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Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Break Your Old Patterns

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

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

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

We all have times in life where it feels like we’re stagnating. We’re unfulfilled, bored, or trapped in cycles of behavior that don’t serve us. We’re stuck in a rut. Today Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore how we can break old patterns, and get un-stuck. Change Your Mind Workshop: Learn how to step out of old assumptions and attitudes, free yourself from limiting beliefs, and cultivate more useful, hopeful thoughts about yourself and others during this new workshop from Dr. Rick Hanson. Attend this online event live on August 28-29, or watch the recordings after. Enter code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for 25% off the purchase price. Watch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You  can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics 0:00: Introduction 2:00: What tends to keep us stuck in a rut? 5:15: Limiting beliefs. 7:45: Appraisals and attributions. 9:30: The invisible cage. 11:15: Challenging our assumptions. 15:20: A 3-step process for challenging assumptions.  18:30: Rick applies the process to his own material. 22:15: Core skills that support the creation of new beliefs. 25:45: Social scripts.  31:30: Key skills for building new beliefs.  34:00: Avoiding “must.”  38:00: Groups don’t like to change.  41:30: Finding those who grow alongside you. 43:20: Have the courage to change. 48:10: Recap Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. 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!  Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Connect with the show: Subscribe on iTunes Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Forrest on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Visit Forrest's website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.

0:10.9

If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of last-end

0:15.2

well-being.

0:16.2

And if you've listened to before, welcome back.

0:18.9

There are times in life where it feels like we have a lot of momentum.

0:23.2

Things are growing and changing, and we can almost feel the progress that we're making

0:27.3

toward our goals.

0:29.0

And then there are times where we're really content with where we're at.

0:32.7

We're happy with life, and we're not really looking to make any big changes.

0:37.6

And then there are the times where it feels like we're stagnating.

0:41.4

We're unfulfilled, bored, or trapped in cycles of behavior that just don't serve us anymore.

0:47.1

We're stuck in a rut.

0:49.0

So today, we're going to be exploring how to unstuck ourselves and to help us do that.

0:53.7

I'm joined as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, so dad, how are you doing today?

0:58.0

I'm good, and I'm helping myself get unstuck.

1:01.9

Aren't we all in ways large and small?

1:05.4

I'm definitely going through a process of that in a few different arenas in my old life

1:09.9

these days.

1:10.9

So this topic is like very alive for me right now.

1:13.7

And I also know that it's very alive for you because you are actually planning on teaching

1:17.9

a special today online workshop dedicated to changing your mind on August 28th and 29th.

1:25.2

So if you're interested in the topics that we explore today during this episode, you'll

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