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Rick Hanson Ph.d

Rick Hanson Ph.d

Psychology Today

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Your Brain Development

Your inner iguana needs a lot of petting!

27.02.2024 20

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Use Good as Your Guide

Know what the "good" is for you, and then give yourself over to it.

20.02.2024 10

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Enjoying Space and the Emptiness It Holds

What's the "wallpaper" in your own mind?

13.02.2024 20

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What Are the Most Important Things to Remember?

In every life, reminders arrive about what's really important.

06.02.2024 20

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Encourage Your Mind to Come to Rest

Refresh and relax.

30.01.2024 10

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Know Your Accomplishments and Don't Just Focus on "Getting Somewhere"

To survive, animals — including us — have to be goal-directed, leaning into the future.

23.01.2024 10

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Don't Focus on What Others Have Done

Claiming your part helps you step out of tangles with others and yourself.

15.01.2024 20

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What to Do When You Feel Mistreated

Enjoy the good feelings and other rewards of dropping your "case."

08.01.2024 30

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Life Is Full of Tradeoffs Between Benefits and Costs

Be more aware of your little choices about what you will and will not do.

02.01.2024 10

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What's in a Facial Expression?

Understanding facial expressions gives us a chance to feel connected to others.

19.12.2023 10

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Look for Pleasant Things or Avoid Unpleasant Things

Be aware of wanting inside your own mind.

11.12.2023 9

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What Is Fragile in Your Life?

Be mindful of both actual and potential fragility in yourself and others.

08.12.2023 20

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Do You Feel You Have Too Much On Your Daily To-Do List?

On the path of life, most of us are hauling way too much weight.

28.11.2023 10

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Recognize What Is Improving in Your Life

The importance of seeing life as it is and acknowledging progress.

20.11.2023 20

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Find Trust in Love

Love is like air. It may be hard to see—but it's in you and all around you.

14.11.2023 10

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Keep Your Hopes and Dreams and Help Others Do the Same

A Personal Perspective: Are you too quick to doubt or give reasons why not?

06.11.2023 10

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Give Thought to Your Words

Words—and the tone that comes with them—can actually do damage.

30.10.2023 10

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How Does Generosity Make You Feel?

Let it sink in that receiving generosity is good.

23.10.2023 8

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What Can You Do About Painful Experiences?

Painful experiences are more than passing discomforts.

10.10.2023 10

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How Your Brain Reacts to Threats

Bring mindful awareness to how your brain reacts to feeling threatened.

02.10.2023 10

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How Does Quarreling Make You Feel?

You know you're squabbling when you find yourself getting irritated.

25.09.2023 20

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Stop Feeling Anger

Forgiveness frees you from the tangles of anger and retribution.

19.09.2023 20

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Saying Thank You Has Its Own Rewards

Saying thank you—it's a small moment with big ripples.

11.09.2023 20

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