Global Compassion Coalition?
Learn about the Global Compassion Coalition and how you can help bring more compassion to the world.
Being Well Podcast: Evolving Our Approach to Treating Trauma with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
We explore with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk how trauma keeps us stuck, and how we can use imagination, self-expression, and creativity to break away from those old patterns.
Meditation + Talk: Appreciating Humanness in Others – and Yourself
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Appreciating Humanness in Others – and Yourself.
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.
Meditation + Talk: Living in Harmony While Also Taking Care of Yourself
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Living in Harmony While Also Taking Care of Yourself.
Being Well Podcast: PTSD and Politics with Jason Kander
Jason Kander joins Forrest to talk about his personal journey recovering from PTSD, the impact of his time serving in Afghanistan, and what we can do to better support veterans.