Twelve Good Things 2020
Twelve Good Things that I think are really wonderful and worth your attention....
15 December, 2020
From the Blog
Meditation + Talk: Knowing How Deeply Our Lives Are Intertwined
In this Meditation and Talk from the weekly Wednesday Night Meditation guest speaker Leslie Booker offers a guided meditation and talk on , both inside yourself and in reality altogether which includes a Q&A and discussion....
14 December, 2020
Being Well Podcast: Compassion, Power, and Human Nature with Dr. Dacher Keltner
Does power corrupt? Where does compassion come from? And do positive or negative emotions serve as the basis for our true nature? Today Forrest and I are exploring these questions with the help of a world-class expert on emotion, power, and morality: Dr. Dacher Keltner...
14 December, 2020
Back to Basics
What's fundamental? The Practice: Back to Basics. Why? In middle school, I thought it would be cool to play a musical instrument and picked the clarinet. My wise parents rented one rather than buying it, and I started practicing. (In the garage because it sounded pretty screechy.) After...
08 December, 2020
Being Well Podcast: What Did We Learn From 2020?
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....
07 December, 2020
Meditation + Talk: The Perfection of Patience
In this Meditation and Talk from his weekly 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....
04 December, 2020
Don’t Rain On The Parade
Why do we have cheerleaders? The Practice: Don't rain on the parade. Why? Let's say you've had an interesting idea or moment of inspiration, or thought of a new project, or felt some enthusiasm bubbling up inside you. Your notions are not fully formed and you're not really...
01 December, 2020
Being Well Podcast: Bias and Prejudice with Dr. Jack Glaser
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...
30 November, 2020