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Back to SearchRelating to Death, and Living a Better Life
Season 3 Episode 218
The median life expectancy for a man living in the United States is roughly 80 years. That works out to 960 months, 4,160 weeks, or about 29,000 days…
3 years, 9 months ago
Changing Your Relationship to Shame
Season 3 Episode 217
Shame is one of the most complex and difficult emotions we experience on a regular basis, and one that can have seriously negative impacts on our sen…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Grieving Brain with Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor
Season 3 Episode 216
There’s a lot of loss in the world these days, both in our individual lives and in our broader communities, and with those losses comes grief. Grief …
3 years, 10 months ago
Borderline Personality Disorder: Regulation, Nurturance, and Compassion
Season 3 Episode 215
One of the most important and challenging skills we can develop is learning to regulate our strong emotions. While it’s very natural to have fluctuat…
3 years, 10 months ago
How to Make Learning STICK
Season 3 Episode 214
One of the most important skills we can develop is learning how to learn–how to update old beliefs about ourselves, take in new information, and buil…
3 years, 10 months ago
Rediscovering Your True Self: Parentification and the "Gifted Child"
Season 3 Episode 213
When a child is particularly emotionally intelligent, and a parent is particularly emotionally vulnerable, an inversion of the typical relationship c…
3 years, 10 months ago
Connecting with Your Best Parts
Season 3 Episode 212
A little while ago, we had an episode on self-awareness where Rick emphasized how the majority of what people have to become self-aware of is the goo…
3 years, 10 months ago
Recovering from Complex PTSD with Elizabeth Ferreira
Season 3 Episode 211
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) is the result of the slow accumulation of many small traumatic experiences over time. On our most popu…
3 years, 11 months ago
Attachment, and Cultivating Nonattachment
Season 3 Episode 210
You might have heard the line “attachment is the root of suffering.” It comes from the Buddha, but you don’t have to be a Buddhist to recognize that …
3 years, 11 months ago
Intimacy, Individuality, and Breaking the Trauma Cycle with Terry Real
Season 3 Episode 209
On one of our favorite episodes of Being Well, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson are joined by author and therapist Terry Real to talk about how to overcom…
3 years, 11 months ago