Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Conversations on psychology, science and practices for lasting well-being AI summary

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Forrest Hanson Visit website › Health & Fitness · EN · 495 episodes · latest 2026-11-09

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Forrest Hanson is joined by clinical psychologist (and his dad) Dr. Rick Hanson and a world-class group of experts to explore the practical science of lasting well-being. Conversations focus on the key insights from psychology, science, and contemplative practice that you need to build reliable inner strengths, overcome your challenges, and get the most out of life. New episodes every Monday.

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Reducing Emotional Reactivity and Finding Inner Peace with Yung Pueblo

2026-11-09 · 1 hr 10 min

Why do we keep reacting in ways we don’t want to? Forrest sits down with the meditator and poet Yung Pueblo to talk about reactivity, letting go, and what it takes to slow down enough to choose something different. They…
How to Stop Feeling Self-Conscious: Escaping the Panopticon

2026-11-02 · 49 min

It's easy to run our lives through a filter of, "What does this look like as I'm doing it?" This constant self-monitoring inevitably leads to self-consciousness and anxiety. In this episode, Forrest explores how we can…
How to Break Relationship Patterns: Resolving Conflict and Communicating Your Needs

2026-10-26 · 1 hr 14 min

Most relationships, romantic or otherwise, tend to get stuck in predictable patterns of conflict. This episode is about how to resolve that conflict, and get things moving again. Dr. Rick and Forrest draw on Rick's…
How to Fix Insomnia: CBT-I with Dr. Ashley Mason

2026-10-19 · 1 hr 16 min

Forrest is joined by Dr. Ashley Mason, a clinical psychologist and sleep researcher at UCSF, to discuss Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). They talk about what separates insomnia from a few rough nights,…
How to Accept the Parts of Yourself You Don't Like

2026-10-12 · 1 hr 7 min

In this second episode on self-acceptance, Forrest and Dr. Rick focus on how to accept the parts of ourselves we don’t like. They explain why "just love yourself more" rarely works, walk through a four-step process, and…
Self-Acceptance: How to Accept Yourself Without Giving Up on Change

2026-10-05 · 1 hr 1 min

Self-acceptance gets recommended constantly, but are we really supposed to accept the parts of ourselves we don't like? Won’t that stop us from changing? Dr. Rick and Forrest discuss what self-acceptance is, what it…
Treating Shame with Self-Compassion with Dr. Chris Germer

2026-09-28 · 1 hr 11 min

Shame is one of the hardest emotions to work with, in part because it blocks what we need most when we’re feeling shame: self-compassion. Dr. Chris Germer, co-developer of the Mindful Self-Compassion program, joins…
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: What the Critics Get Right (and Wrong) w/ Dr. Ellen Hendriksen

2026-09-21 · 1 hr 33 min

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the world's most researched, recommended, and criticized form of therapy. Clinical psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen joins Forrest to talk about what CBT is, its history, its…
The New Science of Pain: It's Not Just Physical with Dr. Rachel Zoffness

2026-09-14 · 1 hr 49 min

Pain psychologist Dr. Rachel Zoffness joins Forrest and Dr. Rick to explore what pain is, why it can persist long after an injury has healed, and what actually helps. Rachel explains why the brain, rather than the body…
People Pleasing vs. Fawning: Why We Do It and How to Change

2026-09-11 · 1 hr 13 min

Dr. Rick and Forrest talk about what separates people-pleasing from the fawn response, and why those differences affect what actually helps. They trace the surprising history behind both ideas, explain each’s…

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Owner: Being Well
Oldest episode in feed: 01/2018 · over 8 years
Typical length: 56 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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