Dealing with Criticism, Anxiety, and Dysfunctional Family Systems: July Mailbag

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

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

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🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Forrest and Dr. Rick open up the mailbag and answer questions from listeners. They explore how we can thoughtfully take the input of other people, identify and meet our needs, deal with anxiety and the fear of failure, and approach a conversation about drug use with teenagers. You’ll also learn strategies for reducing nighttime sleep anxiety, creating healthy boundaries, dealing with temperamental differences in a relationship, and finding peace and connection as a single person. Watch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction 1:35: How do process feedback from other people? What helps you accept what's useful...and leave the rest? 11:35: My extended family has gotten very distant. How do families tend to change over time? 23:40: I always feel like I'm about to be punished. What can I do? 33:15: How can we help teens navigate curiosity and peer pressure related to drugs, including psychedelics? 44:15: LIGHTNING ROUND! 45:15: Dealing with anxious thoughts before bedtime. 48:00: Setting and maintaining healthy boundaries. 51:10: My partner has ADHD. How can I encourage them to work on some problematic behaviors while respecting their nature? 56:40: Being at peace with being on our own. 1:00:40: Recap Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors: InsideTracker gives you the personalized information you need to optimize your healthspan. Get 20% off by going to my special link: InsideTracker.com/beingwell. Zocdoc helps you find expert doctors and medical professionals that specialize in the care you need, and deliver the type of experience you want. Head to zocdoc.com/being and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Finally get that project off the ground with Squarespace! Head to squarespace.com/beingwell for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch use coupon code BEINGWELL to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Go to BrioAirPurifier.com and use code BEINGWELL to save $100 on a Brio Air Purifier. 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 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.
0:10.4	If you're new to the podcast, thanks for listening today.
0:13.1	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:16.0	Today we're opening up our mail back and answering some questions from our listeners.
0:19.9	And to help me do that, I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson.
0:23.7	Rick is a clinical psychologist, a best-selling author, and he's also my dad, so dad, how
0:28.3	are you doing today?
0:29.4	I'm really happy partly because this is their first podcast together in almost a month
0:35.3	because I was traveling.
0:36.6	Yeah, it's been a while since we've recorded.
0:38.7	Yeah.
0:39.3	And I had to re-acquaint myself with the buttons to push on the camera and the cables to connect.
0:45.0	And while you were laughing at me off in the sidelines there, but that's okay.
0:50.7	And I'm really glad we're going to do this together again.
0:55.3	That's how I feel.
0:56.2	Yeah.
0:57.1	Ah, totally same.
0:58.2	It's been a little while and for the record, you acquitted yourself really wonderfully.
1:02.3	Not particularly for somebody with some mild, blood-ight tendencies.
1:05.7	You know, I think that you really, we had you adjusting ISOs.
1:09.0	And I mean, it just really got crazy in there with the camera settings for a second.
1:12.4	So like you said, also looking forward to answering some questions from our listeners,
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