Author: Rick Hanson

Explore our relationship with goals of various kinds, particularly how we can feel more successful by noticing the many small goals we accomplish each day, and fully internalizing that experience so it becomes a lasting resource.  ...

On today’s episode of the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Hanson and Forrest look at the role fully taking in the good things in life has in the process of building mental strengths. ...

On today’s episode of the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Hanson and Forrest move on to the fifth of the twelve strengths they’ll be covering during this series: Gratitude. During this episode they explore the role of positive emotions generally, and particularly the value of “thankfulness.”...

On today’s episode of the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Hanson and Forrest discuss the strength of Vitality, and how it relates to grit. They explore how we can form more positive relationships with our bodies by accepting, nurturing, and appreciating them...

Explore how the ‘feral’ parts of our mind can be a powerful resource, and how we can use that inner strength rather than be used by it....

​​On today’s episode of the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Hanson and Forrest continue their focus on the strength of Grit with determination. Particularly, they look at the different aspects of determination, and explore how we can grow each of them over time....

This talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is titled, “The Perfection of Patience" and focuses on sources of well-being and grit, and specifically on what could be considered a modest strength of patience. Patience has many large implications. The San Rafael...

On today’s episode of the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Hanson begins a new focus on the fourth of the twelve strengths he’ll be covering throughout this series: Grit. Particularly, this episode explores how to grow agency – an aspect of grit where we feel like...