How To Grow An Unshakeable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness – Dr. Rick Hanson (Ep. 185)

Dr. Rick Hanson, psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! In today’s episode Dr. Rick talks about cultivating the techniques for controlling your mind and emotions, even when you face stress, obstacles, or chaos from the world around you. He blends years of empirical guidance with cutting-edge science and shares a multitude of practical and profound steps to take in order to master your mental game. Dr. Rick delivers the goods in this powerful interview and shows us exactly how to develop an inner peace and power that most people unfortunately lack. If you’re wondering how to grow an unshakeable core of calm, strength, and happiness, check this episode out now!

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In our episode we go over:

• Why Rick was fascinated with psychology at a young age and why he chose to focus on the mind and how to master it in his career
• Having a calm strength and why Rick and I both have a similar sentiment in life
• The blessing in disguise that so many negative experiences carry with them
• Why these negative experiences in life build a resiliency in you that most others don’t have
• The nature vs. nurture aspect of a person’s characteristics and what percentage is controlled by each
• How to really absorb the self-help information that you come across and actually apply it into your life
• Experiencing something and then engaging with it so that it becomes more tangible
• What the negativity bias is and why it’s so critical to understand it in order to get past it
• How stress can literally kill your brain cells and lead to early dementia
• The fact that so many thoughts per day are negative in our minds and why approximately 70-90% of any given person’s thoughts are either negative or non-productive
• How to build an internal circuit breaker from your thoughts
• How to build up resiliency and the ability to fight problems that arise in life as opposed to trying to resist or suppress problems
• Mentally training your body and brain to feel better throughout the day
• The three most important steps to take to truly feel a good experience
• How to truly get the most out of the things you do, the journeys you embark on, and the experiences you have
• The 12 vital strengths and how to acquire them
• Why some people are more naturally motivated than others but how those who are not innately endowed with this trait can still compensate and attain incredible motivation in their own right
• Potential supplementation for dopamine-driven disorders and depression disorders
• How to increase your self-worth and feel better about who you are as a man
• The importance of mindfulness and meditation in shaping your mindset and outlook on life
• What Rick’s meditation routine looks like and why he recommends starting with the simplest and easiest form of mediation for beginners

Check out Dr. Rick on:

Website: rickhanson.net

Book:  amazon.com/resilient

Facebook: facebook.com/rickhansonphd

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