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November 13, 2015
Rick’s Picks: The Hardest Rock Climb in the World
Rick’s Picks is a series of posts highlighting the very best content online.
Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra spent two years working together to climb La Dura Dura (5.15c / 9b+), the world’s hardest climb. This film tells the story of their unique collaboration and shows Adam’s historic first ascent and Chris’ second ascent.
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November 11, 2015
What We Practice
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled What We Practice.
More information on the San Rafael Mediation group can be found here.
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November 8, 2015
Tara Brach Interview on Self-Caring
Check out a clip from my Foundations of Well-Being interview with Tara Brach where we discuss the foundations of Self-Caring.
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November 6, 2015
Rick’s Picks: ZOX ‘Canon’ Music Video
Rick’s Picks is a series of posts highlighting the very best content online.
Zox a great indie band trying to make it big, and here is their first music video off of their 1st album ‘Take Me Home.’ This song is originally The Wedding song in D major.
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November 4, 2015
Rewiring Your Brain: An Article from Jennifer Forsberg Meyer
The Rural Life / By Jennifer Forsberg Meyer
Rewiring Your BrainSometimes things intersect in a way that makes you sit up and takenotice. This happened to me recently. It started with somespectacular nature programs—the BBC series available on Netflix. Myhusband and I love them, and have so far zoomed through “Life,”“Life on Earth,” “Nature’s Great Events,” and more. We rationourselves to one episode a night.
They are beyond fabulous. If I had a dollar for every time I’veturned to my husband...
November 1, 2015
QUIZ: Do You Realize Your Dreams?
What we do with our childhood hopes and dreams affects us as we change and grow our entire lives. By listening to your longings you can reclaim the dreams you had for yourself as a child and find work that is at the intersection of what you love, what you’re talented at, and what you value.
Find out if you’re successfully realizing your own dreams, with this short quiz from my Foundations of Well-Being program:
https://fwb.rickhanson.net/quizzes/do-you-realize-your-dreams
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October 30, 2015
Rick’s Picks: Brene Brown on The Power of Vulnerability
Rick’s Picks is a series of posts highlighting the very best content online.
Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.
See the video on Ted, here: http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability
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October 28, 2015
Practice for Others, Too
Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is titled Practice for Others, Too.
More information on the San Rafael Mediation group can be found here.
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October 24, 2015
Choose To Love
What does your heart say?
The Practice:
Choose to love.
Why?
Many years ago, I was in a significant relationship in which the other person started doing things that surprised and hurt me. I’ll preserve the privacy here so I won’t be concrete, but it was pretty intense. After going through the first wave of reactions – What?! How could you? Are you kidding me?! – I settled down a bit. I had a choice.
This relationship was important to me, and I could see that a lot of what was going through t...
October 20, 2015
Rest in Center
Are you all over the place?
The Practice:
Rest in center.
Why?
Gravity and entropy are powerful processes in the natural world. Gravity draws things together, toward a center, while entropy scatters them into disorder. In much the same way, in our own lives, some things bring us to center, while others disturb and disperse us.
In terms of centering, be aware of your whole body as you take a long slow breath, or think of something you’re glad about. You’ll probably feel more at home in yourse...
