Author: Rick Hanson

Prof. Paul Gilbert interviews me at his home in Derby after my Hardwiring Happiness workshop for Compassionate Wellbeing in 2014. I hope you like it! ...

12 January, 2015

Here is the latest talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It's titled Right Livelihood Through the Lens of the Hindrances. More information on the San Rafael Mediation group can be found at https://rickhanson.net/teaching/meditation-group....

08 January, 2015

In this video, I explain how we can use our minds to change our brains to change our minds for the better. This video was taken at the Greater Good Science Center in UC Berkeley as part of the Science of a Meaningful Life Series. ...

05 January, 2015

These are the elements of the Eightfold Path: Right View Right Resolve Right Action Right Speech Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Right Concentration Please see the article on “The Noble Eightfold Path” here - //rickhanson.net/articles/buddhist-wisdom/.   * * * * * Read the previous posts on the First, Second and Third Noble truths....

29 December, 2014

Are the rewards of new commitments really worth the costs? Sometimes you have to give up the lesser rewards of a new thing for the greater rewards of allowing some new space to clear in your life....

26 December, 2014

Continuing the discussion on Inhibition Profiles, let's look at some methods to help you speak your truth. Normal as they are, these inhibitions limit your autonomy, and consequently, your intimacy. Their regulation is excessive and thus unskillful. And they harm others by denying them important information...

22 December, 2014

Here is the latest talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It's titled Craving and Enoughness. More information on the San Rafael Mediation group can be found at https://rickhanson.net/teaching/meditation-group....

18 December, 2014