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Meditation + Talk: Connecting with Yourself and Others – Three Foundational Practices Connecting with Yourself and Others

This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 33-minute meditation, a 47-minute talk, and a discussion with Connecting with Yourself & Others: Three Foundational Practices.

Daniel Ellenberg, Ph.D., is a co-founder of Relationships That Work®, founder/director of Strength with Heart® men’s groups and workshops, and a principal in Rewire Leadership Institute®. He is a licensed psychotherapist, leadership coach, and seminar leader.

I hope you find it helpful, and you are welco...

Being Well Podcast: Time Management for Mortals with Oliver Burkeman

The average human will live for roughly 4000 weeks. Foregrounding this can be a source of stress, leading us to constantly run from one task to another. Or, it can be a source of meaning and purpose, nudging us to focus on what really matters.

In this episode, Forrest is joined by bestselling author Oliver Burkeman for an exploration of what’s really at stake in what we call “time management”. You’ll learn why doing things faster only leaves you with m...

Meditation + Talk: The Ten (10) Ways of Dealing with Difficult Emotions

This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 39-minute meditation, a 61-minute talk, and a discussion with Venerable Bhante Buddharakkita on The Ten (10 ) Ways of Dealing with Difficult Emotions.

Bhante Buddharakkita was born in Uganda, Africa. He first encountered Buddhism in 1990 while studying and living in India. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk by the late Most Venerable U Silananda in 2002 at the Tathagata Meditation Center in San Jose, California. He then spent eight years under ...

Meditation + Talk: The Ten (10 ) Ways of Dealing with Difficult Emotions

This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 39-minute meditation, a 61-minute talk, and a discussion with Venerable Bhante Buddharakkita on The Ten (10 ) Ways of Dealing with Difficult Emotions.

Bhante Buddharakkita was born in Uganda, Africa. He first encountered Buddhism in 1990 while studying and living in India. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk by the late Most Venerable U Silananda in 2002 at the Tathagata Meditation Center in San Jose, California. He then spent eight years under ...

Being Well Podcast: Overcoming Procrastination: Unleashing Motivation and Creating a Pursuit Mindset

We’ve all experienced that frustrating feeling of knowing that we should be doing something, and yet struggling to take action. Join Forrest and Dr. Rick as they explore how we can overcome avoidance and procrastination, unlock our motivation, and cultivate a “pursuit mindset.”

They discuss intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, why extrinsic motivations aren’t such a bad thing, and how we can use our important values to set better goals and shape our be...

Meditation + Talk: The Sense of Inner Knowing and R.A.I.N.

This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 34-minute meditation, a 46-minute talk, and a discussion with John Prendergast on The Sense of Inner Knowing and R.A.I.N.

John J. Prendergast, Ph.D., is the author of The Deep Heart and In Touch. He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at CIIS and a retired psychotherapist who studied with the European sage, Jean Klein, and with Adyashanti.

I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditat...

Being Well Podcast: Staying Curious, Embracing Change, and Relating to Media with Michael Krasny

Rick and Forrest are joined by award-winning journalist Michael Krasny for an episode focused on how to stay curious, navigate times of transition, and relate to the modern media landscape in healthy ways. 

They use Michael’s recent experience with “retirement” as a jumping off point to explore how we can embrace change and stay curious before diving into a conversation focused on the modern media landscape. Topics include bothsides-ism, navigating cha...

Meditation + Talk: The Sense of Inner Knowing

This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 35-minute meditation, a 45-minute talk, and a discussion with John Prendergast on The Sense of Inner Knowing.

John J. Prendergast, Ph.D., is the author of The Deep Heart and In Touch. He is a retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at CIIS and a retired psychotherapist who studied with the European sage, Jean Klein, and with Adyashanti.

I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – which...

Stay Well

Are you taking care of yourself?

The Practice:
Stay well.

Why?

[Note: This JOT is adapted from Mother Nurture, a book written for mothers – focusing on typical parenting situations and gender differences that are experienced by many, though not all, mothers and fathers and by parents in same-sex relationships. Parenting is a complex subject, plus it intertwines with larger issues of gender roles and the long history of mistreatment of women; obviously, society should do a better job of...

Being Well Podcast: How to Change Your Life: Self-Efficacy, Learned Helplessness, and Creating a Growth Mindset

If you’re tired of feeling stuck, this one’s for you. Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how we can overcome learned helplessness and change our lives by developing self-efficacy: the ability to influence our environments and control our motivation and behavior. 

Key topics include why we get stuck, the science of learned helplessness, focusing on effort over talent, creating a growth mindset, and balancing acceptance and agency. You’ll learn how to improve ...