
Being Well Podcast: The Highest Happiness
What are the “heights of human potential,” and why should we aim for them when simply surviving the here-and-now already feels so challenging? That’s one of the many topics we explore on this episode.

Meditation + Talk: Three Wise Efforts
In this Meditation and Talk, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation on Mindful Spaciousness, and he shares insights about Three Wise Efforts.
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Being Well Podcast: Neurodharma
Throughout history people have sought the heights of human potential – to become as wise, strong, happy, and loving as any person can ever be. Science is now revealing how these remarkable ways of being seem to be based on equally remarkable changes in our own nervous system.

Meditation + Talk: The Essence of Mindfulness
Dr. Rick Hanson leads a meditation and talk on the essence of mindfulness he will share with you his ideas of the fundamentals taught by the Buddha 2,500 years ago.

Remember the Big Things
In every life, reminders arrive about what’s really important. While it’s good advice not to sweat the small stuff, we also need to nurture the large stuff.

Being Well Podcast: Compassion Fatigue and Finding Purpose
We explore both the direct stress and trauma that people in helping roles might naturally be feeling these days, as well as compassion fatigue.

Meditation + Talk: What Can’t Be Lost and Can Always Be Found
In this Meditation and Talk, Dr. Rick Hanson offers an meditation on being the space in which experiences flow, and he shares insights about what inside us can’t be lost and can always be found.

Being Well Podcast: Coping with Quarantine
In this episode Forrest and I explore how individuals and families can deal with the interpersonal stress that comes from being stuck together, and the sadness and loss that comes from being separated from things we love.
Working with Self-Criticism
What’s the difference between useful self-critique, and harmful self-criticism? How can we implement positive changes that further our growth without beating ourself up about it?