How to Change Your Perspective

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

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

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

How we view ourselves, other people, and the world around us has a huge impact on the emotions we feel, the choices we make, and the quality of the lives we lead. These are our perspectives, and they’re the foundation our lives are built on…which is why changing them is so freakin’ hard. In this episode, Forrest and Rick explore what perspectives are, what a healthy perspective looks like in practice, and how we can deliberately shift our perspectives over time. Specific topics include unpacking where perspectives come from, getting better at identifying when a perspective starts to affect our behavior, and thinking of ourselves as “rivers” rather than “rocks.” By the end of this episode, you’ll learn the key skills you need to change the views that have been holding you back. Neurodharma Course! Join Dr. Rick for Neurodharma, a live, online course focused on developing seven key qualities that help us steady the mind, warm the heart, and find a reliable sense of inner peace. Neurodharma launches October 14, use code BeingWell20 for 20% off the purchase price. You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction and info on Rick’s Neurodharma course 2:10: Aspects of the kind of perspective we’re talking about 5:50: Change, being grounded in reality, and self-compassion 12:40: Fixed perspectives, fear, and a few examples from Rick 19:40: Shame, and conflict with others due to changes in behavior 22:35: Lack of self-confidence leading to rigidity 25:50: De-centering, joy, viewing yourself as a river, and playfulness 31:45: Roleplay, and asking ‘what if?’ 35:25: Inquiring into how our perspectives are constructed 44:35: Emotional imagination, and retelling your story 47:10: How our values and aspirations drive our perspective 51:50: Asking which perspectives support what’s important to you 54:05: Recap Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors: Factor delivers fresh, never-frozen, fully prepared meals right to your door. Head to factormeals.com/beingwell50 and use code beingwell50 to get 50% off. Body Electric is an interactive six-part podcast series from NPR that investigates how our relationship with technology is impacting our health. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 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. 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. 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	Hey everyone, welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.6	If you're new to the podcast, thanks for joining us today, and if you've listened before,
0:14.4	welcome back.
0:15.4	I've really been looking forward to today's episode, because we're going to be focusing
0:20.1	on one of the single most important things we can learn how to do if we care about living
0:24.4	a good life, and that's changing our perspective.
0:27.6	Now we view ourselves, other people, and the world around us has a huge impact on the
0:32.0	emotions that we feel, the choices that we make, and the quality of the lives that we
0:37.3	lead.
0:38.5	Our perspectives are a bit like black holes.
0:41.9	What I mean by that is that they exert so much gravity, they have so much influence over
0:47.3	our lives, that they can actually become kind of invisible to us, which is why changing
0:53.4	them is both so high impact and often so difficult for us to do.
0:59.1	So to help us learn how to do that, I'm joined by Dr. Rick Hanson, Rick is a clinical
1:02.8	psychologist, a bestseller, an author, and he's also my dad, so dad, how are you doing
1:07.0	today?
1:08.0	I'm doing really well for us, and I'm excited, and it seems very typically you to go to
1:14.4	the metal level.
1:15.8	So we're going to be exploring why is perspectives about having perspectives.
1:22.2	This is very classically be a well move of us over here, but before we get into it today,
1:26.8	I do want to give people a quick reminder about your upcoming neurodharma course, which is
1:30.9	an online program launching in early October, and it's focused on developing seven
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