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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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AI Therapy: Should You Be Concerned? with Dr. Nick Jacobson |
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"These models will provide things that feel very helpful in the moment, but are often really harmful over longer periods of time. It sounds like they’re getting their needs met, but it’s really not great advice, and not great care."
— DR. NICK JACOBSON
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AI chatbots may already be the largest providers of mental health services in the United States, raising big questions about safety, effectiveness, and oversight. In this episode of the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Rick and Forrest are joined by Dr. Nick Jacobson, to explore the risks and opportunities
of AI therapy: Can a chatbot be good at therapy? Will it replace human therapists? What about AI psychosis? How should we think about privacy, bias, and regulation? Is this a silver bullet for mental health access, or are we just opening a new can of worms?
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FROM THE WEDNESDAY TALK/MEDITATION ARCHIVE:
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How to Feel Lived by Love |
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Feeling isolated, burdened, or unseen? In a world that often feels fragmented and exhausting—with anxiety, stress, and a subtle sense that you’re not quite enough—you may long to feel more supported, connected, and grounded.
In this talk, I invite you to shift from striving to be loved to being carried by love—not imaginary, but foundational. This kind of living transforms ordinary experiences: the events of your day might stay the same, but how you feel through them—and how they affect you—can change dramatically.
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ALSO NEW ON THE BEING WELL PODCAST:
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How to Have a (Good) Life Crisis: Authenticity, Healthy Discontent, and the Anxiety of Choice |
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Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how to use a life crisis productively, drawing on developmental stage theories, existential philosophy, literature, personal experience, and Rick’s clinical work. They examine the anxieties of death, freedom, responsibility, and choice that often underlie these crises, and discuss how we can not only cope with these anxieties but also harness them to build a more authentic life. Throughout, they simplify, summarize, and invite you to focus on not just the next 10 years, but the next 10 minutes.
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FREE MASTERCLASS FOR WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP:
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Navigating Calm, Bold Leadership |
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So many of us move through our days on overdrive—until we’re running on empty. If that sounds familiar and you're a woman in leadership, I invite you to check out the free 14-day series on Navigating Calm, Bold Leadership. Join me and over 20 experts to learn how to bring more steadiness, confidence, and energy into your work and life.
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ASK RICK:
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You’ve said that love and compassion can combat anxiety. How do they do that—and how can we access those feelings more readily, particularly when we feel threatened? |
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“Off-line,” when you do not feel threatened, deepen the sense of feeling connected by routinely taking in experiences of feeling cared about. Then, at times you do feel threatened or anxious, call up the body sense of feeling cared about. Stay strong with this, being a good friend to yourself, helping your mind stay focused on the sense of having allies, being part of a group, feeling included, liked, and loved.
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RICK'S PICK:
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The Big Book of Big Feelings |
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My friend Rachael Katz recently released a very cool emotional intelligence activity book for kids called The Big Book of Big Feelings, which I hope you'll check out - and of course share with any kids in your life. It's full of engaging and fun illustrations, which offer real skills to help kids identify, understand, and respond to difficult emotions.
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HAVE YOU READ IT YET?
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Buddha's Brain: 15th Anniversary Edition |
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With more than 500,000 copies in print since it was first published, I'm proud to announce the 15th Anniversary edition of my book Buddha's Brain, which features this new preface.
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