The Buddha and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s—and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world.
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Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist, contemplative neuroscience researcher, and meditation teacher. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, he cofounded the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and edits the Wise Brain Bulletin. He and his wife have two children. Richard Mendius, MD, is a neurologist and cofounder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. He has taught medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, and Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. He also teaches weekly meditation classes at San Quentin State Prison. He and his wife have three children.
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Buddha's Brain
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Hardwiring Happiness
Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of feeling loved? Your brain was wired in such a way when it evolved, primed to learn quickly from bad experiences, but not so much from the good ones.
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Meditations for Happiness
Here’s a new audio program from the coauthor of Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. Science is now proving that happiness is far more than a positive feeling that comes and goes. It’s a skill that you can develop.
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Resilient
Rick Hanson is known for his trademark blend of neuroscience, positive psychology, and contemplative practices. Now he's showing the way to build the very foundation of well-being: Resilience.
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Stress-Proof Your Brain
Our brains have evolved powerful tools for coping with threats and danger—but in the face of modern stresses like information overload, money worries, and interpersonal conflicts, our survival reflexes can do more harm than good.
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Anxiety First Aid Kit
Here’s a quick-relief guide for calming anxiety and stress right now—during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Just One Thing
In Buddha's Brain, Rick Hanson explained the neuroscience underlying meditation and helped readers maximize the benefits of mindfulness for greater happiness and peace of mind.
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Meditations To Change Your Brain
The structure of your brain actually changes constantly, in a dynamic, unfolding process that you yourself can help direct to create the life you want. This is the premise of Meditations to Change Your Brain, a breakthrough three-CD program from neuropsychologist Rick Hanson and neurologist Richard Mendius.
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Neurodharma
Throughout history, people have sought the heights of human potential—to become as wise and strong, happy and loving, as any person can ever be. And now recent science is revealing how these remarkable ways of being are based on equally remarkable changes in our own nervous system.
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Neurodharma of Love
Meditation teacher and neuropsychologist Rick Hanson here offers a guided training program on the neuroscience of fulfilling relationships.
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