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NEW ON THE BEING WELL PODCAST:
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Navigating Parenthood — What Every Parent Needs to Know
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"Try to draw your partner into the fun of it, try to have fun together, and when you do have those positive times, really, really take them in, put them in the bank, because there are going to be a lot of withdrawals."
– Dr. Rick Hanson
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Forrest explores parenthood and becoming a good dad with his father, clinical psychologist Dr. Rick Hanson. They discuss the joys, challenges, and unexpected lessons of parenthood, starting with the advice Rick would have given himself.
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FREE ONLINE EVENT:
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Healing Trauma With
Compassion-Based Approaches
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Discover how compassion and self-compassion can transform the healing process in a FREE new Compassion in Therapy training with Gabor Maté, MD, Richard Schwartz, PhD, Kristin Neff, PhD, Christopher Germer, PhD, Deran Young, LCSW, Paul Gilbert, PhD, and many more.
In this special event, you’ll explore the latest research on trauma and compassion, gain core skills for supporting your clients and yourself with self-compassion, and learn evidence-based practices to create a therapeutic space where deep healing becomes possible.
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ALSO NEW ON THE BEING WELL PODCAST:
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Cognitive Bypassing, Traumatic Experiences, and Feeling Your Feelings
WITH SIMONE SAUNDERS
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Forrest dives into cognitive bypassing – a common strategy many of us use to avoid feeling difficult emotions – with trauma therapist Simone Saunders. Simone and Forrest discuss the connection between cognitive bypassing and trauma before exploring somatic tools that can help us avoid an endless cycle of overthinking, and fully process our experiences.
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ASK RICK:
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What advice would you give to parents whose teenage child is experiencing relationship issues in school, such as being bullied because of physical appearance?
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I think it’s really important for the adults to find out quite concretely what is going on, and then for the school authorities to make it very very clear to the kids involved, and usually also to their parents, that bullying won’t be tolerated at all, full stop. Kids do not “work it out.” Bullying is cowardly oppressive behavior by people with more power against people with less power, and it can leave scars for a lifetime. Teachers and other school authorities typically don’t like to get involved with this – it’s messy – but, too bad, they have to.
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"Justice requires the exercise of authority, in any setting."
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Meanwhile, you can help the teenager develop inner resources to reduce the impact of the bullying, like a strong sense of being cared about by others, of personal worth, and of recognizing that the bullies are frankly full of shit and talking out of their own feelings of inadequacy and meanness.
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Resources for Navigating Political Turmoil
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Not too surprisingly, I've been receiving a lot of questions lately about how to deal with everything going on in the political landscape in the United States and around the world. With that in mind, I've put together this page of free resources to offer some guidance during these challenging times and hope you find it useful.
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RICK'S PICKS:
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Circles in the Sand
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Sand artist Denny Dyke creates intricate labyrinths on this Oregon
beach, attracting visitors to walk and enjoy his impermanent designs before they are washed away by the tide.
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MindFull of Good is a free newsletter that highlights new and free content from Dr. Rick Hanson and the Being Well Podcast as well as other free offerings to fill yourself up with good.
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