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Writings on Well-Being Dr. Rick Hanson
Change the Channel
Sometimes when inner practices fail you, it helps to change the channel. A respite or some sort of pleasure will help to refuel you for challenges.
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Being Well Podcast: Dealing with Criticism, Anxiety, and Dysfunctional Family Systems: July Mailbag
Forrest and Dr. Rick open up the mailbag and answer questions from listeners. They explore how we can thoughtfully take the input of other people, identify and meet our needs, deal with anxiety and the fear of failure, and approach a conversation about drug use with teenagers.
Meditation + Talk: Practicing with Sorrow
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 35-minute meditation, a 48-minute talk, and a discussion with Rick Hanson about Practicing with Sorrow.
Being Well Podcast: Simplifying Self-Help: 7 Lessons for a Lifetime of Well-Being
There is a lot of complicated advice out there (including on this podcast) for how to improve our well-being. In this episode of the Being Well Podcast, Forrest and Dr. Rick simplify the lessons they’ve learned from over 100 experts and 300 episodes.
Meditation + Talk: The Power of Giving and Receiving
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 33-minute meditation, a 50-minute talk, and a discussion on The Power of Giving and Receiving by Daniel Ellenberg, Ph.D.
Being Well Podcast: How to Become Securely Attached
Forrest and Dr. Rick focus on one of the most common, and most important, questions they get about attachment theory: can we heal our attachment wounds, and become more securely attached?
Meditation + Talk: Connecting with Yourself and Others – Three Foundational Practices
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 33-minute meditation, a 47-minute talk, and a discussion on Connecting with Yourself & Others: Three Foundational Practices with Daniel Ellenberg, Ph.D.
Being Well Podcast: Time Management for Mortals with Oliver Burkeman
Forrest is joined by bestselling author Oliver Burkeman for an exploration of what’s really at stake in what we call “time management”.
Meditation + Talk: The Ten Ways of Dealing with Difficult Emotions
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 39-minute meditation, a 61-minute talk, and a discussion with Venerable Bhante Buddharakkita on The Ten (10 ) Ways of Dealing with Difficult Emotions.
Being Well Podcast: Overcoming Procrastination: Unleashing Motivation and Creating a Pursuit Mindset
Join Forrest and Dr. Rick as they explore how we can overcome avoidance and procrastination, unlock our motivation, and cultivate a “pursuit mindset.”
Meditation + Talk: The Sense of Inner Knowing and R.A.I.N.
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher John Prendergast, Ph.D. offers a meditation and talk on the inner sense of knowing and R.A.I.N.
Being Well Podcast: Staying Curious, Embracing Change, and Relating to Media with Michael Krasny
Rick and Forrest are joined by award-winning journalist Michael Krasny for a Being Well episode focused on how to stay curious, navigate times of transition, and relate to the modern media landscape in healthy ways.
Your Precious Life – Part 1
What an incredible opportunity it is to have a life. At all. To fulfill that opportunity, we need a fundamental orientation inside that treats our life as if it matters. As if our happiness is important, as if being mistreated is not alright, as if we deserve the same...
Meditation + Talk: The Sense of Inner Knowing
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher John Prendergast, Ph.D. offers a meditation and talk on the inner sense of knowing.
Being Well Podcast: How to Change Your Life: Self-Efficacy, Learned Helplessness, and Creating a Growth Mindset
Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how we can overcome learned helplessness and change our lives by developing self-efficacy: the ability to influence our environments and control our motivation and behavior.
Meditation + Talk: Tenderness and Vastness, Assertiveness and Compassion
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Tenderness and Vastness, Assertiveness and Compassion.
Being Well Podcast: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Forrest and Dr. Rick explore how to overcome imposter syndrome, the common psychological experience of self-doubt and feeling like a fraud.
Meditation + Talk: Who Most Needs Your Compassion and Appreciation? You!
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Who Most Needs Your Compassion and Appreciation? You!.
Being Well Podcast: Self-Help Fads and Finding What Really Works with mindbodygreen CEO Jason Wachob
Jason Wachob, the Founder and Co-CEO of mindbodygreen, joins Forrest and Dr. Rick to separate fact from fiction in the self-help world and clarify what really matters.
Meditation + Talk: Coming to Rest in Both Ordinary and Extraordinary Ways
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Coming to Rest in Both Ordinary and Extraordinary Ways.
Being Well Podcast: Attachment Theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy with Dr. Sue Johnson
Dr. Sue Johnson, the founder of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), joins Dr. Rick and Forrest on the Being Well podcast to explore how insights from attachment theory can transform our relationships.
Meditation + Talk: Equanimity – The Seventh Factor of Awakening
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Equanimity – The Seventh Factor of Awakening