What to Do When Things End

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

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

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🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Life includes many major culminating moments: we finish the big work project, receive the award, watch the kids leave home, go on the vacation, win the title, or enter retirement. These experiences can come with enormous fulfillment…for a while. And then, we might ask ourselves: Now what? Today Rick and Forrest explore that question, including how we can relate to the past, integrate learning, turn toward the future, and age well through life. Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Watch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics 1:15: Context for the episode. 4:20: Our culture’s constant focus on “what’s next?” 9:30: Cognitive bias, and the brain’s “anticipation machine.” 13:45: Developmental stages of life 17:40: Stages of integration and disintegration. 27:30: The opportunities of old age. 31:45: Rick’s reflections on aging. 35:15: Bowing to past selves. 41:40: Giving our full effort. 44:00: Being a mentor, and having things to care for. 47:45: Recap Sponsors: From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. 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 legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Start a new healthy habit with Seed! Visit seed.com/beingwell and use code BEINGWELL to get 20% off your first month of Seed’s Daily Synbiotic. Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes 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 Forest Hanson.
0:10.9	If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of lasting
0:15.6	well-being.
0:16.6	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:19.0	In life, we spend a great deal of time looking back, or looking forward.
0:24.1	On the podcast, we often focus on the importance of staying in the moment, but it's natural
0:28.3	to reflect on what's happened, or anticipate what's to come.
0:31.9	But there are times in life where it feels like there's not a great deal to look forward
0:35.4	to.
0:36.4	Maybe you've had a culminating moment of some kind, you've finished the big work project,
0:41.2	received the award, watched the kids leave your home, gone on the vacation, won the title,
0:46.8	or maybe even entered retirement, like some people keep on claiming that they have.
0:52.6	These experiences can come with enormous fulfillment for a while.
0:56.8	And then we might ask ourselves, now what?
0:59.1	What's next?
1:00.1	Or even, is this all there is?
1:02.5	Addressing these questions can be practically challenging and emotionally pretty complicated.
1:07.0	So to help us do that and handle those moments of change, I'm joined as usual by Dr. Rick
1:11.7	Hanson.
1:12.7	So dad, how are you doing today?
1:14.5	I'm good, I'm good, and I'm really liking where you're going with this forest.
1:18.3	Yeah, absolutely.
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