Latest Practical psychology Podcast Episodes
Psychological Defenses: How to Understand (and change) Your Mind and Behavior
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - June 24, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsPsychological defenses are subconscious strategies we use to protect ourselves from uncomfortable emotions, and they exert a hidden power over our behavior. From denial and repression to projection and rationalization, Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how these defenses shape our actions, influence o...
The Fawn Response: People Pleasing, Self-Abandonment, and Standing Up for Yourself
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - June 17, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDr. Rick and Forrest finish their series on the stress responses with the fawn response: an appeasement strategy where we manage stressful situations by giving others what they want. Rick and Forrest start by discussing common symptoms, including people pleasing, self-abandonment, difficulty sayi...
How to Create a Secure Relationship with Elizabeth Ferreira
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - June 10, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsSomatic trauma therapist Elizabeth Ferreira joins Forrest to explore how we can create more secure relationships. They talk about the lessons they've learned from their relationship, the impact of trauma and prior relationship wounds, and how very different people can make things work. Topics inc...
Becoming Self-Confident, Learning Healthy Relationship Skills, and Trusting Yourself: June Mailbag
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - June 03, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDr. Rick and Forrest open up the mailbag and answer questions from listeners. They explore how to deal with chronically negative people, managing avoidant tendencies that get in the way of us finding a great relationship, and separating normal desires for support from more problematic ones. They ...
The Psychology of Manifesting: How to Create the Life You Want
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - May 27, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsForrest and Dr. Rick explore “manifesting:” the idea that our thoughts impact the world around us, and by changing those thoughts we can change our lives. Talking about manifesting is complicated, because on the one hand our thoughts really do matter. On the other, manifesting is closely tied to ...
Understanding the “Flight” Response: Anxiety, Avoidance, and Feeling Safe
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - May 20, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDr. Rick and Forrest discuss the “flight” response to stress, which includes feelings of anxiety and fear, avoidant behavior, and an underlying sense of insecurity. They explore the emotions and behaviors associated with the flight response, and how we can build up a stronger, more secure sense o...
Managing The “Fight” Response: Anger, Repression, and Self-Regulation
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - May 13, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDr. Rick and Forrest continue their series on the stress responses with the “fight” response to stress. They explore anger, repression, and the balance of self-expression and self-regulation before talking about how we can claim the adaptive aspects of the fight response without falling prey to i...
Everything You Need to Know About Therapy
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - May 06, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsIn this mega-episode, clinical psychologist Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest Hanson explore everything you need to know about therapy. They share how you can get more from therapy, finding the approach that’s right for you, and some perspectives on why therapy is so expensive. They then run through th...
Healing After Trauma with Dr. Peter Levine
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - April 29, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsSomatic psychology legend Dr. Peter Levine joins Dr. Rick and Forrest to explore how we can use body-based approaches to recover from traumatic experiences. Peter uses his personal history with trauma to illustrate the practices he’s taught to thousands of people through his work. They discuss th...
Recovering from a Challenging Childhood: Reclaim, Resupply, and Repair
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - April 22, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDr. Rick and Forrest explore a huge topic: what can we do to recover from a difficult childhood as an adult? Rick introduces a three step process that can help us reclaim our past, identify the key needs we have these days, and internalize related positive experiences. They discuss related tools ...
Dealing with Emotionally Immature People (and Parents) with Dr. Lindsay Gibson
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - April 15, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDr. Lindsay Gibson joins the podcast to share her groundbreaking work on emotional maturity. Forrest and Dr. Gibson explore how growing up with emotionally immature caregivers can affect our adult relationships, and what we can do to recover from these experiences, build healthier patterns, and d...
How to Make the Most of Your 20s with Dr. Meg Jay
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - April 08, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsTwentysomethings are bombarded with misinformation, hype, and contradictory messages that pull them in many different directions. Dr. Meg Jay, a specialist on what she calls the “defining decade,” joins Forrest to explore how we can navigate this transformative and often anxiety-provoking time in...
Managing the Freeze Response: Dissociation, Emotional Shutdown, and Creating Safety
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - April 01, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsWhat do dissociation, avoidance, and emotional shutdown all have in common? They’re connected to the “freeze” response to stress. In one of our favorite episodes to date, Dr. Rick and Forrest explore the freeze response in detail. They talk about what stress responses are, how they impact our b...
Working with Irrational Fears, Setting Healthy Boundaries, and Understanding Therapy: March Mailbag
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - March 25, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsForrest and Dr. Rick open up the mailbag and answer questions from listeners focused on how we can work with irrational fears, create separation from our thoughts and feelings, and set healthy boundaries in dysfunctional families. Rick then goes off on the topic of “evidence-based” vs. “not evide...
10 Things We Wish We Knew in Our 20s
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - March 18, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsOur 20s are a unique decade filled with opportunity…including the opportunity to make a lot of mistakes. On today’s episode, Dr. Rick and Forrest share (roughly) 10 things they wish they’d known back then. They explore the balance of enjoying freedom with the compounding value of effort, a framew...
Repairing Self-Abandonment: Anxious Attachment, Healthy Boundaries, and Creating Strong Relationships
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - March 11, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsOn today’s episode Dr. Rick and Forrest explore self-abandonment, which occurs when we go against our authentic wants, emotions, and boundaries in order to serve others, meet external expectations, or protect ourselves emotionally. They cover where self-abandonment comes from, the psychological f...
Emotional Eating and Changing Your Relationship with Food with Dr. Jud Brewer
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - March 04, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsThere are as many ways to have a difficult relationship with food as there are ways to eat. It’s hard to get conversations about these challenges right, but today we’re taking the plunge and exploring the habit of eating when we’re not hungry with psychiatrist Dr. Jud Brewer. Dr. Rick, Forrest, ...
Somatic Tools for Self-Regulation with Elizabeth Ferreira
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - February 26, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsOne of the most important skills we can learn is how to regulate ourselves, riding the emotional waves without either ignoring or being overwhelmed by them. Associate therapist Elizabeth Ferreira joins Forrest to explore how we can feel our feelings while staying calm, collected, and in control. ...
Build Strong Relationships and Heal in Community with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - February 19, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsOur relationships are some of the most important parts of our life, and our happiness is often directly correlated to the strength of those relationships. Dr. Joy Harden Bradford joins the podcast to explore how we can apply lessons from group therapy to build stronger friendships. Forrest and Dr...
How to ADHD with Jessica McCabe
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - February 12, 2024 11:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsADHD is one of the most common - and most misunderstood - conditions out there, and today we’re setting the record straight with author and YouTuber Jessica McCabe. Jessica joins Forrest to explore her journey with ADHD, dealing with common challenges like self-criticism, shame, and sensitivity, ...
The (real) Secret to Happiness: Attachment, Craving, and Enjoying Life
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - February 05, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsForrest and Dr. Rick focus on the secret to everyday happiness: learning how to like without wanting. They talk about the lies our brain tells us, the rapid movement from liking to wanting, and how we can enjoy an experience without craving more of it. They then explore a specific example of gett...
Mindfulness for Depression, Pain, and Suffering with Dr. Danny Penman
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - January 29, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsOn today’s episode, Dr. Rick and Forrest focus on one of the most important skills we can learn: how we can become more aware of all the parts of our experience, avoid being captured by any one of them, and work with those parts more skillfully. One of the key tools we have for accomplishing this...
Dealing with a Mental Health Crisis, Trauma and Meditation, and Getting Back on the Wagon: January Mailbag
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - January 22, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsForrest and Dr. Rick open up the mailbag and answer questions from listeners. How can we understand and support someone going through a mental health crisis? Is meditation enough to heal trauma? And what can we do about family members that just won’t change? You’ll learn why offering help isn’t a...
Internal Family Systems: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with Dr. Richard Schwartz
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - January 15, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDr. Rick and Forrest are joined by Dr. Richard Schwartz, creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of therapy, to explore how we can integrate all the aspects of who we are. They explain the IFS model, the nature of parts and their roles, and how we can use this knowledge to increase sel...
Healing Cycles of Trauma with Dr. Mariel Buqué
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - January 08, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDr. Mariel Buqué joins the podcast to help us learn how we can heal from the past, create healthier patterns, and break cycles of trauma. Forrest and Dr. Buqué talk about what intergenerational trauma is, how we can “hand trauma down,” and how these problematic patterns show up in the real world....
How to Get More From 2024
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - January 01, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDr. Rick and Forrest kick off 2024 by exploring how we can relate to the past, plan for the future, and get more from the year ahead. They talk about different approaches to New Years, the tactics that maximize your chances of achieving a goal, and a simple four question system for reflecting on ...
CPTSD, Somatic Psychology, and Finding Your Happiness with Elizabeth Ferreira
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - December 25, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsForrest and Elizabeth welcome listeners into their home to talk about their changing relationship with the holidays, letting go of the past, healthy boundaries, glimmers, and different paths to taking in the good. Along the way they talk about different approaches to working with trauma, connecti...
Harnessing Your Generativity: The Secret to Productivity, Creativity, and Consistency
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - December 18, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsDr. 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? They explore what a drive is, our natural drive states, an...
How to Become a New Person
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - December 11, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsWe’re getting toward the end of the year, and it’s a great opportunity to evaluate where we are and where we’d like to go. On today's episode, Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how we can step out of the way we've been, and into a new way of thinking, doing, and being. They talk about self-concept, u...
What Healthy Couples DON’T Do with Dr. Amy Morin
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson - December 04, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsJust as we can exercise our arms or legs to build physical strength, we can exercise our brains like we do any other muscle. Therapist Amy Morin joins Forrest to help us learn how to regulate our thoughts, manage our emotions, and become more psychologically flexible. These key skills are particu...
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