Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

The Gift of Presence

Mar 23, 2020

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How can we use mindfulness practically during our everyday lives, and how can "presence" be a particularly valuable tool for women?

About Our Guest: Caroline Welch is the CEO and co-founder of the Mindsight Institute. Mindsight, a term coined by Dr. Dan Siegel, is our human capacity to perceive the mind of the self and others. It’s essentially a kind of focused attention that help us observe the working of our own mind, and helps get us off of the autopilot of ingrained behaviors and habitual responses.

Caroline's new book, The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women, offers a scientifically inspired approach to a simple question: Is there a way for women to live with more calm amid the chaos?

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Key Topics:

4:00: Aspects of mindfulness that may be particularly important for women.

10:00: Pivoting, and why mindfulness can be a valuable aid to making good choices.

15:30: Do men and women experience presence differently?

18:30: The importance of representation.

21:45: Stories from the book that particularly stuck with Caroline.

24:15: Multitasking and being “in the moment.”

27:00: Pace, and the right to slow down.

29:00: Regrets of the dying.

32:00: A message to your younger self.

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