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Based on the book A Happy, Healthy Mom, this series brings together clinicians, therapists, and authors who work with mothers every day, for honest conversations about what motherhood depletion actually looks like — and the practical, specific ways to get support again. |
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NEW FROM THE WEDNESDAY TALK/MEDITATION: |
How to Use Anxiety – and Not Be Used by It! |
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Sometimes our anxiety is trying to tell us something important about a real threat, something we need to take care of, or someone we love. The trouble comes when anxiety keeps going long after it’s useful, turning into rumination, clinging, and worry about things we can’t control.
In this talk, I focused in on how to find a middle way with anxiety: listening to the useful signals without letting them take over. |
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Why Does the Same Bad Thing Feel So Different Depending on Who Did It? |
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Why does it hurt so much more when something feels personal? In this article, I explore how separating what actually happened from the meaning we add to it can help us suffer less while still dealing clearly with the challenges—and people—in our lives. |
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FREE WEBINAR: |
The Heart of the Work Conversation Series |
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I'm pleased to be a presenter for The Heart Work Collective's "The Heart of the Work" Conversation Series on October 29th at 12 pm PT. I hope you'll join me for this free talk on taking in the good and building lasting change.
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FREE TALK: |
Expanding Compassion for Our Times |
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In this talk hosted by the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Harvard Medical School, I explored how compassion can expand beyond empathy for those who are like us and considered a bolder, “fierce” compassion - one that includes people we may dislike or oppose, responds to suffering with courage and clarity, and addresses not only its immediate effects but also its deeper systemic causes. I really hope you'll check it out!
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ALSO NEW ON THE BEING WELL PODCAST: |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: What the Critics Get Right (and Wrong) with Dr. Ellen Hendriksen |
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the world’s most researched, recommended, and criticized form of therapy. Clinical psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen joins Forrest to talk about what CBT is, its history, its strengths and weaknesses, and why it’s gotten such a bad rap. They walk through the common criticisms: that it’s spreadsheet therapy, that it’s a form of self-gaslighting, and that it has an, er, “complex” relationship with insurance companies. They then apply the best of the CBT toolkit to Ellen’s areas of expertise: self-criticism, perfectionism, procrastination, and social anxiety.
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ASK RICK: |
Can you offer any advice for managing chronic pain? Especially for handling pain mentally. |
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You’re right, the hardest thing about managing pain is our mental attitude towards it. If we resist anything, including our chronic pain, it puts us in the “red zone”, where our brains are in fight-or-flight mode and constantly agitated. I offer some ways out of this dilemma my essays Accept It and Minimize Painful Experiences.
I also recommend the work of Vidyamala Burch and Toni Bernhard; both offer excellent books and programs on how to free your mind even when your body is hurting. |
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What Is Collective Healing? |
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I was delighted to speak with Kosha Joubert recently on the What Is Collective Healing? Podcast (presented by the Pocket Project) about how the individual and collective work of integrating intergenerational trauma can offer vital insight and a foundation for meeting our shared systemic challenges. I hope you'll give it a listen! |
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