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Writings on Well-Being Dr. Rick Hanson
Back to Basics
By taking care of the basics, everything else usually takes care of itself.
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Step into the Cloud
Stressed by all the things you have to do? Seen as brick-like entities, tasks can feel heavy, oppressive, burdensome. If instead we view our tasks as clouds, tasks feel more fluid, like streams or eddies you step into, influencing or contributing as best you can, before they swirl on and become something else.
Meditation + Talk: Learning to Care . . . and Not to Care
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Learning to Care . . . and Not to Care, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Rested in the Qualities of Being
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Rested in the Qualities of Being, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Remembering Your True Home
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on remembering your true home, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Avoid The Rush
Be mindful of rushing. See how other people assume deadlines that aren’t actually real, or feel pressured about things that aren’t that important.
Meditation + Talk: A Powerful Simple Way to Stay Rested in the Heart
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on A Powerful Simple Way to Stay Rested in the Heart, both inside yourself and in reality altogether, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Twelve Good Things 2020
Twelve Good Things that I think are really wonderful and worth your attention.
Meditation + Talk: Knowing How Deeply Our Lives Are Intertwined
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest speaker Leslie Booker offers a guided meditation and talk on knowing how deeply our lives are intertwined, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: The Perfection of Patience
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on The Perfection of Patience, both inside yourself and in reality altogether, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Thankfulness and Gratitude
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on thankfulness and gratitude – even amidst losses and frustrations, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Developing Lovingkindness and Equanimity
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest speaker Leslie Booker offers a guided meditation and talk on developing lovingkindness and equanimity through the “Paramis”, both inside yourself and in reality altogether, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Lean Into Good On First Waking
Try to influence your mind with positive and loving thoughts, when you wake.
Meditation + Talk: Making Peace in Your Mind with Other People
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Making Peace in Your Mind with Other People, both inside yourself and in reality altogether, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Taking Refuge In The Good That Endures
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Taking Refuge In The Good That Endures, both inside yourself and in reality altogether, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Cultivate Goodwill
Ill will creates negative qualities, whereas goodwill creates positive qualities. As a social and loving species on the planet, we have the wonderful ability and inclination to connect with others, be empathic. But we are also aggressive.
Meditation + Talk: Accepting the World
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Accepting the World, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Accepting Other People
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Accepting Other People, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Drop Tart Tone
People are more sensitive to tone. To paraphrase the poet Maya Angelou, people will forget what you said, but they’ll remember how you made them feel.
Meditation + Talk: Accepting All of Who You Are
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Accepting All of Who You Are, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Acceptance
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on acceptance, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: How to Develop Genuine Equanimity
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on How to Develop Genuine Equanimity, which includes a Q&A and discussion.