Hello and

welcome to being well. I'm Forrest Hansen. If you're new to the

podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of lasting

well-being. And if you've listened before, welcome back. I'm joined today as

usual by Dr. Rick Hansen. Rick is a clinical psychologist and a best-selling author who's spent

over 35 years teaching people the key lessons from psychology and

contemplative practice that lead to a good life. I'm also happy to say that he's my

dad and it was his birthday recently so happy birthday dad how are you doing

thank you thank you honestly I kind of have this funny sense that we complete

lapse around the sun and I literally sort of imagine it.

You know, Earth is zooming around the sun and now we're where we started and

we're back again where I began many moons ago and I am now embarking on my next lap around the sun, which just tickles me.

Honestly, I'm just kind of blown away that I get to exist and you get to exist nearly 14 billion years after the

bang big or the big banged or something like that you know know? So anyway, no, I'm really actually really happy. I'm very happy you're my son too. You're my companion.

And my lapse around the sun. Oh, well, thanks, Dad. I really appreciate appreciate that that's all that's a really sweet

reflection and I think it's really true and sometimes it's nice to kind of take a

step back and appreciate the the enormity of what we're all engaged in

together just by the act of existing, which is pretty cool stuff.

It is really, yeah.

Yeah, it was my birthday recently as well.

I came in a little bit before you and I've got, know about half as many birthdays as you do and we're going to use this opportunity to sort of reflect on

pretty much everything that's happened to this point both in the podcast and in a sense kind of in our lives together.

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