by Rick Hanson | May 13, 2009 | Neuroscience and Contemplative Practice
The knowledge of neuroscience has doubled in the last twenty years. It will probably double again in the next twenty years. I think that neuropsychology is, broadly, about where biology was a hundred years after the invention of the microscope: around 1725. In...
by Rick Hanson | Jul 1, 2008 | Well-Being
Introduction Our topic is the sometimes difficult but always rewarding path from shame to worth. The spectrum of feelings in the territory of shame includes: • Inadequacy – Sense of being unfit, useless, not up to the task, inferior, mediocre, worthlessness, less...
by Rick Hanson | Jun 16, 2008 | Neurodharma, Relationships
Introduction “Metta” means lovingkindness. A beautiful way to compensate for the hard-wired tendency to fix our attention and affections on mainly one person, or small group of people, is to deliberately cultivate and practice an attitude of compassion and kindness...
by Rick Hanson | May 24, 2008 | Well-Being
© Rick Hanson, PhD, 2008 Evolutionary Perspectives Daily life is full of emotions, from the pleasures of happiness and love to the pains of worry, frustration, sorrow, and anger. While we may take them for granted, our feelings are actually an extraordinary...
