Building a Better Relationship with Yourself

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

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

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The most important relationship we have is with ourselves. You’re the only person you’ll be around every minute of every day for the rest of your life. And, unfortunately, that relationship is often our most difficult one. Today Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore how we can become better friends to ourselves, and learn to like ourselves more. Watch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction 2:20: What does it mean to “like ourselves?” 5:20: Why don’t people like themselves? 11:50: Giving yourself the same breaks you give others. 14:10: Regulating impulses. 19:15: Does “liking ourselves more” make someone narcissistic? 24:30: What supported Rick in liking himself more? 29:00: Seeing yourself clearly. 32:30: The IFS model and the caring committee. 36:30: Our nurturing parts. 39:10: A practicing of being for yourself. 45:10: 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. From Boston Globe Media comes a new podcast, TURNING POINTS, a show about navigating mental health. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Find the new CBD+ performance gummies and the whole dosist health line-up today at dosisthealth.com. Use promo code BEINGWELL20 for 20% off your purchase. 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

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.4	If you're new to the podcast and this is where we explore the practical science of lasting
0:14.9	well-being.
0:16.0	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:18.7	Our lives are filled with relationships, large and small.
0:22.6	And maybe the most important of these is the relationship we have with ourselves.
0:26.6	You're the only person you'll be around every minute of every day for the rest of your life.
0:31.9	And unfortunately, that relationship is often our most complicated one.
0:38.6	We often find it easier to be understanding, kind, accepting, and compassionate toward others
0:44.5	than toward ourselves.
0:46.2	We might accept ourselves in the same grudging way that we accept the annoying behavior
0:51.5	of our friends sometimes, or even love ourselves in a kind of obligatory, yeah, I love them,
0:57.1	the mullules sort of way.
0:59.2	But at least in my experience, it's actually kind of rare for people to truly like themselves.
1:05.6	So that's what we're going to be focusing on today, becoming a better friend to yourself
1:10.0	and learning to like ourselves.
1:12.8	To help us do that, I'm joined today by Dr. Rick Hansen, Rick is a clinical psychologist
1:17.5	and a best-selling author.
1:19.2	And I'm also happy to say that he's my dad, so dad, how are you doing today?
1:22.6	I'm good and really looking forward to this topic.
1:25.5	Yeah, I think it's a really good one.
1:27.8	It's super rich, and it's one that you've done a lot of work on, so I'm excited to talk
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