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Writings on Well-Being Dr. Rick Hanson
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.
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Meditation + Talk: How to Take Heart When the World Gets Scary
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on How to Take Heart When the World Gets Scary.
Meditation + Talk: Three Kinds of Mindfulness
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on Three Kinds of Mindfulness.
Meditation + Talk: Welcoming and Embracing Our Selves
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Daniel Ellenberg offers a guided meditation and talk on Welcoming and Embracing Our Selves, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: 5 Ways to Steady Your Mind
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk on 5 Ways to Steady Your Mind.
Meditation + Talk: The Relevance of Mindfulness Meditation to Managing Mood Disorders
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Zindel Segal offers a meditation and talk on The Relevance of Mindfulness Meditation to Managing Mood Disorders.
Meditation + Talk: Virtuous Conduct: How to Promote Healthy Human Politics
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation and talk on Virtuous Conduct: How to Promote Healthy Human Politics.
How to Promote Healthy Human Politics
As we seek the greater good in the 21st century, we must ask how we will solve our modern problems – such as great inequalities of wealth and power – with our Stone Age brains.
Meditation + Talk: Not Harming Others – Including during the COVID Pandemic
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation and talk on Not Harming Others – Including during the COVID Pandemic.
Not Harming by Not Externalizing Costs – with Special Reference to the COVID Pandemic
An exploration of the covid pandemic and virtuous conduct – in terms of not harming others by externalizing our costs upon them.
Not Harming by Not Externalizing Costs – with Special Reference to the Climate Crisis
An overview on not causing harm through costs that are pushed downstream to others, with particular emphasis on the climate crisis.
Meditation + Talk: Not Harming Oneself and Others – with Reference to the Climate Crisis
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers meditation and talk on Not Harming Oneself and Others with Reference to the Climate Crisis and notes
Do’s and Don’ts of Virtuous Conduct
Practical Do’s and Don’ts for virtuous conduct that lead to happiness and away from suffering, for ourselves and others.
Meditation + Talk: The Foundation of all Happiness – Virtuous Conduct
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers meditation and talk on The Foundation of all Happiness: Virtuous Conduct. and notes
Meditation + Talk: How to Rest in Peacefulness, Contentment, and Love
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation, talk How to Rest in Peacefulness, Contentment, and Love.
Meditation + Talk: Facing Loss, Illness, and Death: Practical Wisdom from the Buddha
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation, talk, and discussion on Facing Loss, Illness, and Death: Practical Wisdom from the Buddha.
Meditation + Talk: Letting Go of Fear Around Other People
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation, talk, and discussion on Letting Go of Fear Around Other People.
Twelve Good Things 2021
Twelve Good Things that I think are really wonderful and worth your attention.
Meditation + Talk: Embracing Vulnerability
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Daniel Ellenberg offers a guided meditation and talk on Embracing Vulnerability, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Findings on the Positive Neuroplasticity Training
How do you practice taking in the good and what effects does your practice have on your life?
Meditation + Talk: How to Stay Grounded in “Me” While Opening to “We”
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation and talk on How to Stay Grounded in “Me” While Opening to “We,” including a Q&A and discussion. Also included is a brief discussion at the beginning of the talk on The Great Un.
Meditation + Talk: The Gratitude That Frees the Mind and Opens the Heart
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a meditation and talk on The Gratitude That Frees the Mind and Opens the Heart, including a Q&A and discussion.