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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: |
Using Constraints to Improve Creativity, Focus, and Decision-Making with David Epstein |
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"Left to your own devices, you'll just go down the path of least resistance and settle into solutions you've seen before - not because they're the best for you, but because they're familiar."
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If you’ve ever felt paralyzed by the options in your life, you’re not alone. Forrest and best-selling author David Epstein discuss how intentional constraints have led to some of the most influential contributions to the world. They focus on how we can go from seeing constraints as an obstacle to appreciating them as an asset, and then apply this principle to building more meaningful and satisfying lives. |
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NEW FROM THE WEDNESDAY TALK/MEDITATION: |
Keys to Personal and Global Evolution with David Sloan Wilson and Rick Hanson |
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It’s easy to feel stuck in the same patterns—repeating old reactions, circling in the same thoughts, and wondering why real change is so hard. Explore how Darwin’s insights into evolution—variation, selection, and retention—can be applied to your own healing, growing, and awakening. |
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FREE ONLINE EXPERIENCE: |
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Feeling overwhelmed by life or the state of the world? You’re not alone. So many of us are carrying more stress, uncertainty, and mental load right now, and it can be hard to stay grounded, steady, and strong through it all. That’s why I'm joining the folks at Mindfulness.com for The Seven Strengths: a free live 7-day course to help you build the inner skills that support lasting resilience, peace, and mental wellbeing.
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FROM OUR SPONSORS |
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It's Teacher Appreciation Week, and I want to recognize the care, patience, and dedication that teachers bring to young people every day. In many ways, teachers help children build inner resources: confidence, curiosity, resilience, and connection. Those experiences matter deeply, especially for developing brains.
DonorsChoose is an organization I’m happy to support because it helps teachers get classroom materials and experiences they otherwise might have to pay for themselves.
If you’d like to express appreciation for teachers in a practical way, I hope you'll consider donating to a classroom. For a limited time, your gift will be matched, to help students and teachers who need our support. Visit DonorsChoose today to find a classroom near you and have your gift matched.
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FREE WORKSHEET: |
Break the Cycle of Rumination |
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Stuck replaying the same conversation or worrying about something you can’t change? Rumination can be exhausting, overwhelming, and isolating—making you feel trapped in your own mind. This free worksheet helps you break that cycle with a simple, step-by-step process, offering practical steps to calm obsessive thinking, shift your focus, and start feeling more clear, grounded, and in control.
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ALSO NEW ON THE BEING WELL PODCAST: |
Mentalization-Based Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder with Robert Drozek |
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Forrest is joined by psychotherapist and author Robert Drozek to discuss mentalization-based treatment (MBT) and the tools that can help us develop more flexibility and curiosity around our assumptions.
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ASK RICK: |
What is one practice we can adopt in our everyday lives to overcome our negativity bias? |
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Several times a day, take in the good by really savoring a positive experience for 10-20 seconds or more.
Over time, much as repeated negative experiences make the brain more sensitive to them, I believe that repeatedly savoring positive experiences can train your brain to internalize them increasingly rapidly – in effect, making your brain like Velcro for the positive and Teflon for the negative. |
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RICK'S PICKS: |
VIDEO: The Love Optimizing Process |
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Healing Your Deepest Wounds Free Summit |
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Discover powerful, science-informed frameworks to help you make sense of past experiences, restore nervous system safety, and cultivate greater clarity, self-trust, emotional resilience, and grounded change in your relationships and daily life. |
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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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