Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Forrest Hanson

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Gabrielle Bernstein on Anxiety, Outrage, and Claiming Your Purpose Nov 04, 2019

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Gabrielle Bernstein joins the show to discuss the fear that stops us from being who we truly are, anxiety and moral outrage, and how to become a Super Attractor.

Gabby is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seven books including The Universe Has Your Back, Spirit Junky, and her newest book Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life beyond Your Wildest Dreams. She’s been named a “new thought leader” by Oprah on her show SuperSoul Sunday, and been featured on a wide variety of media outlets, including ELLE and The Today Show.

Super Attractor is a journey of remembering where your true power lies. If you'd like to learn more about Super Attractor, follow this link.

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Timestamps:

01:03: Relating to the pressure to perform.

05:52: Key blocks to becoming a Super Attractor.

07:38: The role of fear, and our addiction to it.

09:24: Are we afraid of feeling good?

14:28: What can someone do if they want to move into the mindset of wanting to be more happy, despite the current struggles they’ve encountered?

17:36: What does the line look like between “wise effort” and “manic manifester”?

20:32: Could you share a time recently where you dropped out of alignment, and how you got back into it?

32:40: Moral anger, appropriate outrage, and building a safe container.

42:53: Moving into a stance of appreciation even when things are hard.

44:32: If you could go back in time and tell a younger version of yourself anything, what would it be?

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Relating to Trauma with Dr. James Gordon Oct 31, 2019

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In the second part of our conversation with Dr. James Gordon, we focus on caregiver fatigue, helplessness, and unwinding from trauma at the collective level.

Dr. Gordon is founder and executive director of the nonprofit Center for Mind-Body Medicine. For more than 25 years. His latest book, The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma, guides us step by step in a comprehensive evidence-based program to reverse the psychological and biological damage that trauma causes - bringing together the latest scientific research, 50 years of clinical experience, timeless wisdom, and inspiring stories.

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Timestamps:

02:00: Staying free inside your own mind.

07:17: Managing care-giver fatigue.

11:09: How do you deal with anger?

17:52: If you could go back in time and tell a younger version of yourself something, what would that be?

21:06: What’s the most important thing you do, each day, for your own well being?

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Recovering From Trauma with Dr. James Gordon Oct 28, 2019

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Most people will experience some form of trauma during their lives. Today we explore what we can do to recover from those experiences with a world-class expert on the subject: Dr. James Gordon.

Dr. Gordon is a Harvard-educated psychiatrist, and internationally recognized expert on using self-awareness, self-care, and group support to heal population-wide psychological trauma. He is founder and executive director of the nonprofit Center for Mind-Body Medicine.

His latest book, The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma, guides us step by step in a comprehensive evidence-based program to reverse the psychological and biological damage that trauma causes - bringing together the latest scientific research, 50 years of clinical experience, timeless wisdom, and inspiring stories.

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Timestamps:

03:04: The Transformation

09:21: The physiological impacts of trauma.

14:53: Recovering from traumatic events.

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Nurturing a Lonely Heart Oct 21, 2019

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In part two of Dr. Hanson and Forrest's conversation on Loneliness, they move on to the practical question of what we can do in our lives to overcome experiences of loneliness, and deepen our connection with other people.

This is covered by Rick’s “three point plan” for loneliness, which includes:

Taking action
Cultivating compassion in ourselves
Internalizing readily available social supplies

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Timestamps:

00:53: The "three point plan."

02:54: Taking action.

08:03: Cultivating compassion.

17:02: Internalizing social supplies.

23:58: What are the roots of loneliness?

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Just One Thing: Scan Your Body Oct 18, 2019

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Sometimes it's nice to have just one thing to focus on: a simple theme each week to reflect on and be inspired by. On this short episode, Vidyamala Burch shares the most important thing she does, each day, for her own well-being.

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A Way to Manage Chronic Pain Oct 14, 2019

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Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest speak with Vidyamala Burch, co-founder of Breathworks, which offers mindfulness-based approaches to living well with chronic pain, illness or stress. The organization grew out of her own experience with chronic pain as a partial paraplegic, and adapts principles from Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy.

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Timestamps:

00:58: Vidyamala's story.

04:55: The story behind Breathworks' approach.

12:08: Basic techniques and practices Breathworks teaches.

15:51: Why doesn't mindfulness make pain worse? Why would I want to be mindful of my pain?

19:20: The power of fully coming into an experience of self.

26:58: General advice for managing chronic pain.

32:45: How to keep going through the bad days.

38:20: Recap

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Understanding Your Developmental Story Oct 11, 2019

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On this short episode, Forrest shares his personal journey with loneliness as a young person - and the importance of developing a coherent developmental narrative.

We've spent many episodes on this podcast discussing the importance of childhood experiences. We may understand this in a general sense, but things can get a lot trickier when it comes time to put our own story together. Part of the process of becoming a mentally healthy person is creating a coherent narrative about how we became the way we are.

This allows us to put our current traits in their proper perspective, while also putting us back in touch with our deep nature. Sometimes it's possible to see a disconnect between the person we are now and the things that brought us joy as a young person. Reclaiming that deep nature can be a major source of increased well-being as an adult.

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Never Alone, Still Lonely Oct 07, 2019

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Dr. Hanson and Forrest explore how we can be surrounded by other people, and still feel alone. They cover the genetic and developmental roots of loneliness, and how loneliness can creep into even our most connected, important relationships.

During our ongoing series on “Who Am I,” we’ve explored psychological conditions of various kinds – many of which are stigmatized and pathologized. You can find them in the DSM - the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is the primary diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association.

It’s worth noting that there are a lot of very unpleasant parts of life that no reasonable person would categorize as “disorders.” For instance, there’s no DSM entry for sadness or loneliness. Or frustration, rage, general lack of fulfillment, and so on. There’s a real risk sometimes of over-medicalizing perfectly normal parts of the human experience. Today we're focusing on one of those parts: feelings of loneliness.

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Just One Thing: Live the Life You Love Oct 03, 2019

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Sometimes it's nice to have just one thing to focus on: a simple theme each week to reflect on and be inspired by. On this short episode, Dr. Jennie Rosier shares the most important thing she does, each day, for her own well-being.

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Discovering Your Attachment Style Sep 30, 2019

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Attachment theory is one of the most influential frameworks in psychology for understanding how people behave in their relationships with others. In this episode, Forrest and Dr. Jennie Rosier explore what attachment theory is, how we can identify our attachment style, and what we can do to build a healthier relationship with our own style and that of others.

Dr. Jennie Rosier is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at James Madison University, the director of The Relationships, Love, & Happiness Project, and the author of two books: Make Love, Not Scrapbooks, and Finding the Love Guru in You. She focuses much of her teaching and research on the communication skills needed to maintain healthy romantic and parent-child relationships.

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Timestamps:

01:05: A summary of attachment theory.

04:15: The attachment styles.

08:26: What do these styles look like practically in relationship?

17:08: How can people self-diagnose what their attachment style is?

20:13: Can you attach yourself to different care-givers differently?

26:22: Are any of these attachment styles more compatible with any of the other styles?

31:46: What can someone do to work with their attachment style, or help their partner work with theirs?

38:49: What do good communicators "look like" in these different attachment styles, as opposed to poor communicators?

43:58: A message to her younger self.