Accepting and Identifying Our Needs

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Everyone has needs, there’s no avoiding them. In order to "be well" we need to meet those needs. But being "needy" is often viewed as a weakness, and accepting that we have needs can be painful. On today's episode, Rick and Forrest explore how we can accept our needs, identify the needs that are most important to us, and build the resources to meet our needs and the needs of other people. Life After COVID Summit: Join Dr. Rick Hanson, Forrest Hanson, and a roster of world-class experts during this FREE three-day online event to explore our life after COVID. Click here to learn more about the Summit and register now. Key Topics: 2:30: The three core needs. 5:00: What it feels like when you don’t meet your needs. 8:45: The pain of not meeting needs for connection. 13:30: Rick’s story of coming to terms with being “needy.” 20:00: Admitting our needs. 27:00: Identifying our primary needs. 31:00: Forrest and Rick process an interaction. 37:45: Trying on different ways of being. 39:45: Key suggestions for identifying needs. 44:45: Resilience through meeting needs. 46:30: Meeting the needs of other people. 54:30: Healthy boundaries. 1:04:00: Recap Forrest has a new YouTube channel! Subscribe to the channel, and watch his newest video over there. Sponsors: From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/BEINGWELL and get a free trial of their Premium Membership. Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:11.0	If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of lasting
0:15.5	well-being, and if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:19.4	Every one of us has needs.
0:21.8	There's no avoiding them.
0:23.4	One our needs aren't met, it's natural for us to feel stressed and worried, frustrated
0:27.5	and hurt.
0:28.7	And equally, sometimes it can be really uncomfortable to accept that we have needs in the first place,
0:34.3	and it's common for many people to enter a cycle consciously or otherwise, where they're
0:39.0	both frustrated that their needs aren't being met and frustrated at themselves for having
0:44.4	needs at all.
0:45.7	Today we're going to talk about needs, including importantly, how we can identify our core
0:50.5	needs, get better at accepting those needs, and maybe even find some healthy ways to
0:55.0	meet the needs of other people.
0:57.2	To help us do that, I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, so dad, how are you
1:01.6	doing today?
1:02.6	I'm actually really good for us.
1:04.0	Thanks for asking.
1:05.0	And some adult children stop asking their parents how they're doing, so I have a regular
1:10.3	opportunity.
1:12.3	That's very welcome.
1:13.3	If you're a parent who's got adult kids, you know, you'll maybe get a chuckle out of
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