RICK HANSON INTERVIEWED BY DAWSON CHURCH
This Single Interview Has The Power To Change Your Life
“Nurturing your own development isn’t selfish. It’s actually a great gift to other people.”
- Rick Hanson
EXCLUSIVE AUDIO INTERVIEW: DAY 7
Rick Hanson
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence (from Random House in October, 2013; in 4 languages), Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom (New Harbinger; in 24 languages), Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time (New Harbinger; in 12 languages), and Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships (Penguin). Founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and an Affiliate of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, he's been an invited speaker at Oxford, Stanford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide.
An authority on self-directed neuroplasticity, Dr. Hanson's work has been featured on the BBC, NPR, CBC, FoxBusiness, Consumer Reports Health, U.S. News and World Report, and O Magazine, and his articles have appeared in Tricycle Magazine, Insight Journal, and Inquiring Mind. He has several audio programs with Sounds True, he edits the Wise Brain Bulletin, and his weekly e-newsletter - Just One Thing - has over 94,000 subscribers, and also appears on Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and other major websites.
A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, Dr. Hanson has been a trustee of Saybrook University, and he served on the board of Spirit Rock Meditation Center for nine years, and was President of the Board of FamilyWorks, a community agency. He began meditating in 1974, trained in several traditions, and leads a weekly meditation gathering in San Rafael, California. He enjoys rock-climbing and taking a break from emails. He and his wife have two adult children.
THEME: WELLNESS
DURING THIS INTERVIEW WITH RICK HANSON YOU WILL LEARN:
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Successful couples need a 5 to 1 ratio of positive interactions to negative ones
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Our brains are like velcro for negative experiences and teflon for positive ones
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The 5 mechanical practices that train your brain to absorb positive experiences
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Turn up the volume of the kinder voices inside of you
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MUCH more in this 50 minute interview with Rick Hanson.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE INTERVIEW AND/OR LISTEN TO IT HERE:
Dawson Church, PhD
Your Host: Dawson Church, PhD
Dawson Church, PhD. host of the Peak Performance Symposium, is the author of the best-selling book The Genie in Your Genes, which shows how your thoughts and feelings affect your body down to the level of which genes are turned on and off (Best Health Book, USA Booknews). He collaborates with many of the best-known luminaries in health and wealth creation, such as those featured here. He has been fascinated by the possibilities of expanding human potential since he was a child. As CEO of Energy Psychology Group, he coaches organizations and teams to push past their boundaries. He is also the executive director of the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare and has published dozens of papers in peer-reviewed medical and psychology journals.
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