Recovering from a Challenging Childhood: Reclaim, Resupply, and Repair

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

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

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Rick and Forrest explore a huge topic: what can we do to recover from a difficult childhood as an adult? Rick introduces a three step process that can help us reclaim our past, identify the key needs we have these days, and internalize related positive experiences. They discuss related tools from psychology like releasing repressed emotions, claiming agency where we can, and changing what we emphasize in the story of our lives. If you had a hard time growing up, this one’s for you. You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction 1:40: Recovering from childhood wounds - Reclaim, Resupply, and Repair 7:00: Clarifying your personal narrative, and the importance of agency 12:25: How the unmet needs from your past impacts your present 18:25: Changing what we emphasize in the story we tell ourselves 28:50: Letting the fizz out of the bottle 32:20: Identifying the right medicine for your unresolved wounds 38:00: How developing competency helps you break free from your past 41:50: Self-soothing through envisioning positive experiences 45:00: The process of letting go of the childhood you wish you had 57:50: Naming what you want from life, and the universal ground of being 1:02:00: Recap Offer from Dr. Rick: If you'd like to improve your self-worth, check out Rick's new 4-hour, live online workshop. You'll learn methods and practices that can actually change your brain and your habits, so you start nurturing your sense of worth and belonging. Our listeners can get 20% off with coupon code BeingWell20: https://selfworthworkshop.com/ Forrest is now writing on Substack, check out his work there. 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! Trust your gut with Seed’s DS-01 Daily Synbiotic. Go to Seed.com/BEINGWELL and use code 25BEINGWELL to get 25% off your first month. 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. Visit airdoctorpro.com and use promo code BEING to receive up to $300 off air purifiers! When you use our code, you’ll also receive a free 3-year warranty on any unit, an $84 value 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 Forrest Hansen. We talk about developmental psychology a lot on the podcast. If you have listened for a while, you definitely know this.
0:17.0	And there's no doubt that the early years of our life have an outsized impact on us.
0:22.0	After all, they help build the habits and patterns that can
0:24.4	set the tone for what comes after during a time when the brain is particularly malleable.
0:30.5	And it can sometimes feel like every conversation about psychology or mental health or personal development comes back to some version of, well, what happened to you in childhood?
0:40.0	What was your relationship with your parents like?
0:42.8	And if it's so high impact back then,
0:45.4	there can be this feeling of like, well, what can we even do today
0:48.3	to overcome all of that?
0:50.4	But the truth is that for most people,
0:51.9	there is so much we can do these days to come to terms with what happened back then,
0:56.5	recover from those experiences, change our patterns, and make our lives the way we want them to be.
1:02.4	And that's what we want them to be.
1:02.6	And that's what we're going to be focusing on today.
1:04.9	So to help us along here, I'm joined by clinical psychologist
1:08.3	Dr Rick Hansen.
1:09.4	Rick is a best-selling author, and if you're new to the podcast he's also my dad so dad how are you
1:14.0	doing today I'm very good personally always happy to be with you for us and
1:20.0	what a topic I mean I'm still processing my childhood and finding hidden gems and hidden sorrows and
1:29.7	hidden opportunities, you know, for growth and repair. So it's a so it's a work in progress so I'm really
1:36.0	glad that we're exploring this topic. Yeah totally totally agree with you by way of
1:41.2	a caveat here to start with the the first line from Anna Correnina is one of the most famous
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