Self-Transcendent Experiences

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

English - May 25, 2020 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
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What does it mean to "transcend the self?" Today Dr. Hanson, Forrest, and Dr. David Yaden explore self-transcendent, or “peak,” experiences, which the famous psychologist Abraham Maslow defined as “moments of highest happiness and fulfillment.”

As a note, David is referred to as a "PhD student" during the episode. Since it was recorded, he's gone on to earn his doctorate. C

About our Guest: David is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins Medicine who studies the varieties of spiritual and self-transcendent experiences from the perspectives of psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Specifically, he's interested in understanding how these experiences can result in long-term changes to well-being and how they alter the fundamental faculties of consciousness.

Read David's paper on The Varieties of Self-Transcendent Experience here.

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