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MindFull of GOOD |
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Dr. Rick Hanson's Occasional Collection of Good, Free Stuff
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NEW ON THE BEING WELL PODCAST:
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6 Lessons from Existential and Transpersonal Psychology |
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"In any moment, there are all these motivations within us, and I think of them as bungee cords of various lengths and strengths. And what we actually do in the moment is the net vector sum of all those different bungee cords."
— DR. RICK HANSON
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Dr. Rick and Forrest explore the lessons we can learn from two of Humanistic psychology’s more challenging branches: existential and transpersonal psychology. Existential psychology asks what it means to build a meaningful life in the face of death, while Transpersonal psychology wonders if the individual self is what we should be so focused on. Forrest and Rick focus on the work of Rollo May, Irvin Yalom, Abraham Maslow, and Stanislav Grof, and major themes include freedom, agency, anxiety, the limits of the
“self,” and how confronting these can lead to a fuller and more meaningful life.
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FREE ONLINE EXPERIENCE:
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One Million Acts of Kindness |
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You may have heard me mention how, drop by drop, we can fill ourselves up with good. The same applies to small acts of kindness doing a lot of good in the world, when we get a lot of people committing to it. And that's the goal of this free initiative from the Global Compassion Coalition, which I hope you'll join!
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NEW FROM THE WEDNESDAY TALK/MEDITATION:
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Life’s Easier When You Surrender to What’s Already Good within You |
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We often make life harder than it needs to be by pushing, striving, and second-guessing ourselves - but when you learn to trust and surrender to what is already good and wise within you, things begin to feel simpler, steadier, and more at peace - which is what I explore in this talk.
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FREE CHALLENGE:
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21 Ways to Feel Good About Yourself |
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For many of us, perhaps the hardest thing of all is to believe that “I am a good person.” If that sounds true to you, I hope you'll check out this free email series to start building up a natural sense of self-worth, confidence, and self-compassion.
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RICK AND FORREST ON THE POINT OF RELATION PODCAST:
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Deepening Connections in Our Family Systems |
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Why are parent-child relationships often so tender and so tough at the same time? In this week’s episode of the Point of Relation Podcast, Thomas Hübl sits down with Rick and Forrest to unpack the deeper dynamics of family life. They talk about healthy power, autonomy, identity, and the unavoidable mistakes that come with parenting - along with how repair and forgiveness create real connection. Thomas brings his own experiences as a parent into the mix, offering a heartfelt look at fatherhood, masculinity, and the healing of generational patterns that echo through families and society alike.
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ALSO NEW ON THE BEING WELL PODCAST:
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Self-Regulation: How a Little Becomes a Lot with Eric Zimmer |
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Why don’t we choose the things we know are good for us? It’s usually because we’re struggling with self-regulation, one of the most important (and most misunderstood) skills out there. In today’s episode, Forrest talks with Eric Zimmer about what healthy self-regulation actually looks like, the gap between insight and action, how shame can derail us, and why most change comes down to small steps taken consistently. They discuss how to figure out what actually matters to you vs. what you want right now, the tension between acceptance and change, and how to get back on track after a slip without making it
worse.
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ASK RICK:
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Is there a connection between our emotional state and the physiology of our voices? |
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I don’t know of any specific research about emotional states affecting vocalization, or vice versa, but I assume there must be multiple studies about these subjects. Stephen Porges has some powerful ideas about the vagus nerve, soothing, and the innervations of this nerve complex into the middle ear so that certain sounds have a particularly calming and reassuring effect; he has one of the interviews in the free Hardwiring Happiness video series I did, that you might like. Also, material on experience-dependent neuroplasticity suggests that positive experiences will over time alter neural structure and function for
the better.
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RICK'S PICKS:
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BOOK: Quiet Strength |
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In her new book Quiet Strength, my friend
Margaret Cullen inspires calm and clarity through the timeless practice of equanimity, helping us meet life’s challenges with balance and quiet strength.
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BOOK: Return to Our Senses
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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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