How to Get More From 2024

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

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

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Rick and Forrest kick off 2024 by exploring how we can relate to the past, plan for the future, and get more from the year ahead. They talk about different approaches to New Years, the tactics that maximize your chances of achieving a goal, and a simple four question system for reflecting on and learning from the year that was. You'll learn how to create useful resolutions, put 2023 into perspective, and set yourself up for success in the year to come! Forrest is now writing on Substack, check out his work there. Register for Rick’s Yearly Program! The Foundations of Well-Being 2.0 is a year-long, science-backed journey through developing 12 key inner strengths like compassion, mindfulness, confidence, motivation, and courage. Visit FWBProgram.com to learn more, and get 20% off with coupon code BeingWell20. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction 1:05: Rick's approach to New Year’s resolutions 4:05: Going from being to doing to having 10:15: Four questions to ask yourself around the New Year 22:00: A S.M.A.R.T. way to put New Year’s resolutions into form 25:45: Bottom-up intentions, and the feeling of a completed intention 29:15: Trying different somatic cues for embodying an intention 32:00: Finding your allies, not oversharing your goals, and physically declaring priorities 40:45: Getting on your own side 51:40: Recap You can watch this episode on YouTube. Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors: 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. 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. 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 Forrest Hansen. If you're new to the
0:11.1	podcast, perhaps because you are listening to us on New Year's Day,
0:15.0	welcome, it's great to have you.
0:17.0	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:19.0	I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hansen.
0:22.0	Rick is a clinical psychologist, a best-selling author,
0:25.0	and he's also my dad, so dad, happy new year.
0:28.1	Out with the old, in with the new, hopefully that which sucked last year will dissipate and that which was great
0:38.2	last year will continue and even grow. And that's exactly what we're going to be talking about today.
0:43.4	So today we're focusing on setting ourselves up for the year ahead.
0:47.6	And in particular, I really wanted to talk about all of the things that support and
0:52.1	enable a person,
0:53.4	regardless of what individual goals they might be pursuing
0:57.2	or what they might be focusing on in their life
1:00.1	and maybe even introduce some different ways
1:02.2	of approaching the new year.
1:03.4	And that's where I'd like to start that.
1:04.8	How do you think about New Year's? Are you a New Year's resolutions guy?
1:08.6	Like how do you just approach this whole territory?
1:11.3	I would say that I'm big on planning in general. Now partly
1:15.5	that's because I'm a social seven in the anagram I like imagining different
1:20.2	attractive futures but I've really come to also, you know, be haunted a little in retrospect
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