We had a productive year, with some extraordinary guests and equally compelling topics. Though not an easy choice, we pick what we think are the top Being Well podcasts for 2021.
1. Building a Better Relationship with Yourself
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The most important relationship we have is with ourselves. You’re the only person you’ll be around every minute of every day for the rest of your life. And, unfortunately, that relationship is often our most difficult one. We explore how we can become better friends to ourselves, and learn to like ourselves more
2. Unwinding Anxiety and Addiction
with Dr. Jud Brewer
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Learn about the habit of anxiety, mindfulness practices to heal addiction, and what we can learn from the brains of the world’s most advanced meditators.
3. Avoidance: How to Stop Procrastination and Worry
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Everything we do is a form of coping. The question is, is it healthy coping or unhealthy coping?
4. Building Healthy Boundaries
with Nedra Tawwab
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One of the hardest, and most important, parts of creating great relationships is setting healthy boundaries with other people.
5. Break Your Old Patterns
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Explore how to get un-stuck when feeling stagnate, unfulfilled, bored, or trapped in cycles of behavior that don’t serve us.
6. Building the Perfect Relationship
with Dr. Stan Tatkin
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Relationships are hard, and making them last is even harder. We explore how we can be happier and healthier in relationships with Dr. Stan Tatkin.
7. Become Less Resentful
![How to Become Less Resentful](https://rickhanson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Episode-194-Become-Less-Resentful.jpg)
We explore resentment: where it comes from, what it does, and how to become less resentful.
8. Fierce Compassion
with Dr. Kristin Neff
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Dr. Kristin Neff explores the fierce side of self-compassion, how it helps us draw healthy boundaries, take necessary action, and stand against injustice.
9. Working With Your Anxiety
![Working through Anxiety - The Being Well Podcast](https://rickhanson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Episode-180-Working-with-your-anxiety.jpg)
We walk through a normal experience of anxiety and offer some suggestions for working through anxiety and overcoming it.
10. Internal Family Systems Therapy
with Dr. Richard Schwartz
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Learn about Internal Family Systems with Richard Schwartz and how to repair your relationship with all of your parts.