Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Forrest Hanson
432 episodes
3 days ago
Forrest Hanson is joined by clinical psychologist Dr. Rick Hanson and a world-class group of experts to explore the practical science of lasting well-being. Conversations focus on the key insights from psychology, science, and contemplative practice that you need to build reliable inner strengths, overcome your challenges, and get the most out of life. New episodes every Monday.
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Forrest Hanson is joined by clinical psychologist Dr. Rick Hanson and a world-class group of experts to explore the practical science of lasting well-being. Conversations focus on the key insights from psychology, science, and contemplative practice that you need to build reliable inner strengths, overcome your challenges, and get the most out of life. New episodes every Monday.
Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson
1 hour 29 minutes
5 days ago
Is Self-Help Making You Miserable?
Forrest and Dr. Rick discuss what's really wrong with the self-help industry, going beyond the obvious pseudoscience and snake oil to examine deeper structural issues. They explore the industry's mixed-bag focus on individual responsibility, the risks of turning healing into a never-ending project, performative personal growth, narcissism, social media and capitalism, and honest striving vs. hustle culture. They also talk about their personal experiences navigating our relationship to the industry. Throughout, Rick and Forrest emphasize finding the middle path: balancing agency with awareness, growth with acceptance, and sincerity with skepticism.
Key Topics:
0:00: Introduction
4:32: Healthy striving vs. obsessive self-improvement
8:27: The role of motivation: growth, shame, and self-worth
12:13: Problems with placing all responsibility on the individual
20:46: Performative self-help and spiritual status-seeking
26:13: Excessive self-preoccupation and narcissistic drift
34:34: Buddhist insights on “selfing” and the illusion of identity
44:43: Self-help as hustle culture
50:57: The generational shift from grindset to bed rotting
54:09: The self-help industrial complex and its incentives
58:56: Commodifying the self and seeking validation
1:04:18: Creating ethical, transparent content
1:08:12: Recap
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Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson
Forrest Hanson is joined by clinical psychologist Dr. Rick Hanson and a world-class group of experts to explore the practical science of lasting well-being. Conversations focus on the key insights from psychology, science, and contemplative practice that you need to build reliable inner strengths, overcome your challenges, and get the most out of life. New episodes every Monday.
