Opening to Happiness and Joy - Dr. Rick Hanson
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Rick Hanson, PhD, is a psychologist, senior fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times bestselling author. His books are available in twenty-eight languages and include Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing, Buddha’s Brain, and Mother Nurture.
To date, his books have sold more than 750,000 copies in English.
He edits the Wise Brain Bulletin and has numerous audio programs. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, he has been an invited speaker at NASA, Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, and other major universities, and has taught in meditation centers worldwide. He and his wife live in San Rafael, California, and have two adult children.
Learn more about Dr. Rick Hanson: https://www.rickhanson.net/
Discover Dr. Rick Hanson's books: https://www.rickhanson.net/writings/
00:00:35 – Sean introduces Dr. Rick Hanson
00:05:00 – Introductory words from Dr. Rick Hanson
00:07:09 – Reflecting on what we’re doing in our own practice and as teachers
00:10:43 – How do we grow the good that lasts?
00:17:04 – We have a sacred power inside ourselves/agency in our own transformation
00:20:14 – The pleasantness of an experience typically marks it’s value
00:23:05 – Deal with the bad and also turn to the good
00:24:44 – Question: What are some of your favorite ways of installing positive experiences?
00:26:39 – How to deliberately internalize positivity
00:33:12 – The H.E.A.L. model
00:36:11 – Question: What challenges might someone who experienced trauma during infancy have in opening to happiness?
00:37:05 – Four questions Rick continually comes back to
00:42:51 – Asking, ‘What’s the key resource that would help right now?’
00:54:08 – Being on your own side
00:57:15 – Knowing in our bones that we’re a good person
01:04:04 – Three breaths practice
01:08:30 – Why feeling cared for can be challenging for people (and how to help people with this)
01:14:27 – The importance of developing conviction
01:17:28 – Five major categories of feeling cared about
01:22:04 – Restoring common truth, welfare and justice
01:26:56 – What to do when we recognize unhealthy behaviors?
01:30:58 – How to stabilize breakthroughs within ourselves
01:33:29 – The power of playfulness
01:35:27 – How can I be playful with my dilemma?
01:37:23 – The radical power of contentment
01:38:04 – The distinction between being and becoming
01:44:44 – Can you speak to imagery as an inner resource?
01:54:06 – Scrutinizing our strengths (i.e. the view that ‘it’s all an illusion’)
01:58:13 – Appreciating both wheels
02:01:03 – Is installation similar to embodiment?
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