Rick Hanson's Blog, page 36
July 13, 2021
Grow Inner Strengths
What would make a difference inside you?
The Practice:
Grow Inner Strengths.
Why?
I’ve hiked a lot and have often had to depend on what was in my pack. Inner strengths are the supplies you’ve got in your pack as you make your way down the twisting and often hard road of life. They include a positive mood, common sense, integrity, inner peace, determination, and a warm heart. Researchers have identified other strengths as well, such as self-compassion, secure attachment, emotional intel...
July 11, 2021
Being Well Podcast: Learning When to Let Go
Most personal growth content out there suggests having a “never give up” mindset. But the truth is that a big part of life is deciding when it’s time to stop investing our limited effort into that job, skill, or relationship that’s no longer serving you.
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https://youtu.be/clNF_HOW4eoToday Dr. Rick ...
July 9, 2021
Meditation + Talk: Be Loyal to You
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 34-minute meditation and 54-minute talk and discussion about Be Loyal to You.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Be Loyal to You Talk: Be Loyal to YouJuly 5, 2021
Talk: What Is Your Ultimate Concern?
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 39-minute talk and discussion with guest teacher Kaira Jewel Lingo.
Kaira is a Dharma teacher who has a life-long interest in blending spirituality and meditation with social justice. At the age of twenty-five, she entered a Buddhist monastery in the Plum Village tradition and spent fifteen years living as a nun under the guidance of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. She received the lamp transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh and became a Zen teacher in ...
July 3, 2021
Being Well Podcast: How Language Shapes Your Identity with Dr. Katherine Kinzler
Forrest is joined by pioneering psychologist Dr. Katherine Kinzler to explore how our speech shapes our social identity, and the views we hold about other people.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bow6JKRsqcEA big part of human nature is to rapidly sort people into two groups: “like me,” and “not lik...
June 29, 2021
Accept Dependence
What makes your life?
The Practice:
Accept dependence.
Why?
Want to try a little experiment?
Stop breathing. Really. For a few seconds, maybe a few dozen seconds, and see how it feels.
For me, this experiment is an intimate way to experience a deep truth, that we live dependently, relying on 10,000 things for physical survival, happiness, love, and success.
For example, within half a minute of no air, most people are uncomfortable, after one minute, they’re panicking, and after four mi...
June 28, 2021
Being Well Podcast: What to Do When Things End
Life includes many major culminating moments: we finish the big work project, receive the award, watch the kids leave home, go on the vacation, win the title, or enter retirement. These experiences can come with enormous fulfillment…for a while. And then, we might ask ourselves: Now what? Today Rick and Forrest explore that question, including how we can relate to the past, integrate learning, turn toward the future, and age well through life.
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...June 24, 2021
Meditation + Talk: How to Feel Less Anxious and More Peaceful
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 34-minute meditation and 49-minute talk and discussion about How to Feel Less Anxious and More Peaceful.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: How to Feel Less Anxious and More PeacefulTalk: How to Feel Less Anxious and ...
June 20, 2021
Being Well Podcast: Internal Family Systems Therapy with Dr. Richard Schwartz
We all have different parts inside of us. This is perfectly normal, not psychotic. But our relationship with some parts is often better than others, and a wonderful path to healing and growth is to repair our relationship with all of our parts. That’s the premise of Internal Family Systems Therapy, and today Forrest is exploring this powerful modality with the founder of IFS: Dr. Richard Schwartz.
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June 17, 2021
Meditation + Talk: Anxiety – and the Noble Truth of the End of Anxiety
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 33-minute meditation and 46-minute talk and discussion about the Four Noble Truths in terms of anxiety, focusing on the Fourth Truth: An Eightfold Path Leads to the End of Anxiety. You can find notes for this talk here.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Anxiety – and the Noble Truth of the End of Anxiety ...
