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January 29, 2023
Being Well Podcast: How to Navigate Common Arguments
All of our relationships include some conflict, the big question is how skillfully we handle that conflict when it appears. Dr. Rick Hanson joins Forrest to walk us through some effective ways to navigate common arguments.
They explore the four common structures of relationship disagreements, the subtle ways power shows up in our relationships, separating content from process, and how to stand your ground.
The material from this episode comes in part ...
Meditation + Talk: Equanimity: Inner Freedom with a Heart as Wide as the World
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 35-minute meditation, a 47-minute talk, and a discussion about Equanimity: Inner Freedom with a Heart as Wide as the World.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Equanimity: Inner Freedom with a Heart as Wide as the World Talk: Equanimity: Inner F...January 26, 2023
Relationship Questions Answered!
In celebration of my new book Making Great Relationships, I offered a one-hour live webinar on January 17th, where I responded to a variety of relationship questions. You can watch the recording below, and if you’d like to pick up your own copy of the book, you can do that here.
Timecodes and Relationship Questions Answered:00:00 – Handling difficult conversations with an ex-spouse about assets
09:15 – What to do when a life partner ha...
January 22, 2023
Being Well Podcast: Letting Go of Our Conditioning with Caverly Morgan
The main topic we explore on the podcast, in many different ways, is change. How can we come to understand ourselves better, let go of who we were, and become who we wish to be? In this episode Dr. Rick and Forrest are joined by meditation teacher and former Zen monastic Caverly Morgan.
They discuss how we can release our conditioning, identify the inner voice that leads to change, and get to the heart of who we are.
About Our Guest: Caverly is a medit...
January 19, 2023
Meditation + Talk: Privilege: What We Don’t Take into Account – and Should
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 35-minute meditation, a 44-minute talk, and a discussion about Privilege: What We Don’t Take into Account – and Should.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Privilege: What We Don’t Take into Account – and Should Talk: Privilege: What We Don’t Ta...January 15, 2023
Respect Your Needs
We live dependently, needing many many things for physical survival, happiness, love, and all that we want to accomplish. Second by second, our lives depend on oxygen, the plants that “exhale” it, the sun that drives photosynthesis, and the other stars that exploded billions of years ago to make every atom of oxygen in the next breath we take. From the moment of conception, we also need other people. You and I and everyone else are frail, soft, vulnerable, hurt by little things, and hun...
Being Well Podcast: The Keys to a Great Relationship
Before becoming the “Buddhist brain guy” Dr. Rick spent over 30 years working in private practice as a couples counselor and family therapist. Today we’re leaning on that experience, and learning what we can do to build stronger, more fulfilling relationships.
Today’s episode was based on Rick’s new book Making Great Relationships: Simple Practices for Solving Conflicts, Building Connection, and Fostering Love. Follow this link if you’d like to order i...
January 13, 2023
Meditation + Talk: Loving Freely
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 34-minute meditation, a 44-minute talk, and a discussion about Loving Freely.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Loving FreelyTalk: Loving Freely ...
January 8, 2023
Let Go of Needless Fear
It’s normal to be cautious or nervous around other people. For example, if somebody disagrees with you in a meeting, you might feel uneasy and worried about what others think: Was I too pushy? Does my boss like me? Do they think I’m not very smart?
When you get home later that day, let’s say your teenage son is quiet and prickly, as usual. You want to tell him that the chilly distance between you feels awful, and you want to open your heart to him . . . but it feels awkward, you’re afra...
Being Well Podcast: Choosing Our Best Selves with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman and Dr. Jordyn Feingold
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 Columbia University professor Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman and well-being researcher 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, h...
