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Ep. 5: Enjoying Life
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson
English - February 05, 2018 19:48 - 18 minutes - 13.1 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
Previous Episode: Ep. 4: Acceptance
Next Episode: Ep. 6: Mindfulness
On today’s episode of the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Rick Hanson explains why enjoying life is both easy to dismiss and surprisingly hard to do. Particularly, he explores how we can authentically find enjoyable moments even during very difficult times in our lives.
Timestamps:
0:35: Why is enjoying life a strength to develop?
2:00: Enjoyment and the brain
3:15: The importance of key experiences.
4:30: Our cultural pitfalls around enjoyment.
7:30: How do we grow strengths? The problem with having a “stiff upper lip.”
8:40: What needs to be present alongside adversity for it to become an inner strength?
11:00: Learning from bad experiences.
12:15: Experiencing vs. Internalizing.
15:15: Finding enjoyment anywhere.