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Recovering from a Challenging Childhood
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"Very often, in our childhood, we become alienated from our own bodies, from others, and from our surroundings. So there's a kind of reclaiming of it all in which new narratives can emerge. You look back at what happened and you decide to tell the story differently—same facts, same character, but highlighting different themes."
– Dr. Rick Hanson
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Dr. Rick and Forrest explore a huge topic: what steps can we take while recovering from a challenging childhood as an adult? Rick introduces a three-step process that can help us reclaim our past, identify the key needs we have these days, and internalize related positive experiences. They discuss related tools from psychology like releasing repressed emotions, claiming agency where we can, and changing what we emphasize in the story of our lives. If you had a hard time growing up, this one’s for you.
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FREE REPLAY:
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Cultivating Compassion:
Buddhist & Christian Approaches
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The Global Compassion Coalition recently featured a panel discussion about the meaning, cultivation, and practical application of compassion from both Buddhist and Christian perspectives. The panelists dialogued about the core principles underlying compassion, examining how it manifests in daily life and its transformative power in fostering understanding, empathy, and kindness for a happier and more unified world.
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ALSO NEW ON THE BEING WELL PODCAST:
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Healing After Trauma
WITH DR. PETER LEVINE
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Somatic psychology legend Dr. Peter Levine joins Dr. Rick and Forrest to explore how we can use body-based approaches to recover from traumatic experiences. Peter uses his personal history with trauma to illustrate the practices he’s taught to thousands of people through his work. They discuss the importance of resourcing experiences, creating safety, developing interoception, abandonment wounds, bringing a diverse perspective to somatic work, and working with shame.
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ASK RICK:
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If a childhood trauma was the root cause of a current source of behavioral anxiety, then how do I deal with unlocking it?
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Let’s start by presuming your insight about the root experience/trauma is accurate. There could also be other factors, such as a general inclination toward anxiety, or not much internal sense of protectors or other resources to deal with threats that might “get you.”
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"In addition to obvious other resources (e.g., psychotherapy), in terms of what I might suggest, you should try the first three steps of HEAL (see my free online resources and/or Hardwiring Happiness) for this, including “key resources” such as feeling protected, sense of grit, seeing threats accurately, and so on."
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| Building on cultivating inner resources for this issue with just the HEA (Have, Enrich, Absorb) steps, you could try the Link step, in which you hold in awareness at the same time both a relevant “positive” resource (e.g., feeling protected, sense of grit) along with some of the “negative” material (e.g., fear of being injured). Remember to keep the positive bigger in your mind and drop the negative if you get sucked into it. This Link step could be especially useful. |
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RICK'S PICKS:
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The Mind-Blowing Scale of the Milky Way
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My friend Sean Fargo recently highlighted this cool video about the immensity of the Milky Way. It's super fascinating how the video creator puts things in perspective. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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Rewiring Your Brain World Summit
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