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Can you stay mindful and peaceful when your thoughts and life get bumpy? In life there will be gain and loss, praise and blame, and pleasure and pain. If you let them flow, you can ride the waves of life with gratitude and grace, and without drowning. The post Let It Flow first appeared on…

In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Rick Hanson offered a meditation and talk called Right Effort . . . about Right Effort! The post Meditation + Talk: Right Effort . . . about Right Effort! first appeared on Dr. Rick Hanson. The post Meditation + Talk: Right Effort . . . about Right Effort! appeared first…

Dr. Rick joins Forrest for a deep dive into harnessing our natural generativity. How can we become more productive and creative, experience greater satisfaction, and lean into our biological drives to get more of what we want out of life? The post Being Well Podcast: Harnessing Your Generativity: The Secret to Productivity, Creativity, and Consistency…

With a mind full of good, you’ll have more to offer others, which will grow the good in them, too, perhaps—reaching eventually around the whole world. The post Be Mind Full of Good first appeared on Dr. Rick Hanson. The post Be Mind Full of Good appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. Dr. Rick joins…

“When you say yes to others, make sure you aren’t saying no to yourself.” ~Paulo Coelho Have you ever felt like no matter how much you give, it’s never enough? Like your worth is measured by how useful, accommodating, or strong you can be for others? This invisible burden is what I call the Good…

I was around five the first time I remember getting in trouble. It was nearing Christmas, and I wasn’t buying into the whole Santa story anymore. A magic man spends all year making toys, then drops down chimneys and delivers them all in one night? Nope. I may have only been five, but I was…

If your mind’s been racing or your body’s been tense, I get it. Life doesn’t always slow down when we need it to, and sometimes, even five quiet minutes can feel like a luxury. That’s why I’m excited to pass along this gift from a meditation app that’s helped millions in Europe and is now…

There I was, eating cereal and watching a CNN documentary about Kobe Bryant—yes, I mix deep life reflection with Raisin Bran—when his old speech teacher said something that made me pause mid-chew. He described Kobe’s approach to life as giving everything—heart, soul, and body—to his craft. No halfway. Just all in. I sat there thinking, “Yes!…

“Being free isn’t actually that easy.” ~Unknown I’ve always been an achiever. I’ve worked hard to reach goals: I was good at school, then got a good job, and ended up making good money. My colleagues valued my clear view of the goal, my ability to break down the big task into parts that one…

The news: everything is bad. Poets: okay, but what if everything is bad and we still fall in love with the moon and learn something from the flowers. ~Nikita Gill My dad died when I was thirty-one. I wasn’t a child but barely felt like an adult. He had reached retirement, but only just. Mary…