Quiet Your Mind.
Build Lasting Calm and Resilience.
Free Weekly Talks and Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson
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A guided meditation, an insightful talk, and a welcoming community — grounded in brain science and modern psychology. No experience needed, and always free.
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Led by Dr. Rick Hanson, PhD — psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times–bestselling author of Buddha’s Brain, Hardwiring Happiness, and Resilient. His books have sold over a million copies in English and been translated into 33 languages, and he’s taught at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard.
Recent Wednesday Meditations and Talks
Talk + Meditation: Empathy and Engaged Compassion
Learn how to stay empathic without getting overwhelmed, grow real compassion, and take wise, collective action to reduce suffering at its roots.
Talk + Meditation: Letting Go of Old Baggage for a Better Future
Holding onto old regrets? Learn how to take responsibility without shame — and how forgiveness and compassion can set you free from old burdens.
Talk + Meditation: Appreciating Your Own Generosity and Good Intentions
Even our messy, reactive parts come from good intentions. Learn how to rest in your own goodness and act from it more often.
Talk + Meditation: How to Be Compassionate and Wise: Lessons from the Mahayana
Discover how compassion, wisdom, and skillful action unite to create the awakened heart of the Mahayana path.
Talk + Meditation: Finding Brightness and Goodness in a Troubled World
Ajahn Nisabho explores how to cleanse the heart like gold—refining virtue, forgiveness, and love amid life’s impurities.
Talk + Meditation: How to Shift Your Thoughts and Feelings about Others
Discover how to stay kind and grounded — even when others are difficult — with insights from Rick Hanson and the Buddha’s timeless wisdom.





