Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

There are times in our lives when we recognize that something’s got to change. Today Dr. Hanson and Forrest explore a big question: What goes into making who we are, and how can we give ourselves the freedom to grow and change over time? Life After COVID Summit: Join Dr. Rick Hanson, Forrest Hanson, and a roster of world-class experts during this FREE three-day online event to explore our life after COVID. Click here to learn more about the Summit and register now.Key Topics:2:00: What does “self-concept” mean?6:00: Where does self-concept come from?11:30: Different ways to understand childhood development.17:00: Why is it so hard for people to change? 26:00: Social forces that prevent us from changing.33:00: Three case studies of personal change. 34:00: Who owns the problem?38:30: Do you really want it?44:30: We can change if we’re willing to take risks.52:00: Trusting yourself, and feeling validated. Sponsors:From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/BEINGWELL and get a free trial of their Premium Membership.Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tara Brach joins Rick and Forrest to explore how we can find more compassion and acceptance while maintaining our motivation to change ourselves, and our world, in positive ways. About Our Guest: Tara is the founder and guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C., and has a doctorate in clinical psychology. She is the author of three books: Radical Acceptance, True Refuge, and most recently Radical Compassion, and leads one of the largest mental-health and Buddhism-focused podcasts in the world.Key Topics:2:00: Why “radical?” What does it mean to have “radical compassion?”6:30: Practical applications of “no self.” 9:00: Maintaining “less self” while also being motivated to change.10:30: How can we “accept ourselves” while also wanting to change in positive ways?12:30: What gets in the way of compassion and self-acceptance. 17:15: The “trance” that keeps us away from compassion. 20:00: The RAIN meditation.27:15: Making it easier to nurture ourselves.32:15: “After the rain.” 34:00: Can, and should, we find acceptance and compassion for people we disagree with?41:45: Coming to terms with our participation in systems of oppression.48:50: Hope during challenging times. 52:30: RecapSponsors:From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/BEINGWELL and get a free trial of their Premium Membership.Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With so much challenging stuff going on in the world around us these days, it's natural to ask a simple question: how much control do we have over how happy we are?On this episode of "10 Good Minutes," Forrest explores the research behind happiness, reveals the most important factors, and gives some practical advice for maximizing sustainable well-being.If you'd like to watch this episode rather than listen to it, Forrest has a new YouTube channel! Subscribe to the channel, and watch the video over there. From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Research:Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable ChangeOur podcast episode with Dr. Lyubomirsky.Twin studies find that identical twins raised in different households are more similar in their level of happiness than fraternal twins raised in the same household. Emotional well-being decouples from income at ~$75,000/year.BRAND NEW research suggests that "experienced well-being" continues to rise as income increases above $75,000/year.Circumstantial factors that most consistently predict high subjective well being.Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn about dissociation, its causes, symptoms, and coping mechanisms. Explore the risks of over-pathologizing and how to grow self-worth. Discover the challenges of mindfulness for dissociation and the importance of enjoying grounding experiences. Recap the nature of being associated and ways to combat dissociation.

On this timely episode, Dr. Bruce Perry joins the podcast to explore how we can limit the long-term impact of stressful events, and heal from past traumatic experiences. About Our Guest:  Dr. Bruce Perry is one of the world’s leading experts on childhood trauma, and his clinical research and practice focuses on examining the long-term effects of trauma in children, adolescents, and adults. He is the Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy, and the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog.Life After COVID Summit: Join Dr. Rick Hanson, Forrest Hanson, and a roster of world-class experts including Dr. Perry during this FREE three-day online event to explore our "new normal." Click here to learn more about the Summit and register now.Key Topics:1:15: Pandemic fatigue. 4:45: Experiencing acute stressors alongside chronic stress. 7:20: Practices to help yourself de-stress. 11:30: The impact of stress on our ability to regulate ourselves.13:30: How to limit the long-term impact of stressful events.18:40: How we can explore traumatic material without re-traumatizing ourselves.23:30: Avoiding helplessness, and experiencing control and agency. 25:30: Dissociation as a coping response.31:00: Disruptions of attunement. 36:00: Caregiver fatigue, and caring for ourselves. 41:30: The pandemic’s impact on people who have been previously traumatized.44:00: A wish for the future. 46:00: RecapSponsors:From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/BEINGWELL and get a free trial of their Premium Membership.Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Connect with the show: Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The podcast explores the balance between 'doing' and 'being,' emphasizing the importance of finding contentment in the present moment. Topics include overcoming internal resistance, allowing being to enhance doing, and the impact of societal influences on genuine self-expression.

Dr. Tali Sharot, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, discusses optimism bias and its influence on behavior. Topics include the origins of optimism bias, cultivating optimism, memory biases, changing behavior on a national scale, and what influences behavior. The conversation explores the interplay between expectations and emotions in relationships, strategies for behavior change on climate change, and the impact of optimism bias on behavior and surprise responses.

What do you want to achieve in 2021? In this short episode, Dr. Rick Hanson walks you through a guided practice focused on helping you achieve your goals. From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Support the Podcast: We're on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link.Connect with the show: Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all have something we want to do "someday," but for most of us "someday" just never seems to come around. Here's how to make 2021 the year you finally put all the pieces together, and achieve the goals you've set for yourself.Key Topics:4:00: What leads to change that lasts?5:40: Do you really WANT to change?9:00: How to change your self-concept. 14:00: “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”16:00: Small changes that lead to big ones.20:00: Appreciating the finite nature of life. 22:30: “What do you want to give as a gift to the person you will be tomorrow?”25:30: What makes for a good resolution?29:00: Using Forrest as a guinea pig: setting good goals and maximizing your resolutions.33:00: Picking very clear commitments, and making things simple.34:30: Thinking about how it would feel at the end of 2021 if you accomplished what you set out to do.41:00: Finding consistent effort. 45:00: Summarizing the key questions. 48:00: Recap.Support the Podcast: We're on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link.Sponsors:From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/BEINGWELL and get a free trial of their Premium Membership.Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Connect with the show: Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all have things that frighten us. But some fears can become so core to who we are that we start to organize our lives around not having to experience them. In this not-to-be-missed episode, Dr. Hanson and Forrest explore how we can identify and face our "dreaded experiences," which exert a quiet power over our lives. Support the Podcast: We're on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link.Key Topics:2:40: What is a “dreaded experience?”6:40: The three step process of a dreaded experience.9:10: The critical distinction between “event” and “experience.”12:20: Forrest’s dreaded experiences. 16:30: Normal avoidance vs. making yourself small.18:15: Where do dreaded experiences come from?24:10: Starting to risk the dreaded experience. 29:00: Ways to start safely facing fears.38:00: Identifying your dreaded experience. 41:20: Being seen as your whole self.46:30: Our journey of growth. 49:30: RecapFrom Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Sponsors:Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/BEINGWELL and get a free trial of their Premium Membership.Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Connect with the show: Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices