This is the fifth and final post in the series on Your Precious Life. In case you missed it, here’s Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four. In it we’ll find the beauty of life even in the face of death. Some may find this post and experiential practice emotionally intense. Please only The post The Beauty of Life in the Face of Death appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. Read more
What’s in your heart to say? The Practice: Speak truly. Why? It’s been said that the most powerful tool for physical health is a fork (or spoon), since the choices you make with it determine the good or bad things you put into your body. In the same way, perhaps the most powerful tool for The post Speak Truly appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. Read more
This is the fourth post in the series on Your Precious Life. Here’s Part One, Part Two, and Part Three. In it we’ll look back on our lives from a perspective set many years in the future. We’ll start by imagining that you are sitting on a porch somewhere, on your rocking chair, very old The post Reflections from the Porch appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. Read more
Rick’s Picks is a new series of posts highlighting the very best content online. Powers of Ten takes us on an adventure in magnitudes. Starting at a picnic by the lakeside in Chicago, this famous film transports us to the outer edges of the universe. Sometimes it’s a great reminder to see our relative size, The post Rick’s Picks: Powers of Ten appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. Read more
Happiness is far more than a positive feeling that comes and goes. Science is now proving that happiness is a skill that you can develop. My audio program – Meditations for Happiness: Rewire Your Brain for Lasting Contentment and Peace – brings you a series of practices that allow you to literally rewire the neural The post Meditations for Happiness appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. Read more
What’s weighing you down? The Practice: Lighten up. Why? On the path of life, most of us are hauling way too much weight. What’s in your own backpack? If you’re like most of us, you’ve got too many items on each day’s To Do list and too much stuff in the closet. Too many entanglements The post Lighten Up appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. Read more
What’s weighing you down? The Practice: Lighten up. Why? On the path of life, most of us are hauling way too much weight. What’s in your own backpack? If you’re like most of us, you’ve got too many items on each day’s To Do list and too much stuff in the closet. Too many entanglements The post Lighten Up appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. Read more
What’s weighing you down? The Practice: Lighten up. Why? On the path of life, most of us are hauling way too much weight. What’s in your own backpack? If you’re like most of us, you’ve got too many items on each day’s To Do list and too much stuff in the closet. Too many entanglements The post Lighten Up appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. Read more
This is the third post in the series on Your Precious Life. Here’s Part One and Part Two. In it we’ll find the new strength you can uncover through Being For Yourself. Let’s begin with another practice, similar to the one we did in the last post. But this time we’ll focus inward, and bring The post Being For Yourself appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. Read more
Rick’s Picks is a new series of posts highlighting the very best content online. What do you do when you’re tired of the prospect of dating? Two good friends with opposite relationship problems found themselves single at the same time. As an experiment, they dated for 40 days. It’s been said that it takes 40 The post Rick’s Picks: 40 Days of Dating appeared first on Dr. Rick Hanson. Read more
Just One Thing
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In