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An Occasional Offering from Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

NEW ON THE BEING WELL PODCAST:

How to Become a NEW Person

"There's no substitute for being honest with yourself in your innermost being. If you go to bed criticizing yourself or beating yourself up, there's some layer that wasn't touched—because when we're completely honest with ourselves all the way to the bottom, change begins."
– Rick Hanson
We’re getting toward the end of the year, and it’s a great opportunity to evaluate where we are and where we’d like to go. Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest Hanson explore how we can step out of the way we’ve been previously, and into a new way of thinking, doing, and being. Or in a nutshell: How to become a NEW person.

Try it out: 1 Free Week of the
Foundations of Well-Being

If you've been curious about my yearlong course in lasting, positive brain change, you can now try out the first week for free! Just click here, and choose the "Try Week 1 Free" button to sign up and get started.

ALSO NEW ON THE BEING WELL PODCAST:

Harnessing Your Generativity: The Secret to Productivity, Creativity, and Consistency

Dr. Rick joins Forrest for a deep dive into harnessing our natural generativity. How can we become more productive and creative, experience greater satisfaction, and lean into our biological drives to get more of what we want out of life?

ASK RICK:

You start your book, Buddha’s Brain, by saying “When your mind changes, the brain changes.” Can you explain the difference between the mind and the brain?

I use the word “mind” the way it is essentially used, most of the time, in neuroscience, to refer to the entirety of the information represented within the nervous system. We are surrounded by examples of different materials representing immaterial information: the physical hard drive of your computer stores and operates upon the non-physical information in your documents, music, and pictures; physical sound waves carry the intangible meanings of the words we use; and so on. In the same way, the brain represents, stores, communicates, and transforms the information that comprises the mind. Most of this information is forever outside awareness.
"In effect, the mind is what the nervous system does, headquartered in the brain."
There may be a transcendental X factor – call it God, Spirit, or by no name at all – at work in awareness, in the mind in general, or in the universe altogether. Personally, I experience and believe that this is the case. But even without this possibility, the dots that connect mental activity and neural activity are getting clearer and clearer – giving us many opportunities to develop and use increasingly precise and powerful ways of using targeted mental activity to stimulate and therefore strengthen the neural substrates of wholesome states of mind.
RICK'S PICKS:
"Lightbulbs"
by Rachel Druckenmiller
My friend Rachel Druckenmiller recently released the song "Lightbulbs," which is about checking in on the people in our lives who shine bright but who may not be alright. It's a very moving song that I hope you'll find as inspiring as I did!
Strong Hearts for Turbulent Times
with Rick Hanson and Reggie Hubbard
 
Join me for a free live event with special guests Reggie Hubbard and Kristin Neff to take a collective pause and focus on what brings us the most meaning and happiness. I'm really looking forward to this special event, and I hope to see you there.
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