Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Working with Irrational Fears, Setting Healthy Boundaries, and Understanding Therapy: March Mailbag

Mar 25, 2024

01:15:00

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Topics in this podcast include working with irrational fears, setting healthy boundaries in dysfunctional families, understanding evidence-based therapy, and navigating relationship challenges and parenting dilemmas. The hosts offer practical advice and techniques for building inner strength and fostering connections.

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Focus on creating feelings of safety and connection outside of work to build inner calmness.

Challenge old beliefs linked to childhood trauma to shift identities for personal growth.

Maintain self-care, set boundaries, and seek external support to navigate family dynamics effectively.

Deep dives

Navigating Workplace Stress and Fear of Failure

In a stressful job environment, a listener struggles with fear and anxiety when corrected by their boss, feeling on edge despite understanding their competence. The advice given involves strengthening inner resources by focusing on feelings of safety and connection off-work, building inner calmness to face challenges. It emphasizes self-awareness of underlying emotions, slowing down to identify and link current positive experiences to past fears to address the root cause of reactivity.

Finding Peace in Surrendering to Personal Boundaries

01:23

The Power of Knowing and Understanding Emotions

01:48

Emotional Reaction Disproportion

00:45

Clarifying the Value of Increasing Separation from Thoughts

01:45

Introduction

6min

Exploring Fear, Emotional Awareness, and Healing

12min

Exploring Cognitive Bypassing and the Function of Daydreaming

2min

Embracing Boundaries for Emotional Balance

17min

Exploring Evidence-Based Therapy Approaches and Workspace Setup

9min

The Nuances of Therapy Effectiveness

13min

Navigating Relationship Challenges and Parenting Dilemmas

19min

Forrest and Dr. Rick open up the mailbag and answer questions from listeners focused on how we can work with irrational fears, create separation from our thoughts and feelings, and set healthy boundaries in dysfunctional families. Rick then goes off on the topic of “evidence-based” vs. “not evidence-based” approaches to therapy, leading to an interesting conversation about research, statistical significance, and what makes for good therapy. We think you’ll enjoy this one, thanks for listening!

You can watch this episode on YouTube.

Key Topics:

0:00: Introduction

1:25: How can I respond to fears I know are irrational?

11:05: How can I disidentify from my thoughts?

21:35: How do I set healthy boundaries in a dysfunctional family system?

39:25: Are “not evidence-based” therapeutic approaches such as IFS or somatic therapy inferior to “evidence-based” approaches like CBT?

55:20: My relationship is full of conflict, and I’m considering divorce. How should I think this through?

1:05:10: Recap

Forrest is now writing on Substack, check out his work there.

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Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Working with Irrational Fears, Setting Healthy Boundaries, and Understanding Therapy: March Mailbag

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Navigating Workplace Stress and Fear of Failure

Challenging Cognitive Beliefs and Trauma

Establishing Boundaries in Familial Struggles

The Impact of Evidence-Based Therapy and Individual Differences

Exploring Therapy Choices, Personal Change, and the Impact on Children in Divorce

Finding Peace in Surrendering to Personal Boundaries

The Power of Knowing and Understanding Emotions

Emotional Reaction Disproportion

Clarifying the Value of Increasing Separation from Thoughts

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Working with Irrational Fears, Setting Healthy Boundaries, and Understanding Therapy: March Mailbag

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Navigating Workplace Stress and Fear of Failure

Challenging Cognitive Beliefs and Trauma

Establishing Boundaries in Familial Struggles

The Impact of Evidence-Based Therapy and Individual Differences

Exploring Therapy Choices, Personal Change, and the Impact on Children in Divorce

Finding Peace in Surrendering to Personal Boundaries

The Power of Knowing and Understanding Emotions

Emotional Reaction Disproportion

Clarifying the Value of Increasing Separation from Thoughts

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