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Being Well Podcast: Mentalization-Based Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder with Robert Drozek
Forrest is joined by psychotherapist and author Robert Drozek to discuss mentalization-based treatment (MBT) and the tools that can help us develop more flexibility and curiosity around our assumptions.
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Rest Your Weary Head
Our minds are hauled along in a culture without a speed limit – exceeding the limit, and there is always a price. Pulling out of the mental traffic, it’s an act of freedom and wisdom.
COVID19 Vaccination – Q&A (Posted 4/25/21)
Dr. Hanson answers some commonly asked questions about COVID19 and the vaccinations to prevent it.
Meditation + Talk: Why and How to Meditate
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Why and How to Meditate, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Liberation – Awake and Full of Feeling
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest teacher Amana Brembry Johnson offers a guided meditation and talk on Liberation: Awake and Full of Feeling, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Walking Lightly in the World
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Walking Lightly in the World, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Letting Go of Fear, and Resting in Peaceful Confidence
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Letting Go of Fear, and Resting in Peaceful Confidence, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Steadying the Mind, and Working with Hindrances
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest speaker Tina Rasmussen offers a guided meditation and talk which focused on Steadying the Mind, and Working with Hindrances, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Rest in Center
There is a deeper place that is undisturbed, your center. As you deepen your sense of connection with this core of your being, you’ll be more resilient, happier, and at ease.
Meditation + Talk: How to Steady Your Mind and Enter Deep States of Meditative Absorption
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest speaker Tina Rasmussen offers a guided meditation and talk which focused on How to Steady Your Mind and Enter Deep States of Meditative Absorption, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Four Ways to Let Go
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Four Ways to Let Go, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: The Upward Spiral of Sudden Awakening and Gradual Cultivation
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on the upward spiral of sudden awakening and gradual cultivation, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Seven Factors of Awakening, and Three Approaches to the Unconditioned
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Seven Factors of Awakening, and Three Approaches to the Unconditioned, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Changing Your Mind
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Changing Your Mind, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Cultivating Compassion for the Journey
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest speaker JD Doyle offers a guided meditation and talk focus on Cultivating Compassion for the Journey, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Guided Connection to Calm and Equanimity with Wisdom Mudra
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, guest speaker Tarané Sayler offers a guided meditation and talk focus on Guided Connection to Calm and Equanimity with Wisdom Mudra, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Resting in Simply Being in the Present
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Resting in Simply Being in the Present, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Growing What You Want to Be, and Being What You Already Are
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Growing What You Want to Be, and Being What You Already Are, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
Meditation + Talk: Equanimity
In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on Equanimity, which includes a Q&A and discussion.
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.



















