Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

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A Brain That Knows How To Be Happy

A Brain That Knows How To Be Happy

Hanson reminds us that we have enormous power, not only to change our frame of mind but also to physically alter our body and even the structure of our brain by taking charge of our thoughts. Learn to retrain your brain from its default position of...

Changing Our Brain For Resilience

Changing Our Brain For Resilience

Hanson assures us that the core of our being is “calm strength.” It is the background of who we are; it is a fundamental quality, the “wallpaper of our mind.” This dialogue is filled with practical wisdom to support us in growing calmness and...

Changing Your Brain Toward The Good

Changing Your Brain Toward The Good

Our brains are set with a negative bias. Hanson gives us a simple practice that resets our brains to more joy, fulfilling relationships, and more peace of mind and heart. He is the author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment,...

Relating More Effectively With All Our Relationships

Relating More Effectively With All Our Relationships

In this 2023 interview with Justine Willis Toms, psychologist Rick Hanson explores relationship. According to Hanson, most of our joys and sorrows come from our connections with other people. So why does so much of our communication with others result...

The Soft Alert, Steadiness of being a Ninja in Our Practices of Wholeness

The Soft Alert, Steadiness of being a Ninja in Our Practices of Wholeness

Hanson encourages us toward the upper reaches of our human potential as he reveals, in detail, the 7 practices: steadiness, lovingness, fullness, wholeness, nowness, allness, and timelessness and helps us to be clear, strong, centered, and stable no...