Ep. 29: Injustice and Anger
Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest talk about managing one of our most difficult emotions: anger. Specifically, they focus on how we can distinguish between skillful and unskillful anger, particularly relati...
30 Jul 201839min
Ep. 28: How to Feel Safe
Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest discuss how we can fight back against fear and learn to feel safer. They explore ways to reduce anxiety, identify resources, and deal with the real challenges of life. If y...
23 Jul 201837min
Ep. 27: Avoiding Needless Fear
Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest discuss how to manage and reduce a particular kind of fear: paper tiger paranoia. This fear is characterized by needless anxiety that comes from the brain’s creation of ima...
16 Jul 201826min
Ep. 26: Use Calm to Fight Stress
Dr. Hanson and Forrest begin a new series of episodes exploring the strength of Calm. Particularly, they focus on how we can learn to activate the calming wing of the nervous system to fight back agai...
9 Jul 201832min
Ep. 25: How to Feel "Like a Good Person"
It's often surprisingly hard to feel like a good person...even if we are one! Dr. Hanson and Forrest wrap up the strength of Confidence by exploring how we can authentically feel like a good person fr...
2 Jul 201822min
Ep. 24: Managing Your Inner Critic
There are two “characters” we all have inside our minds: an inner critic and an inner nurturer. Dr. Hanson and Forrest focus on how we can manage our inner critic while building up a strong inner nurt...
25 Jun 201826min
BONUS: Paul Gilbert on Confidence
On today’s episode of the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Hanson interviews Dr. Paul Gilbert, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Darby and the founder of compassion focused therapy. They ex...
18 Jun 20181h 10min
Ep. 23: Stop Punishing Yourself
Our negative reactions to the painful experiences of life that are often more harmful than those experiences themselves. Dr. Hanson and Forrest explore how we can avoid these “second darts." If you'd ...
13 Jun 201824min
