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Writings on Well-Being Dr. Rick Hanson
Talk + Meditation: How to Stay Present Longer
Learn how concentration deepens mindfulness, steadies the mind, and brings peace, clarity, and joy—even amid distractions and emotional turbulence.
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Try a Softer Tone
There are three elements of tone: 1) Explicit content 2) Emotional subtext 3) Implicit statement about the nature of the relationship.
Being Well Podcast: The (real) Secret to Happiness: Attachment, Craving, and Enjoying Life
Forrest and Dr. Rick focus on the secret to everyday happiness: learning how to like without wanting.
Meditation + Talk: Coming Home: Resting in Peace and Stillness
In this weekly live meditation and talk from Stephen Doetsu Snyder, the focus was on Coming Home: Resting in Peace and Stillness.
Feel Cared About
Feeling cared about buffers against stress, increases positive emotions, promotes resilience, and increases caring for others. Learn how to feel cared about to gradually fill any holes in your heart.
Being Well Podcast: Deeper Mindfulness with Dr. Danny Penman
Author and meditation teacher Dr. Danny Penman joins the show to explore how we can help our brain interpret the world more accurately.
Meditation + Talk: Greenlighting, the Green Zone, and Maximizing Your Joy
In this weekly live meditation and talk from Saniel and Linda, they focused on Greenlighting, the Green Zone, and Maximizing Your Joy.
Know You’re a Good Person
Is it hard to believe you are a good person? Try to take in the good of feeling cared about; recognize goodness in your acts of thought, word, and deed. Enjoy this beautiful goodness, so real and so true.
Being Well Podcast: Dealing with a Mental Health Crisis, Trauma and Meditation, and Getting Back on the Wagon: January Mailbag
Forrest and Dr. Rick open up the mailbag to answer questions from listeners. How can we understand and support someone going through a mental health crisis? Is meditation enough to heal trauma? And what can we do about family members that just won’t change?
Meditation + Talk: Appreciating Life Through Mindfulness of Death
In this weekly live meditation and talk from Sean Fargo, he focused on Appreciating Life Through Mindfulness of Death.
Turn Anger into a Peaceful Heart
3 things to help guide you to find peace: Stop Things from Building Up, Understand What’s Making You Angry, Find Key Ways to Turn Anger into a Peaceful Heart
Being Well Podcast: Internal Family Systems: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with Dr. Richard Schwartz
We’re joined by Dr. Richard Schwartz, creator of the Internal Family Systems model of therapy, to explore how we can integrate all the aspects of who we are.
Meditation + Talk: The Wise Effort of Letting Go of Self
In this weekly live meditation and talk from Dr. Rick Hanson, he focused on The Wise Effort of Letting Go of Self.
Parent From the Same Page
Find compromises and work with your partner for the benefit of your child. Minor differences in parenting style are okay. But children get confused when there are major differences. Here are five ways to work effectively and get the best possible results.
Being Well Podcast: Healing Cycles of Trauma with Dr. Mariel Buqué
Dr. Mariel Buqué joins the podcast to help us learn how we can heal from the past, create healthier patterns, and break cycles of trauma.
Meditation + Talk: What Are You Doing Here? The Why and the How of Buddhist Practice
In this weekly live meditation and talk from Dr. Rick Hanson, he focused on What Are You Doing Here? The Why and the How of Buddhist Practice.
Find Your North Star
What’s the light that will guide you out of your own tangled woods – both the woods “out there” in the world and the ones “in here,” in your own mind?
Being Well Podcast: Getting More From 2024
Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest kick off the new year by exploring how we can relate to the past, plan for the future, and get more from 2024.
Meditation + Talk: How to Let Go
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 29-minute meditation and a 53-minute talk about How to Let Go.
Drop the Load
Are the rewards of new commitments really worth the costs? Sometimes you have to give up the lesser rewards of a new thing for the greater rewards of allowing some new space to clear in your life.
Meditation + Talk: Caring More . . . and Caring Less
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 34-minute meditation and a 47-minute talk about Caring More . . . and Caring Less.
Being Well Podcast: Finding Your Joy: The Holiday Special with Elizabeth Ferreira
Forrest and Elizabeth welcome listeners into their home to talk about their changing relationship with the holidays and finding your joy.