Articles
Some of my favorite writing on psychology, personal growth, and how we can become the person we want to be.
Unwinding Anxiety and Addiction with Dr. Jud Brewer: Being Well
In one of our favorite conversations, Dr. Jud Brewer joins Dr. Rick and me to explore the habit of anxiety, mindfulness practices to heal addiction, and what we can learn from the brains of the world’s most advanced meditators.
Self-Help’s Biggest Myths, Part 2: Being Well Podcast
In the second of two episodes, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore some of self-help’s biggest myths, including ones related to “no pain no gain,” hedonic adaptation, and meditation.
Self-Help’s Biggest Myths: Being Well Podcast
As mental health and the psychological sciences have gone increasingly mainstream, so too have some common misconceptions and misunderstandings. In the first of two episodes, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore some of the biggest misconceptions related to therapy, trauma, and what it means to be "resilient."
Avoiding Avoidance: Being Well Podcast
What goes into making "a self," and how can we bring together the many aspects of who we are? On this episode of Being Well, Rick and I are joined by meditation teacher Michael Taft to explore moving from the spiritual to the secular and back again, ego dissolution, and how we can create ever-better versions of ourselves.
Deconstructing Yourself: Being Well Podcast
What goes into making "a self," and how can we bring together the many aspects of who we are? On this episode of Being Well, Rick and I are joined by meditation teacher Michael Taft to explore moving from the spiritual to the secular and back again, ego dissolution, and how we can create ever-better versions of ourselves.
Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs: Being Well Podcast
We all have limiting beliefs: patterns of thought about ourselves and the world that tend to hold us back. In this episode of Being Well, Dr. Rick Hanson and I explore how we can push back on these problematic beliefs and build more supportive ones.
Smart People are Biased Too
It’s tempting to believe that getting an education makes us immune to bias, but unfortunately it’s just not the case.