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Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest Hanson explore the practical science of lasting well-being, and teach you how to build reliable inner strengths, overcome your challenges, and get the most out of life.

When we’re deciding whether to enter into (or re-enter) a relationship, it helps to pause and ask two simple but essenti...
06/09/2025

When we’re deciding whether to enter into (or re-enter) a relationship, it helps to pause and ask two simple but essential questions:

Will my needs be met enough by this person?
And when challenges come up, are they capable of repair?

Listen to this week's mailbag episode, where and .hanson answer listener questions about complex relationships, self-defeating patterns, and how genuine healing happens at the link in our bio.

Insight can be valuable, but it’s only the beginning. Real change happens when we take what we’ve learned and turn it in...
03/09/2025

Insight can be valuable, but it’s only the beginning. Real change happens when we take what we’ve learned and turn it into new patterns of behavior.

In this mailbag episode, .hanson and answer listener questions and explore how to move from awareness to action, and why lasting growth requires more than understanding alone.

Listen to the episode at the link in our bio.

02/09/2025

No partner will ever be perfect, but our primary relationships matter deeply. You deserve someone who can truly meet your needs and be magnificent for you.

In this mailbag episode, and .hanson answer listener questions about complex relationship dynamics, addictive patterns, narcissistic tendencies, and why insight alone isn’t enough for lasting change.

We can’t go back and rewrite our childhoods. As painful as it is, there are experiences we’ll never have received in the...
01/09/2025

We can’t go back and rewrite our childhoods. As painful as it is, there are experiences we’ll never have received in the ways we longed for.

Holding tightly to that longing can keep us stuck. It pulls us away from what is actually available in the present. When we soften our grip, we create space for connection, repair, and love that can meet us here and now.

In this mailbag episode, and .hanson answer listener questions about complex relationship dynamics, patterns of behavior that keep us stuck, and how genuine healing comes from lasting change, not just insight.

Limerence is often kept alive by uncertainty. Not knowing if the other person feels the same way can become the fuel tha...
30/08/2025

Limerence is often kept alive by uncertainty. Not knowing if the other person feels the same way can become the fuel that drives the obsession.

In this week's episode, .hanson talks with therapist Brandy Wyant () about what limerence is, why it feels so overwhelming, and how people can begin to work with it.

At first, limerence can seem like a crush, but it quickly becomes overwhelming and disruptive. Therapist Brandy Wyant de...
28/08/2025

At first, limerence can seem like a crush, but it quickly becomes overwhelming and disruptive. Therapist Brandy Wyant describes it as an involuntary, obsessive focus on another person that can interfere with daily life.

Swipe to learn more from our episode with . It's titled: Limerence: The Psychology of Romantic Obsession with Brandy Wyant

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At first, limerence can seem like a crush, but it quickly becomes overwhelming and disruptive. Therapist Brandy Wyant de...
28/08/2025

At first, limerence can seem like a crush, but it quickly becomes overwhelming and disruptive. Therapist Brandy Wyant describes it as an involuntary, obsessive focus on another person that can interfere with daily life.

Swipe to learn more.

27/08/2025

What keeps limerence alive? Unlike OCD which is fueled by doubt, limerence is fueled by hope. People hold onto the hope that one day the other person will see them in the same way they see that person.

In this episode on Limerence, therapist Brandy Wyant joins .hanson to explain how uncertainty and longing for validation maintain limerence, and why it can feel so consuming.

26/08/2025

Limerence can go far beyond a crush. It can look like constant rumination, replaying conversations, mood swings, and trouble functioning day to day.

In this week's episode, .hanson is joined by therapist Brandy Wyant, who shares why limerence can reach a clinical level of impairment, and how it overlaps with anxiety disorders.

Limerence is more than a passing crush. It’s an intense, involuntary preoccupation with another person that can feel ove...
25/08/2025

Limerence is more than a passing crush. It’s an intense, involuntary preoccupation with another person that can feel overwhelming and disruptive to daily life.

In this week's episode, .hanson speaks with therapist Brandy Wyant about what limerence is, how it differs from romantic love, and the toll it can take. They explore why uncertainty fuels limerence, how it connects to issues of self-worth, and what approaches may help people manage it.

Listen to the episode at the link in our bio. It's titled: Limerence: The Psychology of Romantic Obsession with Brandy Wyant

When fear or panic shows up, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. We might think something is wrong with us or that we need to...
21/08/2025

When fear or panic shows up, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. We might think something is wrong with us or that we need to make the feeling disappear.

Mingyur Rinpoche ()
shares a different perspective. What if the fear, panic, or anxiety isn’t a failure, but a passing storm? And what if, beneath it, there’s a deeper part of us that remains steady and open?

Listen to this week's episode, Mingyur Rinpoche: A Meditation Master on Anxiety, Awareness, and Awakening, to learn more.

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Trying to get rid of difficult feelings can make them harder to tolerate. In this week's episode, Mingyur Rinpoche offer...
20/08/2025

Trying to get rid of difficult feelings can make them harder to tolerate. In this week's episode, Mingyur Rinpoche offers a different approach rooted in presence and acceptance.

In the August 18th episode, .hanson and speak with Tibetan Buddhist teacher Mingyur Rinpoche (
) about turning toward fear, the nature of awareness, and how meditation can support us in daily life. He shares stories from his four-year wandering retreat, his experience with panic attacks, and how our innate qualities of awareness, wisdom, and compassion can guide us through difficulty.

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