Hello friends. Before I introduce today's guest, I wanted to give a massive shout out

to everyone who shared and supported the episode from last week. We ended up in the top 100

on Apple Podcasts worldwide chart for three days off the back of one episode, which is

absolutely insane. We've also now crossed 3.6 million listen minutes in under a year.

So thank you very much. Please continue to share the episodes, tell a friend who you think

would enjoy them and rate the podcast. If you would wherever you're listening, it does

massively help and it makes me very happy. Today I'm sitting down with Dr. Rick Hanson,

who is a psychologist and New York Times bestselling author. Now what's particularly interesting

about Rick was that he has a very deep understanding of the esoteric meditation and wellness side

of the brain and how life can be conducted, but also has a very strong academic background

in science as well. So he is a serious contender for understanding how the brain works.

And today we're talking about resilient, his new book. It's a very novel topic that

I've never actually thought of all that much and relating it to how we experience everyday

life and how it can improve our well-being was a big eye opener. And it would be very

interested to know if you agree. So if you do or if you don't, drop me a message on Instagram,

Twitter, wherever you find me at Chris Willek's. But for now, we're going to learn how to

be resilient with Dr. Hanson.

Dr. Rick Hanson, how are you today? Chris, I'm very happy to be here. And by the way, please call me Rick

or I'll call you Mr. Williamson or something. That's fine. We'll stay informal today. So Rick,

what are we going to learn about today? What are you teaching us about?

Well, you've asked me here to really talk about resilience, which for me is a word that's

kind of easy to dismiss like a cliche we've heard at a million times. But the essence for me is

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