Television
How the Brain Takes Criticism – CBS Sunday Morning (2/2/14)
TV3 Winchester – (2/13)
The Mystery of Happiness – Stossel, Fox Business News (2/2/12)
Develop a Buddha Brain – The Morning Blend, KGUN9 (10/31/11)
PBS nationwide. Pledge drive special on Happiness. (9/08)
Comcast cable. Starfish Health. Several segments, including one on using brain breakthroughs for happiness, love, and productivity, and another one on practical tools for couples. (1/07)
PBS (nationwide) Happy for No Reason. Guest expert, Rick Hanson Ph.D. (9/03)
The Today Show. Segment on our book, Mother Nurture, presented by co-author Ricki Pollycove, M.D. (7/02)
KFTY-TV, Santa Rosa, CA. Interview on the morning news show about how to nurture mothers. (4/02)
KPTV-TV. Portland, OR. Interviewed on newsmagazine, “Good Morning Oregon,” about Mother Nurture. (4/02)
KFTY-TV, Santa Rosa, CA. Interview on the morning news show, regarding maternal depletion and how to prevent it. (5/01)
KFTY-TV, Santa Rosa, CA. Interviews on the morning news show regarding school shootings. (4/01)
Community access television, Marin County. “Caring for Mothers.” The Family Show, hosted by Jack Hanson (not a relative.) (8/98)
Film
The Mindfulness Movie. Summer 2013.
Seeking Heartwood. July 2012.
Newspapers & Magazines
Anti-Stress Strategies Can Make You Stronger, Fitter, Calmer – The Irish Times (5/28/17)
The Golden Ratio for Happiness? – Huffington Post (11/5/14)
What Makes You Happy? – North and South (2/15)
My Trouble With Mindfulness – Greater Good Science Center (2/9/15)
How to Rewire Your Brain for Greater Happiness – Fast Company (8/27/14)
The Noble Eightfold Path – Happiness + Wellbeing (4/14)
Meditation: Are Scientists Missing the Point? – Huffington Post (2/14)
21 Ways to Feel Good About Yourself – Happiness + Wellbeing (2/14)
10 Ways to Hardwire Your Brain for Happiness – Chatelaine (12/13)
Hardwiring Happiness – The Simple Things (11/13)
The Bright Side – The Sydney Morning Herald (11/17/13)
Turn on Happy – Red Magazine (11/13)
How to Build a Happier Brain – The Atlantic (10/23/13)
How To Wire Your Brain For Happiness – Huffington Post (10/17/13)
Is Happiness Found in our Minds or in our Wallets? – New Scientist (10/7/13)
Buddha’s Brain – The Mindful Word (7/12/12)
Washington was making Rep. Tim Ryan sick … until he found mindfulness – The Washington Times (7/11/12)
Knowledge of the brain helps balance your moods – News-Press.com (5/14/12)
Just One Thing – Echo of Cantley (French version) (5/12)
3 Smart Ways to New Ways to kick Pessimism to the Curb – O Magazine (3/26/12)
Kick Pessimism to the Curb – CNN Living (3/26/12)
Tampa Bay Rays: Manager Joe Maddon dazzled by pitching depth; David Price ready to go whenever – Tampa Bay Times (2/29/12)
In high-stress situations, you can Zen your way to calm, says author Rick Hanson – NY Daily News (2/13/12)
Author Hanson sees life strategy in Capt. Kirk and ‘Star Trek’ – Marin Independent Journal (1/24/12)
Martine Assouline talks personal style – The books on my bedside table – Financial Times – The Aesthete (11/30/11)
Kentucky.com (11/15/11)
How to survive gridlock like a Buddha – The Globe and Mail (10/16/11)
The question isn’t why some people become addicts, but why we all don’t – The Globe and Mail (9/30/11)
How to eliminate negativity – The Chicago Tribune (9/29/11)
How to Trick Your Brain for Happiness – Greater Good Science Center (9/26/11)
Retraining the brain: Meditation alters the circuits, mainly the negative ones – Now Magazine (9/1/2011)
Study of happiness is great, but why am I still bummed out? – The Chicago Tribune (8/17/11)
Conference Stresses Student Happiness – The Stanford Daily (2/14/11)
Ready, Set, Meditate – Bottom Line Secrets (12/2/10)
Awareness, Consciousness, and the Mind – Examiner.com (4/13/10)
The Consciousness Transcendental X-Factor – Examiner.com (4/13/10)
Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom – Examiner.com (4/8/10)
Those Late-Night Worries – Consumer Reports on Health (2/10)
Improving Our Lives From the Inside Out – Greater Good Science Center (11/30/09)
Taking in the Good – Greater Good Science Center (11/1/09)
Blogs
Rural Life: Fixing sad, bad, mad (8/2/17)
RedOrbit Your Universe Online (2/16/16)
How Mindfulness is Working Its Way Into My Life… and Into Addiction Treatment (5/18/15)
Your Story (12/30/14)
Pages from Elisabeth (12/15/14)
The Happiness Institute (8/28/14)
GoodTherapy.org (12/10/13)
Bustle (10/28/13)
Health on Today (12/13/12)
Toronto Sun (9/18/12)
Living Well 60 Plus (8/1/12)
Tricycle (7/3/12)
Four Hour Workweek (6/14/12)
Harvard Business Review (6/5/12)
AgingCare.com (4/24/12)
Tara Sophia Mohr (2/22/12)
Mindfulness Training Toronto (2/12/12)
Mindful (1/16/12)
Crazy Sexy Life (1/13/12)
Lynne Telford Sahl (12/19/11)
Psych Central (12/07/11)
Psych Central (11/22/11)
The Mouse Trap (11/13/11)
Tiny Buddha (11/10/11)
Traveling Light (11/7/11)
Traveling Light (10/31/11)
Trailer Park Karma (10/17/11)
Cranky Fitness (10/11)
Psychscoop (10/11)
Your Productivity Sucks (9/11)
Happier Abroad (7/11)
Huffington Post (6/11)
The King County Bar Association (6/11)
The Gawler Foundation (6/11)
Raising Happiness (5/24/10)
25 Hour Books (2/8/11)
Charlotte’s Web (1/24/11)
Mondo Samu (1/22/11)
Bless Your Hearts (12/12/2010)
LA Times Blog (12/10/2010)
Organized Wisdom (2010)
More.com (11/12/10)
Care2.com (11/8/10)
New Harbinger (11/4/10)
Mindfulness Matters (11/4/10)
Dr. Michelle Gannon (10/26/10)
DharmaSeed (10/10/10)
Zafu Report (10/10/10)
The Well: bodymindheartspirit (8/2/10)
Mandala Press (6/14/10)
Dare to Dream (3/21/10)
Psych Central (3/19/10)
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