Meditation + Talk: A Spacey Ecstatic Riff on Everything Is Relationship
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on A Spacey Ecstatic Riff on Everything Is Relationship.
Being Well Podcast: Relating to Death, and Living a Better Life
On today’s episode of Being Well, Forrest and I talk about coming to terms with mortality, the reality of our limited time, and how we can use that knowledge to refine our focus and live a more fulfilling life.
Meditation + Talk: Being Nature
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Being Nature.
Being Well Podcast: Changing Your Relationship to Shame
Shame is one of the most complex and difficult emotions we experience on a regular basis, and one that can have seriously negative impacts on our sense of self-worth and ability to experience healthy connection with others.
Meditation + Talk: Compassion in Society: Embodying the Changes We Want to See
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Lakiba Pittman covered the topic of Compassion in Society: Embodying the Changes We Want to See.
Being Well Podcast: The Grieving Brain with Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor
On today’s episode we’re joined by one of the world’s leading researchers on grief, Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor. We explore why grief is such a unique and intense emotion, how grief works in the brain, the problems with generalized models like the “five stages of grief,” and how we can learn to live with loss.
Meditation + Talk: Presence Infused with Heart
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Caverly Morgan covered the topic of Presence Infused with Heart.
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.
Meditation + Talk: Cultivating a Wholehearted Practice
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison covered the topic of Cultivating a Wholehearted Practice.
Being Well Podcast: Understanding Borderline Personality Tendencies
We look at what to do when borderline tendencies show up in our lives even at sub-clinical levels. We discuss how to cultivate a healthy amount of sensitivity and tolerance to distress, how to regulate and nurture ourselves, and how to navigate relationships with others when they exhibit borderline tendencies.