Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Connecting with Your Best Parts

Jun 27, 2022

55:39

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Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how to connect with our positive aspects, overcoming fears of conceit and tribalism. They discuss societal influences on self-perception, intimacy, courage, and cherishing ourselves and others. Embracing self-acceptance and recognizing inner goodness are key themes, along with self-reflection for improvement and exploring human nature views.

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Quick takeaways

Recognizing the good inside oneself is key to self-awareness and positive connection.

Challenging negative beliefs about human nature enhances appreciation of positive traits.

Courage is essential in valuing one's positive qualities and overcoming self-doubt.

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Recognizing Good Inside Ourselves

Recognizing the good inside ourselves is emphasized, with a focus on how people can become more aware of and connect with their positive aspects. The importance of seeing the good news about oneself is underscored, countering the strong pull of shame and self-doubt that hinder self-recognition. Embracing positive aspects is highlighted as essential, overcoming the tendency to overlook one's strengths and focus on perceived inadequacies.

Intro

2min

Embracing Positive Aspects of Personality

2min

Embracing Self-Acceptance and Recognizing Inner Goodness

18min

Self-Reflection and Improvement

7min

Exploring Inner Being and Human Nature Views

5min

Exploring Human Nature and Behavior

19min

Exploring Human Nature and Connecting with Positive Aspects

4min

A little while ago, we had an episode on self-awareness where Rick emphasized how the majority of what people have to become self-aware of is the good inside themselves. The point felt significant enough to expand into a full episode about how to connect with our best parts.

On this episode of Being Well, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson focus on how to accept, appreciate, and connect with our positive aspects, and how to deal with some of the developmental blocks that prevent us from embracing the good in ourselves. We look at how the culture we’re in affects our perspective, how to manage fears of conceit, and how to experience more intimacy and courage by releasing cynicism.

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Key Topics:

0:00: Introduction

3:20: What gets in the way of us hearing the good news about ourselves?

5:40: Stories we’re told about ourselves that form our identity
10:45: Reconnecting with childhood positive qualities

17:10: Intentions, talents, efforts

23:25: Avoiding conceit and the fear of sounding conceited

30:40: Releasing ideas that human nature is fundamentally bad

34:25: Tribalism

36:35: Seeing the cultural water we swim in

41:15: Intimacy, cynicism, courage

46:40: Cherishing ourselves and others

47:35: Recap

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