The Being Well Holiday Survival Guide

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

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

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Ah the holidays, that blessed time of year when we come together with our highly functional family systems to engage in some good, old-fashioned fun. If that sounded like a joke, this episode is for you. Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how to survive the holidays with the dishes (mostly) intact. They talk about the pull of dysfunctional family systems, our tendency to return to the way things were “back then,” and balancing the desire to flip the Thanksgiving table with the desire to just make it through another year. I thought this was one of the most interesting conversations we’ve had recently, and I hope you enjoy it.

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0:00.0	Hello and if you're new to the podcast,
0:02.0	thanks for listening to
0:07.0	Hello and welcome to being well, I'm Forrest Tansen.
0:10.0	If you're new to the podcast,
0:12.0	thanks for listening today.
0:13.0	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:15.0	We are getting very close to the holiday season,
0:19.0	that happy time of year,
0:21.0	when so many people around the world come together with their highly functional
0:25.1	family systems to engage in some good old-fashioned fun.
0:30.0	If you thought that that was sarcastic, this episode is probably for you.
0:34.8	The truth is that for most people, the holidays are a mixed bag at best.
0:40.0	Yes, they can be a wonderful opportunity to connect with loved ones, feel grateful for what we have,
0:45.3	get some time off of work, and hey, maybe even pick up something you wanted along the way.
0:51.0	But beneath the cheerful facade, the holidays are often a time of heightened stress, anxiety, even grief,
0:57.1	loneliness and frustration can come through during the holidays as well. And it's
1:01.3	very normal for a host of mental health challenges to crop up during this time of year,
1:06.0	many of which are directly related to those often not so functional family systems.
1:12.0	So in this episode, we're focusing on how to
1:14.0	survive the holidays with the dishes and hopefully your mental health
1:18.1	mostly intact. To help me do that I'm joined today by Dr. Rick Hansen.
1:22.5	Rick is a clinical psychologist, best-selling author, and he's also my dad.
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