192: Rick Hanson | The Science of Hardwiring Happiness and Resilience

Rick Hanson (@drrhanson) is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, co-host of The Being Well Podcast, author of Hardwiring Happiness, and co-author of Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness.

What We Discuss with Rick Hanson:

• While you can't count on others or the world, you can • count on your own strengths (and why this is a good thing) • .

Why your brain is like velcro for the bad and teflon for the good • and what you can do to mitigate your own negativity bias.

The two stages by which you develop mental resources • : experience and conversion to lasting change.

How you can build resilience • by focusing on experiences rather than conditions.

• How to stay informed about current events without letting the news hijack your emotions • .

• And much more...

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Release date

Lydbog: 30. april 2019