Ep. 16: Using Fierceness
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson
English - April 23, 2018 16:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement mindfulness meditation self-help self improvement well being brain mind heart psychology practical psychology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On today’s episode of the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Hanson and Forrest talk about a particularly challenging aspect of the strength of determination: fierceness. They explore how the ‘feral’ parts of our mind can be a powerful resource, and how we can use that inner strength rather than be used by it.
Timestamps:
0:40: What does “fierceness” mean?
3:20: How fierceness fuels determination.
5:20: Is how we think about fierceness defined by our individual experience?
6:20: Different ways to think about the ‘feral’ experience.
8:45: The difficulty in articulating this material.
9:15: Using all the material in the psyche as a potential resource.
12:00: Pitfalls relating to fierceness.
16:20: The burden of proof when being fierce.
18:00: The two pitfalls related to fierceness.
19:30: Increasing our comfort with fierceness.
24:50: Strengthening our own cores.
27:25: Taming the beast by allowing it to run.
28:55: Recap