Simplifying Self-Help: 7 Lessons for a Lifetime of Well-Being

Simplifying Self-Help: 7 Lessons for a Lifetime of Well-Being | Being Well Podcast

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There is A LOT of complicated advice out there (including on this podcast) focused on how to improve our well-being. In this episode, ‪@RickHanson‬ and I simplify the lessons we’ve learned from over 100 experts and 300 episodes. We explore the importance of individual context, focusing on what we can change even among difficult circumstances, the power of acceptance, influencing our attention, taking care of the body, social connection, and how we can identify, accept, and manage our unique needs.
Key Topics:
0:00 Introduction, and a disclaimer about generalizations
5:40 The belief that things can get better
14:25 How acceptance supports agency
24:05 Being thoughtful about what we consume, and where we place our attention
30:30 Bodily awareness and taking care of the body
36:15 Developing and appreciating strong social connections
41:20 Identifying our wants and needs
44:15 Identifying key values, setting goals, and letting those goals shape our lives
54:05 Recap
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Who Am I: I'm Forrest, the co-author of Resilient (amzn.to/3iXLerD) and host of the Being Well Podcast (apple.co/38ufGG0). I'm making videos focused on simplifying psychology, mental health, and personal growth.
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Пікірлер: 25

@complexlittlepirate3589 Ай бұрын

I love Rick's passionate yet always gentle and positive riffs on the incredible privilege of a human life.

@technikcolor Жыл бұрын

I've really been enjoying your podcasts they are so created so well and I'm grateful for the opportunity to learn from ya'll but particularly I really love the father son relationship that you set such a beautiful example of it gives such hope for inspiring a healthy family dynamic. Thank you for all the work you've done.

@claremcginley5557 Жыл бұрын

I love this podcast. Thank you so much Forrest for highlighting which is so often missed about people's circumstances. Your comments about poverty - there is often so little recognition about how difficult it is to start to look at wellbeing in a wider sense when you don't enough to eat - never mind real food!

@Word-Smithy Жыл бұрын

Thank you for acknowledging poverty and "luck of the draw" as huge contributing factors.

@soul.searcher333 2 ай бұрын

Yall are so wholesome the beautiful vibes and just sharing and pureness in this whole thing *chefs kiss*

@soul.searcher333 2 ай бұрын

also, is your dad neurodivergent? I only ask because I am and I really see similarities in him that I experience within my own experience especially what he said about people being more relational and also those of us who have had to take time to learn. Just wondering, because he has that 'spark' idk how else to describe that I find always seems to exist in fellow neurodivergents (like this pure expressive nature )

@tamaraflanagan7767 Жыл бұрын

'The expressing of warmheartedness in various authentic ways, protects & feeds us as it flows through'. This is true for me. Thank you for giving it words.

@keitha.neubert3063 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciated the wordsmithing (46:00) of "contentment" and accepting the moment "as is." Thank you. Your work is meaningful. From Maine USA.

@luaella Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all you do Forrest! And tell your fiance that we miss her videos! 👀♥️

@cherylpereeia1756 Жыл бұрын

I just you guys! Your relationship just comes across as loving and caring and for that alone you are both blessed! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@amberbiro5509 10 ай бұрын

Father and son so beautiful

@tonyburton419 11 ай бұрын

A fine informative podcast - full of helpful and insightful observations.

@jessicamorales2555 Жыл бұрын

This is such a lovely and wise conversation

@amberbiro5509 10 ай бұрын

Thanks

@llkellenba Жыл бұрын

SO painful to accept those things that are a reality I didn’t see. I hoped and hoped and hoped that eventually if I just kept the faith these people or situations would come around. True there is a child like quality in my hanging onto the idea I am able to be completely open and honest with others and that’s going to be met in a positive safe reciprocal manner.

@tammystroup Жыл бұрын

I so appreciate how grounded this conversation is 🙏🏻

@sencha9582 Жыл бұрын

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@icme8761 Жыл бұрын

It’s not that they can’t change, it’s accepting that they are what they are in the present

@bbarbie105 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@foratabdulsalamfaris4796 Жыл бұрын

amazing podcast

@gwendolynmurphy9563 Жыл бұрын

The more I hear Rick share from his personal early-life experiences, the more I wonder if we're related?!

@bbarbie105 Жыл бұрын

"Letting go is an agentic act" about 29 minutes in. I do not know if I am hearing this correctly. Can you clarify? Great topic BTW!

@ForrestHanson Жыл бұрын

Generally people think of expressing their agency by *changing* things. But deliberately accepting things as they are (i.e., letting go) is also a way feel a sense of agency.

@TheMoby16 Жыл бұрын

Since this podcast is complex, some concrete examples of the 7 lessons would have added to the overall clarity and understanding of the discussion here.