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Writings on Well-Being Dr. Rick Hanson
Meditation + Talk: Equanimity – What It Is, Why It’s Good, and How to Develop It
Feeling overwhelmed? Learn how to cultivate equanimity—stay calm, clear, and resilient in tough times with practical tools from Dr. Rick Hanson.
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Being Well Podcast: Why We Don’t Change (and what you can do about it) with Dr. Ross Ellenhorn
Dr. Ross Ellenhorn joins the Being Well Podcast to explore our resistance to change, and the many good reasons we might have to stay just as we are.
Say Thanks
Say Thanks – it’s a small moment with big ripples. What do you feel when someone thanks you for something? For a comment in a meeting, a task done at home, an extra step taken, an encouraging word.
Being Well Podcast: Now What? What to Do When Things Fall Apart
Forrest and Dr. Rick explore a practical framework for navigating life’s most challenging transitions, including what to do when things fall apart.
Meditation + Talk: The Good News That’s Still True
Feeling overwhelmed or downhearted by life? Explore simple, practical ways to face challenges, find the good, and build resilience with wisdom and compassion.
What to Do When the Bottom Falls Out
It’s normal to feel shocked, frozen, frightened, or outraged. But here are four fundamental strengths to help us feel and function better in difficult times.
Being Well Podcast: How to Make Good Choices: A System for Decision Making
Forrest and Rick Hanson explore how to make good choices by developing a reliable system for making choices that aligns with your values and goals.
Meditation + Talk: BLACK EARTH WISDOM: Afro-Indigenous Ecological Thought and Practice
Leah Penniman weaves ancestral wisdom, mindfulness, and stories to explore humanity’s bond with the Earth, inspiring healing, gratitude, and ecological care.
Minimize Painful Experiences
Painful experiences range from subtle discomfort to extreme anguish – and there is a place for them. Sorrow can open the heart.
Being Well Podcast: Rethinking Productivity with Cal Newport
Cal Newport joins the podcast to explore slow productivity, deep work, and how we can achieve more by doing less.
Meditation + Talk: 4 Ways We Can Respond After the Election
Feeling unsettled? Remember: be kind to yourself, protect your peace, stay informed, and focus on what you can control. Find comfort in connection & small joys.
Take Heart
What do you do when the bottom falls out? Take heart. By “taking heart,” I mean several related things: Sensing your heart and chest, finding encouragement in what is good both around you and inside you, resting in your own warmth, compassion, and
Being Well Podcast: Relationship Mailbag: Finding Yourself, Boundaries, and Attachment
Dr. Rick and Forrest answer listener questions focused on navigating relationship challenges, including distinguishing between healthy/unhealthy desires and finding yourself after a breakup.
Meditation + Talk: What to Do If You’re Feeling Disgusted
Explore how to handle feelings of disgust mindfully, keeping a moral view without disconnecting. Discover practical steps to foster compassion and clarity amidst challenges.
Don’t Be Intimidated
Humans are vulnerable to being alarmed, manipulated, and even intimidated by threats, both real ones and “paper tigers.” Understanding how your brain became so vigilant and wary, and so easily hijacked by alarm, is the first step toward gaining more control over that ancient circuitry and is less rattled or distracted by exaggerated, manageable, or false alarms.
Being Well Podcast: Healing Your Inner Child
Dr. Hanson and Forrest explore what the inner child really is, how it manifests in our lives, and practical ways to work with this important part of ourselves, including healing your inner child.
Meditation + Talk: 5 Ways to Stop Spinning Your Wheels and Get What You Really Want
Discover how to break free from exhausting cycles, realign your energy with what matters, and unlock your unique strengths to find renewed purpose and vitality.
Let Things Change
We have a choice: we can let things change and do what we can, or we can fight it and likely end up feeling even worse.
Being Well Podcast: The Anxiety Toolkit: How to Tolerate Uncertainty with Joshua Fletcher
Psychotherapist Joshua Fletcher joins Forrest for an in-depth exploration of anxiety and how to tolerate uncertainty.
Meditation + Talk: 5 Reasons Why You Are Working Hard and Going Nowhere
Feeling stuck? Learn 5 key psychological barriers that keep us from moving forward and how breaking free from “normal” can unlock new possibilities.
Receive Faces
Understanding facial expression gives us a chance to feel connected to others. Try to open to and receive the faces of others.
Being Well Podcast: Self-Compassion: How to Make it Work For You with Dr. Chris Germer
Dr. Chris Germer, co-creator of the Mindful Self-Compassion program, joins Forrest to explore how we can work with the deeply ingrained shame that gets in the way.