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September 7, 2021
Enjoy Sobriety
Out of balance?
The Practice:
Enjoy sobriety.
Why?
By “sobriety,” I mean healthy self-control, a centered enjoyment of life, and an inner freedom from drivenness. We typically apply this sense of balance and self-care to things like food, drugs and alcohol, sexuality, money, and risky behaviors. And if you like, you could bring sobriety to other things as well, such as to righteousness, contentiousness, over-working, or controlling others.
At bottom, sobriety is the opposite of craving, broadly...
September 5, 2021
Being Well Podcast: Avoidance: Why We Do It, Forms It Takes, and What to Do About It
On today’s episode of Being Well, Forrest Hanson and I explore what “avoidant behavior” is, common forms it takes, and what we can do to limit its unhealthy aspects.
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September 2, 2021
Meditation + Talk: Seeing the Person Behind the Eyes
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 32-minute meditation and 51-minute talk and discussion about Seeing the Person Behind the Eyes.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Seeing the Person Behind the Eyes Talk: Seeing the Person Behind the Eyes ...August 29, 2021
Being Well Podcast: Deconstructing Yourself with Michael Taft
What goes into making “a self,” and how can we bring together the many aspects of who we are? Today Forrest and I talked with meditation teacher, bestselling author, and podcaster (and our good friend) Michael Taft about moving from the spiritual to the secular and back again, ego dissolution, and how we can create ever-better versions of ourselves.
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August 26, 2021
Meditation + Talk: Lived by Love
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 34-minute meditation and 47-minute talk and discussion about Lived by Love.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Lived by Love Talk: Lived by LoveAugust 22, 2021
Being Well Podcast: Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs
We all have limiting beliefs: patterns of thought about ourselves and the world that tend to hold us back. In this episode Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore how we can push back on these problematic beliefs and build more supportive ones.
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August 20, 2021
Meditation + Talk: Hug the Monkey
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 34-minute meditation and 44-minute talk and discussion about Hug the Monkey.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
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August 17, 2021
Beware of Anger
Have you been wronged?
The Practice:
Beware of anger.
Why?
Anger is tricky.
On the one hand, anger – feeling annoyed, irritated, resentful, fed up, mad, outraged, or enraged – alerts us to real threats, real injuries, and real wrongs that need correcting, and it energizes and fuels us to do something about them. In my family growing up, my parents had a monopoly on anger. So, I suppressed my own, along with a lot of other feelings, and it’s been a long journey to reclaim my interior, i...
August 15, 2021
Being Well Podcast: Break Your Old Patterns
We all have times in life where it feels like we’re stagnating. We’re unfulfilled, bored, or trapped in cycles of behavior that don’t serve us. We’re stuck in a rut. Today Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore how we can break old cycles, and get un-stuck.
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August 13, 2021
Meditation + Talk: Forgiving Yourself
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 33-minute meditation and 45-minute talk and discussion about Forgiving Yourself.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Forgiving Yourself Talk: Forgiving Yourself
