Dr. Hanson focuses on the importance of self-compassion - and particularly on why it's important to get "on your own side" in order to create lasting, positive change in the brain.
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Oct 26
How to Break Relationship Patterns: Resolving Conflict and Communicating Your Needs
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 decades of work with couples and families to talk about getting o ... Show More
1h 14m
Oct 19
How to Fix Insomnia: CBT-I with Dr. Ashley Mason
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, why people with insomnia sleep (on average) only a little le ... Show More
1h 16m
Oct 12
How to Accept the Parts of Yourself You Don't Like
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 talk about why acceptance gets easier when you can set bound ... Show More
1h 7m
Dec 2024
Embrace Growth Through Self-Compassion
Discover how self-compassion helps you learn and grow. Sam explores how being kind to ourselves, rather than critical, fosters safety, acceptance, and empowers us to overcome challenges with resilience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m 57s
Jun 2023
How to Heal Your Self Concept
Ooh, let's do a juicy interactive podcast episode! *PLEASE TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN WELL-BEING.* In this ep., we dive into how we can understand our self-concept, specifically through the lens of something we currently really want/around a major "decision maker" in o ... Show More
29m 32s