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🗓️ 12 October 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to being well I'm Forrest Hanson. If you're new to the |
0:07.1 | podcast this is where we explore the practical science of lasting well-being and if |
0:11.6 | you've listened before welcome back. I'm joined today as usual by Dr. |
0:15.9 | Rick Hansen. Rick is a clinical psychologist and a best-selling author who's spent over 35 years |
0:20.8 | teaching people the key lessons from psychology and contemplative practice that lead to a good life. |
0:26.0 | And I'm also happy to say that he happens to be my dad. So dad, how are you doing today? |
0:31.0 | I'm really good. You happen to be my son and it's kind of |
0:35.8 | irrevocable too bad. We all have our crosses to bear in life, you know, this one is ours. |
0:45.0 | Yeah, so inside of that lovely context, today we're actually talking about something that I know that you've been excited for. |
0:51.0 | We're going to be talking about equanimity. |
0:54.3 | And that's kind of a fancy word for something that we've all been facing this year, which is basically |
0:58.8 | the idea of staying sane in the face of a world that often feels like it's lost its mind a little bit. |
1:04.8 | It's one thing to use some of the tools that we talk about on this podcast when things feel stable |
1:09.9 | and are going kind of good enough. But it's really another to apply them |
1:13.9 | when the world around us feels really threatening. |
1:16.9 | So today, again, we're going to be talking about maintaining our equanimity. |
1:20.6 | Another way to put that maybe is maintaining our composure, our |
1:23.8 | presence of mind, and maybe hey if we can pull it off even our well-being |
1:28.4 | under challenging circumstances. So does that sound good to you? I love this topic because in addition to its |
1:35.4 | practical value it sits right at the intersection of very cool brain science and |
1:41.6 | very profound ancient wisdom. So I'm looking forward to getting |
1:46.7 | into this with you. |
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