Q&A with Rick Hanson on Neurodharma, brain science, personal practice and well-being

By Greater Good Science Center | May 8, 2020

Psy­chol­o­gist and neu­ro­science expert Rick Han­son stud­ies the men­tal resources that pro­mote resilience, from calm and grat­i­tude to con­fi­dence and courage. Accord­ing to Han­son, the coro­n­avirus cri­sis is expos­ing some of our psy­cho­log­i­cal vul­ner­a­bil­i­ties, and remind­ing us how impor­tant it is to nur­ture our social and emo­tion­al strengths. In his new book, Neu­rod­har­ma, Han­son writes about how we can…

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Three mental hygiene habits to beat Covid-19 and set up a healthier New Normal

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 14, 2020

___ How many of us right now are expe­ri­enc­ing a heady cock­tail of con­fu­sion, anx­i­ety and even some sur­pris­ing moments of respite from our pre-COVID-19, always-on-the-go cul­ture? In a new sur­vey by the Kaiser Fam­i­ly Foun­da­tion, 45% of Amer­i­cans felt that the coro­n­avirus cri­sis is harm­ing their men­tal health (19% felt it had a “major…

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