How to Hardwire Happiness, with Rick Hanson

Your phone isn’t just a distraction, it’s a training environment. Every red badge, breaking headline, autoplay prompt, and meeting notification can condition your nervous system to live in speed, pressure, and false urgency. We sit down with Jay Vidyarthi, a mindfulness teacher a ...  Show more

We talk with Dr. Sara Lazar about why mindfulness meditation can feel life-changing beyond lower stress and how that shift maps onto stages of ego development and perspective taking. We connect equanimity to measurable changes in meaning making and to brain regions tied to the na ...  Show more

This week we talk to Dr. Rick Hanson about hardwiring happiness into our brainRick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence as well as Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happine ...  Show more

Dr. Rick Hanson is a psychologist, author, and speaker. Our brains are more adaptable than we realise. With a bit of understanding, patience, and the right techniques, you can rewire your brain for greater happiness and well-being. So what are the best ways to make this happen? E ...  Show more

Dr. Hanson is a psychologist and New York Times best-selling author. He delivers wisdom from the worlds of psychology, neuroscience, and buddhism. He is one of the leading experts in the world on happiness and resilience, and his brand new book is called Neurodharma, New Science, ...  Show more