Relating to Death, and Living a Better Life

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

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

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The median life expectancy for a man living in the United States is roughly 80 years. That works out to 960 months, 4,160 weeks, or about 29,000 days. Rick is sneaking up on 70 years old, which means, on average, he's got about 10 years – or 520 weeks – left. Putting the time we have left into simple numbers can be both a bit daunting and remarkably clarifying. When you're in the middle of them, the days can blur together. But the truth is that our time’s limited, and how we use it is up to us. On today’s episode of Being Well, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson talk about what's helped them come to terms with mortality, the reality of our limited time, and how we can use that knowledge to refine our focus and live a more fulfilling life. Watch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction 4:00: How Rick’s relationship with death has changed over time 11:05: Appreciating life as a comfort in accepting death 14:00: Dukkah, Tanha, and contentment 16:30: Distinguishing the ocean (reality) from the wave (ego) 21:20: Acceptance, contraction, and expansion 25:35: Finite experiences, and undelivered communications 31:30: “Life is for the living” 33:10: Giving, contribution, contentment, and fulfillment 40:05: What to do about regret? 47:40: Serenity in old age 49:00: Practical ways to hold awareness of death 55:05: Recap Grief and Loss Workshop: We all face losses in life, from separation and disappointment to shocking, even traumatic events. Join me August 13 and 14 for 7 hours of LIVE, online teaching focused on learning simple, powerful practices that help us come to terms with loss, heal, and find happiness again. Use coupon code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off the registration price. Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors: Bombas designed their socks, shirts, and underwear to be the clothes you can’t wait to put on every day. Visit bombas.com/beingwell and use code beingwell for 20% off. 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. Ready to shake up your protein Ritual? Being Well listeners get 10% off during your first 3 months at ritual.com/WELL. 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 Hanson.
0:10.8	If you're new to the podcast, thanks for joining us today.
0:13.6	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:16.3	The median life expectancy for a man living in the United States, somebody just like me,
0:21.7	is roughly 80 years.
0:23.6	That works out to 960 months, 4,160 weeks, or about 29,000 days.
0:32.0	I'm sneaking up on 35 years old, which means on average I've got about 45 years or 540
0:38.3	months left.
0:40.2	When you're in the middle of them, it's easy for the days to blur together.
0:44.5	But putting the time that we have left into simple numbers can be both a bit overwhelming
0:49.1	and remarkably clarifying, our time's limited, and how we use it is up to us.
0:54.6	On today's episode, we're going to be talking about coming to terms with death and dying,
0:58.8	the reality of our limited time, and how we can perhaps use that knowledge to refine
1:02.8	our focus and live a more fulfilling life.
1:06.1	To help us do that, I'm joined as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, Rick as a clinical psychologist,
1:10.7	best-selling author, and he's also my dad, so dad, how are you doing today?
1:15.3	I'm doing very well today for us, and I'm extremely interested in this topic.
1:22.2	Yeah, this was one that you put out there, as a potential one to do, so I'm looking
1:27.0	forward to some of your takes on it.
1:29.9	Before we get into it, I do want to give people a couple of quick reminders.
1:33.3	First, remember to subscribe to the podcast, wherever you're listening to it right now,
1:38.1	that really helps us out.
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