Intimacy and autonomy are channels for expressing your natural goodness. For example, being kind toward someone naturally involves both an affinity with that person and a certain autonomy for the kindness to be genuine. Besides its obvious rewards in everyday life, intimacy supports personal growth and...
Here is the latest talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It's titled Beyond Delusional Fear. More information on the San Rafael Mediation group can be found at https://rickhanson.net/teaching/meditation-group....
Here is a talk by Rick Hanson from his Wednesday night sitting group in San Rafael, CA. More information on the San Rafael Mediation group is available at https://rickhanson.net/teaching/meditation-group....
Do you express the intention as a goal or as something already realized? This gets at a recurring question, even a debate, in Buddhism (and also in psychology and in some religions): Is it about progressing toward an enlightened state, or is it about uncovering the...
Q: So today I had a “bad moment” – got stressed and upset about a work situation. My first thought was to let go of the negative thoughts that were running in my brain by actively taking in the good. Then I wondered if that...
People don't care what you're doing - you are just a bit player in their own personal drama. Or if they do care, it's a passing feeling....
First Aid Kit perform Patti Smith's "Dancing Barefoot" live at the Polar Music Prize awards ceremony 2011. ...
The major brain regions that support emotional processing include the limbic system – particularly the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus – and the prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), nucleus accumbens, and insula. Technical note: there are two hippocampi, one in each hemisphere of the brain;...