by Rick Hanson | Mar 2, 2017 | Train Your Brain
by Rick Hanson, PhD uthond Rick Mendius, MD Introduction Our topic is letting go, one of the five essential inner skills – the others being awareness, insight, taking in the good, and using the will. (For background, please see the Five Essential Skills articles here:...
by Rick Hanson | Jan 20, 2014 | Well-Being
Every day, think as you wake up: Today I am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive, I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it.~The Dalai Lama To make the most of your life, to nourish the causes of happiness for yourself and others, it takes strength,...
by Rick Hanson | Aug 28, 2009 | Neurodharma, Relationships
Love tends to join and hate to separate, but joining is not the same as love, and separation is not hatred. Sometimes the most loving thing a person can do is take a step back: that’s distance in the service of attachment. And it’s not loving to join in invasive or...
by Rick Hanson | Aug 10, 2009 | Neuroscience and Contemplative Practice
© Rick Hanson, Ph.D. 2009 1 Rivers flow and eddies form.An eddy is a relatively stable pattern whose elements continually change. It is “standing-streaming,” a term from Evan Thompson’s marvelous book, Mind in Life. All eddies disperse eventually. 2 In a river, an...
