Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Becoming Our Best Selves with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman and Dr. Jordyn Feingold

Jan 9, 2023

Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman and Dr. Jordyn Feingold discuss choosing our best selves, balancing growth and discomfort, importance of social support, mindset, self-esteem vs narcissism, transcending dichotomies, practicing self-compassion, and daily positive medicine for collective growth.

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Jordyn Feingold

Scott Barry Kaufman

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Quick takeaways

Conscious choice drives personal growth and development.

Healthy self-esteem is crucial for transcending personal limitations.

Fostering self-compassion and exploring deeper consciousness enhance personal growth.

Deep dives

Deliberately Choosing Growth

Emphasizing the importance of consciously choosing to grow and change rather than passively waiting for change to happen, the podcast delves into the significance of personal agency and deliberate action in fostering growth and development.

Introduction

2min

Choosing Growth After Trauma

14min

Exploring Healthy Self-Esteem vs. Narcissism

9min

Navigating Growth and Skin Health with Sponsors' Products

3min

Exploring Self-Actualization and Transcendence in Personal Growth

2min

Exploring Higher Grumbles, Transcendence, and Growth After Trauma

4min

Transcending Dichotomies and Embracing Complexity

10min

Creativity: Transforming Pain into Meaning

14min

We often know what we “should” do, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to do it. Today Dr. Rick and Forrest are joined by Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman and Dr. Jordyn Feingold to explore how we can learn to consistently choose our best selves, overcome barriers to growth, and fully actualize ourselves.

About our Guests: Scott is a cognitive scientist, humanistic psychologist, professor at Columbia University, host of the popular Psychology Podcast, and the author of 10 books, including Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization. Jordyn is a resident physician in psychiatry, a well-being researcher, and a positive psychology practitioner. Together, they’re the authors of the recently released Choose Growth: A Workbook for Transcending Trauma, Fear, and Self-Doubt.

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Key Topics:

0:00: Introduction

1:40: Why the title Choose Growth?

3:50: Balancing growth and discomfort

7:20: The value of social support

12:00: Growth from positive experiences

14:15: Mindset

15:40: 8 ways to choose growth

16:35: Building self-esteem and distinguishing it from narcissism

24:55: Becoming a transcender

29:25: Transcending dichotomies

34:15: Practicing self-compassion

36:50: The underlying ground

41:30: Creativity and healing

46:00: Daily positive medicine for collective growth

50:15: Recap

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