Forrest Hanson is joined by clinical psychologist (and his dad) Dr. Rick Hanson and a world-class group of experts to explore the practical science of lasting well-being. Conversations focus on the key insights from psychology, science, and contemplative practice that you need to build reliable inner strengths, overcome your challenges, and get the most out of life. New episodes every Monday.
…
continue reading
Forrest Hanson Podcasts
1
Thoughtsmanship - The Legacy Of Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee
Thoughtsmanship - The Legacy Of Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee
7
15
Welcome to Thoughtsmanship: The Legacy of Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee - where amazing things happen by Laura Evans, Tif Vin, Bob Ferguson & Laura Beck. We’ll bring you the best stories from people who live in Thoughtsmanship!
…
continue reading
1
Borderline Personality: DBT and Working with Self-Hatred with Dr. Blaise Aguirre
1:12:01
1:12:01
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:12:01
Forrest is joined by psychiatrist Dr. Blaise Aguirre to discuss Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). They explore how extreme emotional sensitivity can lead to despair, self-hatred, suicidality, and an intense fear of abandonment, and how DBT can teach the skills needed to regulate those feelings. They dis…
…
continue reading
1
Toxic Relationships: Why We Stay and How to Leave
1:24:24
1:24:24
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:24:24
Dr. Rick and Forrest explore toxic relationships, focusing on how to identify and exit them. Rick talks about how positive traits like empathy, loyalty, and a sense of duty can keep us stuck. They then discuss common relationship red flags like lovebombing, cycles of idealization and devaluation, power imbalances, and what Forrest calls “the fuzz.”…
…
continue reading
1
Dr. Becky on Becoming the Person (and Parent) You Needed
1:30:51
1:30:51
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:30:51
Dr. Becky Kennedy joins Forrest for a conversation about building better relationships, with ourselves, our partners, and our children. They talk about Dr. Becky’s framework of “good inside,” and how we can apply it to ourselves. Dr. Becky explains how many of the struggles parents face trace back to their own childhood experiences, and suggests ho…
…
continue reading
1
Dealing with Guilt Trips, Boundaries, and Non-Monogamy: November Mailbag
1:15:40
1:15:40
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:15:40
Dr. Rick and Forrest open up the mailbag to answer listener questions about effective communication, healthy relationships, and contentment. They explore how defining boundaries, taking maximum reasonable responsibility, and extending an olive branch can help manage ongoing conflict without sacrificing your own needs. They then discuss the power dy…
…
continue reading
1
How to Be Yourself: Authenticity in Relationships with Elizabeth Ferreira
1:12:58
1:12:58
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:12:58
In this very fun episode, Forrest and Elizabeth discuss how to get on the same team in a relationship. They explore how conditions of worth, masking, and developmental trauma can get in the way of showing up authentically, and how falling into common relationship roles can reinforce this. Elizabeth talks about how healthy anger can actually be a pr…
…
continue reading
1
Fighting the Loneliness Epidemic and the Power of Intergenerational Friendships: Feed Drop
34:34
34:34
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
34:34
Today we’re featuring an episode from another show I think you’re really going to connect with: Turning Points: Navigating Mental Health. Can a meaningful friendship bridge a 51-year age gap and help combat social isolation? Meet Peter and Pooja; two unlikely companions whose intergenerational bond proves that friendships can flourish when we break…
…
continue reading
1
Trauma Masterclass: Understanding and Repairing Our Hidden Wounds
2:43:28
2:43:28
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
2:43:28
Today we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes to explore one of the most salient topics in psychology today: trauma. We begin by tracing its developmental roots with Dr. Lindsay Gibson and Dr. Bessel van Der Kolk, before looking at how it can be passed down through family systems with Dr. Mariel Buqué, associate somatic therapist Elizabeth F…
…
continue reading
1
End Self-Punishment: Curiosity, Joy, and Real Growth with Joe Hudson
1:16:52
1:16:52
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:16:52
Forrest is joined by one of the world’s top executive coaches, Joe Hudson, for a conversation focused on how we can reduce self-punishment and live more fulfilling lives by welcoming our emotions and loosening identification with the critical mind. They discuss Joe’s “The Golden Algorithm” - our tendency to recreate the emotions we try to avoid - a…
…
continue reading
1
Emotional Regulation: How to Feel Your Feelings Flexibly
1:27:05
1:27:05
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:27:05
Dr. Rick and Forrest discuss how we can regulate our emotions by feeling, managing, and processing them more effectively. They begin by unpacking common misconceptions and clarifying what healthy regulation looks like - feeling our feelings without being overwhelmed by them. From there, they walk through the three key steps of emotional regulation,…
…
continue reading
1
Trauma or Personality, When to Walk Away, and Burnout: October Mailbag
59:46
59:46
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
59:46
Dr. Rick and Forrest open up the mailbag to answer listener questions about trauma and its impact on personality, boundaries, anger, and burnout. They discuss how to distinguish the authentic self from the patterns we needed to learn to survive, how to balance duty to self with duty to others, and how to work with explosive anger by first joining w…
…
continue reading
1
The Psychology of Resentment: Over-Functioning, Repression, and Repair
1:18:39
1:18:39
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:18:39
Dr. Rick and Forrest explore the silent killer of relationships: resentment. They discuss resentment as a combination of perceived grievance (“I was wronged”) and helplessness (“and I can’t fix it”), before talking about how over-functioning and control tendencies can lead to resentment in relationships - one person shoulders more of the load while…
…
continue reading
1
How to Believe in Yourself: Carl Rogers and Humanistic Psychology
1:21:17
1:21:17
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:21:17
Dr. Rick and Forrest explore humanistic psychology, the mid-20th century movement that redefined how therapists relate to clients. It challenged the pessimism of Freud and the mechanism of behaviorism, offering a more hopeful alternative: that our nature is fundamentally good, and our job is to let it shine through. They discuss Carl Rogers’ work, …
…
continue reading
1
AI Therapy Deep Dive: Can a Chatbot Be Your Therapist? w/ Dr. Nick Jacobson
1:25:50
1:25:50
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:25:50
AI chatbots may already be the largest providers of mental health services in the United States, raising big questions about safety, effectiveness, and oversight. Dr. Rick and Forrest are joined by Dr. Nick Jacobson to explore the risks and opportunities of AI therapy: Can a chatbot be good at therapy? Will it replace human therapists? What about A…
…
continue reading
1
How to Have a (Good) Life Crisis: Authenticity, Healthy Discontent, and the Anxiety of Choice
1:12:02
1:12:02
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:12:02
Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how to use a life crisis productively, drawing on developmental stage theories, existential philosophy, literature, personal experience, and Rick’s clinical work. They examine the anxieties of death, freedom, responsibility, and choice that often underlie these crises, and discuss how we can not only cope with these anx…
…
continue reading
1
People Pleasing and the Fawn Response with Meg Josephson
1:14:32
1:14:32
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:14:32
Forrest and therapist Meg Josephson explore the fawn response, a survival strategy where safety is sought by pleasing other people. They discuss how fawning can start as self-protection in childhood, but later morph into overthinking, hypervigilance, and self-abandonment. Meg shares her own experience, including how fawning creates resentment and m…
…
continue reading
1
Anxious-Avoidant Relationships, Narcissism, and Insight to Action: Mailbag
1:11:30
1:11:30
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:11:30
Dr. Rick and Forrest open up the mailbag to answer questions about complex situations where good process really matters. They discuss whether to get back with an ex who has seemingly changed, relationships with someone with addictive tendencies, the difference between Narcissistic Personality Disorder and narcissistic tendencies, and why genuine ch…
…
continue reading
1
Limerence: The Psychology of Romantic Obsession with Brandy Wyant
1:04:07
1:04:07
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:04:07
Forrest and therapist Brandy Wyant discuss limerence, an intense and often one-sided state of romantic obsession. They explore how limerence differs from both love and ordinary crushes, why uncertainty fuels it, and how it can take over a person’s inner world. Brandy shares both clinical insights and her own lived experience, describing the obsessi…
…
continue reading
