Author: Rick Hanson

It’s been a long, strange, challenging year. As we get toward the end of it, and look forward to 2021, it feels appropriate to start by taking a look back and seeing what, if anything, we can learn from the year that’s gone by....

In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on The Perfection of Patience, both inside yourself and in reality altogether, which includes a Q&A and discussion....

Are you too quick with doubt, limitations, cost analyses, reasons why not? If you pour cold water over your hopes and dreams, you’ll never know the warmth and light that might spread if you’d let them catch fire....

We're all subject to forms of bias and prejudice. On this episode, Forrest and I are joined by Dr. Jack Glaser, Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, to explore intergroup bias and racial prejudice. This includes what we can do...

In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation and talk on thankfulness and gratitude - even amidst losses and frustrations, which includes a Q&A and discussion....

The holidays are coming up, and for many people they’re likely to be very different this year from usual. Experiencing sadness or disappointment around the holidays is normal even among the best circumstances, and we're far from those. On this episode, Forrest and I explore...